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Cro-Mags playing NYC; Jon Joseph joining Walter Schreifels & others for 'Barred for Life' NYC release party

Cro-Mags at House of Vans, 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro) Music Hall of Williamsburg, ready your metal detectors. A little less than a year after the infamous Harley incident that left the original bassist with a broken leg and another man knifed, Cro-Mags will return to play Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 19…

4Knots Music Festival is returning to the Seaport this summer

While no bands have been mentioned yet, The Village Voice have announced the 4Knots Music Festival will return to Pier 17 at South St. Seaport for a second year: Saturday, July 14 is this year’s date of the festival that has taken the place of the Coney Island Siren Festival (RIP)…

DIVE change name to DIIV, add 2 more NYC dates to tour, streaming new track & other news

While currently busy out on the road supporting Frankie Rose, Dive have changed their name to DIIV. While Allmusic.com lists about 10 artists with the name Dive, Cole Smith tells Pitchfork that the spelling change comes specifically “out of respect” to the Dive that was the pseudonymn of German industrial musician Dirk Ivens…

River Rocks moves piers, announces free 2012 show schedule (John Maus, Grimes, Dan Deacon & more)

Free NYC summer concert series “Hudson River Rocks” has moved from Pier 54 to Pier 84 (at 44th Street). You can see this year’s schedule in the picture…

Deer Tick announce new album & tour with Virgin Forest (MP3, cover art, dates & more Pier 54 pics)

Deer Tick are set to release their new LP Divine Providence on October 25th via Partisan Records. The album was produced by the band, in conjunction with Adam Landry and Justin Collins in their native Rhode Island…

Dom playing free show @ Rockaway Beach Sunday ---- dates & more Pier 54 pics

Dom, who played a free show at Pier 54 with Deer Tick earlier this month, is headlining a free show at Rockaway Beach AT PUBLIC ASSEMBLY (moved due to rain) on Sunday (today, 8/21)…

Deer Tick played Pier 54 w/ DOM & Translations (pics), and a benefit in Long Island (full recording)

This summer seems to be the summer of ticks. Spend one hour outside in some tall grass and you are sure to have a tick crawling somewhere on your body…

Metronomy add NYC show during CMJ to tour --- updated dates & another set of Pier 54 pics

Metronomy‘s suspicious lack of NYC show on their previously announced October tour has been remedied. The band will play what is probably a CMJ show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday, October 20th…

Metronomy played Pier 54 w/ Class Actress & American Royalty (pics & review)

I really wasn’t sure if anyone was going to show up. Metronomy’s last NYC show was at Union Hall in August 2008 and there were about 40 people there…

Austra's backup singers are Tasseomancy, Austra plays Pier 54 tonight, played Room 205 (videos)

DOWNLOAD: Tasseomancy – “Heavy Sleep” (Maya Postepski Remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Austra – Spellwork (MNDR Nighttime Remix) (MP3) You may recognize the voices of Sari and Romy Lightman as the haunting backup singers for Toronto synth-poppers Austra…
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