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The Woolen Men releasing new EP (stream a track), playing East Coast dates, including NYC at DbA, Cake Shop & Shea
Woolen Men @ Baby’s All Right in April (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Portland, OR trio The Woolen Men will release a new EP, titled Rain Shapes, via Loglady Records in early 2015…
Death By Audio's final schedule growing: Speedy Ortiz, Liturgy, Hunters, Fiasco, Tyvek, lots of secret guests & more
As you know, Death By Audio will be gone forever in less than a month, November 22nd to be exact. This message is currently up on their website:
Note for Nov: we are having our final show on 11/22 and we will be releasing the schedule for this month bit by bit as to keep everyone on their toes, we will be open every night, just dont wanna give away all the fun…
Doug Gillard's old band Death of Samantha reformed, released new LP, playing shows (including first NYC show in 23 years)
Cleveland’s Death of Samantha existed from 1984 to 1992 and made fierce, riff-heavy rock (sometimes straight-ahead and ballsy, sometimes Television-y) with singer John Petkovic sharp lyrics overtop…
Jowe Head (Swell Maps, TV Personalities) released new LP, playing East Coast shows, including 2 in NYC (dates, stream)
Onetime Swell Maps and Television Personalities member Jowe Head released Confessions from the Twisted Tower last year. The album’s somewhere between the postpunk bands he’s known for and proggy English folk, and can be streamed via Rdio below…
Casper & the Cookies released a new LP and video, on tour, playing NYC with Doug Gillard (dates, streams)
Casper & the Cookies are local legends in Athens, Georgia. Main man Jason NeSmith, who was in of Montreal circa Satanic Panic in the Attic, has been using variations of the Casper moniker for nearly 20 years, and the Cookies have been in existence since 1999…
Doug Gillard readies new solo album (stream a track), playing two NYC release shows and opening for GBV
Doug Gillard‘s CV is impeccable, having logged time in Guided by Voices, Nada Surf, My Dad is Dead, just to name three. With those groups he was more of a background player, but he’s a more than capable frontman and songwriter on his own…
Kansas City band Lazy released new LP, touring, playing NYC tonight (dates & LP stream)
Kansas City band Lazy are a bit of a misnomer — their music could be the soundtrack to a no-sleep, beer-n-pills-fueled teen road rampage. Their new album, Obsession, is a ripper, punk in a 1980 LA kind of way, loud n’ fast but catchy as hell…
Obits celebrated 'Bed & Bugs' at The Bell House, playing Rock Shop and CMJ on tour (updated dates)
On Saturday, Obits played a record release show at The Bell House for their third long-player, Bed & Bugs, which is out now via Sub Pop. If…
NYC Cassette Fair happening at Silent Barn on Saturday (Cassette Store Day) with bands and more
As mentioned, this Saturday (9/7) is Cassette Store Day, a celebration of the first portable, recordable format. There are a number of exclusive releases for CSD, including cassette editions of The Flaming Lips‘ The Terror, Deerhunter‘s Monomania, Volcano Choir‘s Repave, a reissue of Fucked Up‘s Hidden World, plus other cassette-only items…
Week of Wonders released debut 7" & video, playing 4 NYC shows this week, announce fall tour (dates, streams)
As mentioned, Seattle’s tropically-inclined Week of Wonders (featuring Leif Anders formerly of Orca Team) are here this week, playing their first NYC shows…
