Puro Instinct

Puro Instinct played Glasslands and then Mercury Lounge and then a third NYC show at Pianos Friday night (7/1). See them for a fourth time Saturday night at 285 Kent…

One night after they played Glasslands, John Maus and Puro Instinct brought their tour to Mercury Lounge. The Wednesday night (6/29) Manhattan show also included Amazing Army and Geneva Jacuzzi on the bill…

The “special guest” playing Pianos Friday night with Selebrities is Puro Instinct whose tour with John Maus just brought them to both Glasslands and Mercury Lounge…

today in NYC * Evillive * Big Terrific @ Cameo * Blue Note Jazz Fest * Pink Noise, On @ Zebulon * Our Hit Parade @ Joe’s Pub * Jonathan Goldberger @ Barbes * Eri Yamamoto Trio @ The Stone * Chrisette Michele @ Rockefeller Park * comedy in Central Park w/ Jim Gaffigan * Sloan, HotKid @ Bowery Ballroom * Earth, Wind & Fire @ Beacon Theatre * Daniel Carter, Reuben Radding @ The Stone * Ben Sollee, Thousands @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Dysrhythmia, Guzzlemug, PAK, Xaddax @ Death By Audio * Matt & Kim, The Thermals, Autobot (from Flosstradamus) @ Terminal 5 * Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise * Puro Instinct, John Maus, Geneva Jacuzzi, Amazing Amy & Tite Glita @ Mercury Lounge * David Borden & the Mother Mallard Ensemble, Kid Millions Duo @ Issue Project Room * Hussle Club, Jump Into the Gospel, Fort Lean, Stationary Set, Evan Donahue @Pianos * The Shivers, Bad Credit, No Credit, Martin Crane (of Brazos), Trash Gut @ Glasslands * The Raybeats, The Individuals, Ira Kaplan & Georgia Hubley (of Yo La Tengo), The Schramms, Purple Knif, Tall Lonesome Pines @ Maxwell’s Seefeel @ Brooklyn Bowl is cancelled…

DOWNLOAD: Sloan – Follow the Leader (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Memory Tapes – “Wait In The Dark” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Memory Tapes – “Today Is Our Life” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: John Maus – “Quantum Leap” (MP3) Holiday weekends generally mean less bands of note playing in NYC which seems to be the case this year for the Fourth of July, but there is some great stuff happening nonetheless…

Yo La Tengo @ the Bell House in May (more by Winnie Cheung) today in Chicago * Taste of Chicago (Day 2) * Green Music Fest (Day 1) * Neko Case @ Poetry Foundation * Yo La Tengo (DJ Set) @ Big Star * Les Savy Fav, Big Science @ Subterranean * Matt & Kim, The Thermals, and Autobot @ the Vic * Puro Instinct, John Maus, Geneva Jacuzzi @ Empty Bottle * Burning Love, Gaza, All Pigs Must Die @ Double Door (Free Show w/ RSVP) * L’Orchestre Super Vitesse, Rabble Rabble, Thin Hymns @ IL Centennial Monument in Logan Square (Free Show) What else…

FRIDAY Green Music Fest kicks off in Wicker Park, and lasts through Sunday. Junior Boys, and Miracle Fortress are playing Metro. Givers, Pepper Rabbit, and 1,2,3 are playing Schubas…

John Maus releases the We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves on Tuesday (6/28) the new Domino-related Ribbon Music label. The album is slightly more polished than his previous efforts, but still far more lo-fi than the new romantic artists John so heavily channels…

John Maus at Glasslands – 5/9/11 (via Contrast and Compare) John Maus (not to be confused with the John Maus who just sadly passed away) played Glasslands last night (5/9) with Gary War, Holy Shit, DJ International Tapes, and DJ WEIRD MAGIC…

DOWNLOAD: John Maus – “Quantum Leap” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: John Maus – “Believer” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gary War – “Sirens” (MP3) John Maus is preparing his new LP We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves (awesome title…