Monster Island Basement

DOWNLOAD: Golden Triangle – Jinx (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Golden Triangle – Neon Noose (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Sandwitches – Back to the Sea (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Title Tracks – Every Little Bit Hurts (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pretty & Nice – Tora Tora Tora (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pretty & Nice – Tora Tora Tora (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats – Hey You (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats – Super (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats – Let’s Go (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats – TV Guide (MP3) March is consistently one of the most insane months for shows, due to nearly every band being on tour thanks to SXSW. The fl…

“I like to think that we’re really just singing about the history of ideas and trying to insert ourselves into a greater continuum of thinkers throughout history,” says Stickles, “not in any kind of ‘here’s the new f–ing smart dude’ kind of thing, just like any point that you could think to make in a punk rock song has already been made ages ago …

DOWNLOAD: Titus Andronicus – Titus Andronicus (MP3) Titus Andronicus @ The Whitney Museum in July (more by Leia Jospe) Titus Andronicus are about to kick off a month-long tour with So So Glos:Wednesday September 2nd @ MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT :: TITUS ANDRONICUS :::: the Smith Westerns :::::: So So Glos | MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT | 128 River St @ Metropolitan Ave | Williamsburg, Brooklyn L-Bedford, G-Metropolitan, JM-Marcy | 8pm | all ages | $9By the time they get back, Knitting Factory in Brooklyn will be open…

DOWNLOAD: Friendly Foes – Full Moon Morning (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Real Estate – Suburban Beverage (MP3) Friendly Foes @ the Bell House (more by Tim Griffin) The new band from Ryan Allen of Thunderbirds are Now…

DOWNLOAD: MV & EE and the Golden Road – Anyway (MP3) The New England psych-raga rockers MV+EE and the Golden Road are playing tonight (1/20) at Cake Shop (set at 11pm, $7, 21+), and tomorrow (1/21) at Monster Island Basement with Spectre Folk, Kurt Vile, Pink Reason, and Christian DeRoek of Little Gold (8pm, $7, all ages)…

Tyvek just played three NYC shows, three nights in a row (Friday, Saturday and Sunday). And I just realized that Damon from Tyvek (who apparently didn’t actually play with Tyvek at any of those shows) is now here with his other band Puffy Areolas, who played Cake Shop last night (1/12), are on WFMU today (1/13) (“For the uninitiated, Toldeo, Ohio’s Puffy Areolas bring to mind the blasted, parental hope one would get from combining the DNA of The Germs, Hawkwind, Drunks With Guns, and Brainbombs…