Old Monk
What's going on Friday? (Broken Bells, Beach Fossils, Touche Amore, Uncle Acid, Dick Diver, Teleman, Menzingers, more)
Broken Bells at Webster Hall in March (more by PSquared)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…
CMJ initial 2014 line-up released
The annual CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 21 – 25 at venues all over NYC. We’ve heard about a few bands who are heading here during that time (Slowdive, The Wytches, The Ocean Blue, Tom Vek and Courtney Barnett to name four) but CMJ threw an announcement party tonight (8/27) at Bowery Electric and the line-up is now out…
What's going on Friday? (GBV, Protomartyr, DIIV, Owls, Phish, Beyonce & Jay Z, Titus, Iron Chic, !!!, Ought, Mentors, more)
Guided by Voices at Bowery Ballroom in May (more by Gretchen Robinette)
Protomartyr at Sugarhill Supper Club (more by Joe McCabe)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…
Old Monk releasing 'Posing as Love' (stream it), touring, playing record release show during Northside
New York trio Old Monk are ready to release their sophomore album, Posing As Love, via Eenie Meenie. Like their 2012 debut the band take catchy indie rock and filter it through a decidedly prog/math sensibility…
What's going on Sunday? (Goblin, Bill Callahan, New Yorker Festival, Born Gold & more)
Bill Callahan at the Allen Room in 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows. Here are some highlights…
upcoming Low Fat Getting High shows (2 w/ The Can't Tells)
Low Fat Getting High at Cake Shop in May (more by Chris Gersbeck)
Brooklyn punks Low Fat Getting High recently released their new EP, Bad Yoga, which as I said before, “kicks off with three tracks of menacing, breakneck-speed punk, and culminates in a fourth track of Bleach-style noise and sludge…
watch a new 8-bit video from Old Monk ++ upcoming shows
Local indie rockers Old Monk are busy finishing the follow-up to 2012’s Birds of Belize, a record that should be out in early 2014. Meanwhile, the band have a stopgap single out now on Eenie Meenie, the very catchy “Seymour…
Fat Creeps released an EP, going on tour (dates and streams)
Boston’s Fat Creeps have been playing around their hometown a bunch since forming in 2011, and this month they’re set to kick off their first-ever tour, which brings them for a quick four-date trek around the Northeast…
L Mag picked 8 more 'Bands You Need to Hear Right Now', announced some Northside bands
by Bill Pearis
It’s late April, time for The L Magazine‘s annual “8 Bands You Need to Hear” list. Like always, there’s a few you’ve probably heard, a few you’ve heard of, and a few who may be new to you entirely…
Teenage Cool Kids begin short tour in NYC tonight, playing Cake Shop, Wesleyan & Death By Audio (dates)
Denton, TX indie punk outfit Teenage Cool Kids, whose members include Andrew Savage of Fergus & Geronimo, kick off a Northeast tour with their first show in the last year and a half TONIGHT (2/22) at Cake Shop in NYC…