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What's going on Thursday? (Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr, Duck Down 20, TWIABP/Foxing, Curren$y, Agnostic Front & more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Superchunk, All Dogs @ Baby’s All Right Having just played the big Ground Control Touring anniversary extravaganza, Superchunk are sticking around tonight for this show, one of the smallest joints they’ve played in some t…

German punks Hysterese going on first US tour (listen)

Germany’s Hysterese have been around for about five years and have two albums out so far, one from 2013 and another from 2014 (both are self titled)…

new music from Tribulation, KEN mode, Noisem, more + Meek Is Murder, Unearthly Trance, Born Wrong, more playing NYC

Plenty of great metal, hardcore, and other heavy NYC shows are getting announced all the time. We don’t get a chance to write about all of them, so here’s a roundup of some of the recently-announced stuff coming up: Ohio metallic hardcore band Enabler and Brooklyn mathcore trio Meek Is Murder (who currently share drummer Frank Godla) are going on a tour this June which ends in Meek Is Murder’s hometown on June 14 at the A…

What's going on Wednesday? (Sloan, Caribou, Johhny Marr, Will Butler, Tim Hecker, Electric Youth, Onelinedrawing, more)

Sloan @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) For all of tonight’s shows, and tomorrow’s, check out our NYC concert calendar…

Ted Leo was surprise guest at Screaming Females / PUJOL / Shellshag show at DbA (pics ++ more final shows announced)

As most people figured out ahead of time, Screaming Females were the “Special Guest” headliners at Death by Audio on Sudnay night (11/9)…

Violent Reaction touring w/ The Flex; EU's Arse touring too +++ upcoming shows from Red Death, Goosebumps, more

Violent Reaction, the UK straight-edge one-man ripper who are fleshed out into a full ensemble at live shows, tear through straight-edge anthems flavored with a UK flare…

Nuclear Santa Claust touring, playing multiple NYC shows including Lulu's w/ Pampers tonight (dates)

Nuclear Santa Claust at Europa in 2013 (more by Sarja Hasan) NYC punks Nuclear Santa Claust are no strangers to playing around their hometown, but if you don’t live here, you’ll get a chance to see them this month as they’ll be taking their show on the road for a tour through late May…

Stoic Violence released 'Chained,' touring after New York's Alright (dates & LP stream)

California’s furious hardcore punk band Stoic Violence just released Chained via Deranged Records, a relentlessly punishing 12″ that revels in bleakness…

The Wick finally opening in Brooklyn this March (upcoming shows include Unsound Fest, New York's Alright & Keiji Haino)

Back in 2011, it was announced that new Brooklyn venue The Wick would open in a former brewery at 260 Meserole St (next to the barely-open outdoor venue The Well), and that venue is finally set to open this March…

Permanent Ruin released an EP, touring before Smash It Dead Fest (dates, stream & lineup)

California has a long history of deranged-sounding punk rock, and San Jose’s Permanent Ruin uphold that tradition admirably. Their instrumental attack translates as undisciplined at first, but theirs is a studied messiness that benefits from stronger production values than most such bands tend to have; the vocals, by contrast, convincingly fly way off the handle…
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