Portastatic

The five-day RadioLoveFest is coming to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in June, featuring various live radio shows with a variety of performers including Andrew Bird, Hamilton Leithauser of the Walkmen, They Might Be Giants, and Jonathan Coulton…

“Ex Hex casting a spell on the @brooklynvegan party ” – Amanda Contrada Mac & Ex Hex @ BV CMJ @ Baby’s All Right – 10/19/2013 After our Friday CMJ day party on opening day of new Williamsburg venue Baby’s All Right, we returned the next morning for an all-day Saturday party that went from noon til just after 2 AM, and with even more complimentary Sailor Jerry flowing…

I snuck this picture of the t-shirt…“Chris Knox (born September 2, 1952) is a New Zealand rock and roll musician, cartoonist, and DVD reviewer who emerged during the punk rock era with his bands The Enemy and Toy Love…

LPR will be hosting a benefit on May 6 for New Zealand artist Chris Knox who suffered a series of strokes last year. Many of the aritsts performing at this show have contributed to a fantastic tribute/benefit album for Knox that was recently released…

DOWNLOAD: Portastatic – Foam Hands (Destroyer cover) (MP3) The idea for a whole EP of Merge covers stemmed from both listening to the SCORE! Merge covers compilation and from doing bookstore events to promote the Our Noise book, wherein we’d play some acoustic covers of songs that came out on Merge…

Mac and Britt embrace (Triangle Music) The much anticipated XX Merge Festival took place last week in North Carolina with a five-day (July 22-July 26), Wednesday to Sunday run of shows…

DOWNLOAD: The Rosebuds live on KEXP, January 2009 (MP3) The Rosebuds @ Mercury Lounge (CMJ 2008) (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) The Rosebuds kick off a short tour tonight/Wednesday (1/14) in Baltimore…

DOWNLOAD: The Rosebuds – Life Like (MP3) The Rosebuds @ the Merge CMJ showcase @ Mercury Lounge The Rosebuds are coming back to NYC to headline Bowery Ballroom on January 16th…

Portastatic @ Sled Island 2008 (more by Rae Holtsabum) It’s the “CMJ Artist Lounge at Red Bull Space Presented By Paste, KCRW.com, and indie outlaw…

DOWNLOAD: Portastatic – Some Small History (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Julian Koster – Jingle Bells (MP3) Superchunk @ Bumbershoot – Sept 1, 2008Saturday 10/25/2008 Merge Records CMJ Showcase @ Mercury Lounge, NYC w/ * The Music Tapes * Wye Oak * Portastatic * The Broken West * The Rosebuds * Oakley HallThat’s a great lineup for Mercury Lounge…