Mercury Lounge

“the most emotional show (@ Mercury Lounge for Active Child, Balam Acab, Superhumanoids and New Moods)” – Nicolette Elvie Active Child brought his tour with Balam Acab and Superhumanoids to NYC earlier this month for sold out shows at Bowery Ballroom (5/10) and a day later at Mercury Lounge (5/11) with New Mo……

The Blow (aka Khaela Maricich) wrapped up a short Northeast tour at Mercury Lounge last night (5/16) with The Future of What. Khaela has been working with artist Melissa Dyne on the follow up to 2006’s much-loved Paper Television, and used this tour to road-test new material…

Secretly Canadian will release Exitmusic‘s new album Passage on May 22. Listen to the whole thing below. Exitmusic, who just played Le Poisson Rouge as part of their tour with School of Seven Bells (which also hit Austin), are playing NYC again as part of the Northside Festival at Brooklyn Bowl on June 16 with Exitmusic, Ape School, and Field Mouse (tickets), and then again at Mercury Lounge on June 28 (tickets) All dates (including NXNE), the album stream, and more pictures from the LPR show, below…

Tu Fawning, the folk pop project of Corrina Repp and Joe Haege of 31Knots, released their sophomore LP, A Monument on May 7 in the UK via City Slang, and it comes out stateside on May 15…

The Sea & Cake at Summerstage 2010 (more by Matthew Eisman) It’s not a full Sea & Cake show, but main men Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt are playing together at Mercury Lounge on June 30 (tickets on sale Friday at noon). It’s …

Scotland’s Spectrals — aka 21-year old Louis Jones — just wrapped up a tour with Cults and are in town for two shows this week: Friday (5/4) at Glasslands with Twerps and Saturday’s (5/5) sold-out show at Mercury Lounge with Slumberland labelmates Frankie Rose and the newly-respelled DIIV…

Lotus Plaza at Austin Psych Fest last week (more by Tim Griffin) Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt’s project Lotus Plaza just wrapped up a tour with Disappears in support of his great new album, Spooky Action at a Distance, which included a Brooklyn show at Glasslands (4/19) and Austin Psych Fest (click the link for more pics)…

Cardinal have added an additional NYC show — Tuesday, June 26 at Mercury Lounge the show has been moved to Monday, July 2 — in addition to the previously announced show at Littlefield happening next Friday (May 11)…

Effortlessly charming indiepop band Allo Darlin’ played Mercury Loungelast week with tourmates The Wave Pictures — the kickoff of a North American tour that will wind its way back to New York for NYC Popfest…

Devin @ Hotel Vegan – SXSW 2012 (more by Tim Griffin) Celebrating his new LP, Romancing, out tomorrow (4/10) via Frenchkiss (which is streaming in full at Spinner), Brooklyn retro rocker Devin is headlining Mercury Lounge tonight (4/9) with opener, Young Rival…