Royal Headache

The Berserktown II festival is happening August 14-16 in Los Angeles and they have expanded their lineup quite a bit since we last posted, with some potentially exciting additions…

Australian band Twerps signed to Merge this year and released the Underlay EP in late summer. Then last month, they released a new single, “Back to You,” which is about as perfect a slice of sunny janglepop as you could want and you can check out the video for that song below…

Pitchfork just posted their Honorable Mention Albums of 2012, which they consider “20 records didn’t make Top 50 but they’re not necessarily just Nos…

Neil Young & Crazy Horse @ ACL 2012 (more by Glen Brown) Kyle compiled a list of food while his bandmate Hans compiled a list of his favorite shows of 2012, most of them in Austin…

Ceremony (who we recently interviewed), Citizens Arrest (who replaced Screaming Females), Royal Headache, and Magrudergrind teamed up for a Northside show at Warsaw last Thursday (6/14)…

photos and By the time Aussie headliners Royal Headache took the stage Wednesday night (6/13), the Cake Shop was packed to capacity. The eager crowd was crammed into every corner the oddly shaped basement could offer, anticipation as palpable as the sweaty basement humidity…

Ross of Ceremony at Terminal 5 (more by BBG) The shirtless guy climbing on the PA, screaming in some kid’s face or writhing on the stage floor is Ross Farrar, frontman for Ceremony…

DOWNLOAD: Royal Headache – “Girls” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Royal Headache – “Down The Lane” (MP3) Australia’s Royal Headache are in town bringing their blown-out power pop to Cake Shop tonight (6/13) with Home Blitz, Scott and Charlene’s Wedding and Lame Drivers; and again at Warsaw on Thursday (6/14) as part of the Chaos in Tejas showcase at the Northside Festival that also includes Ceremony, Citizens Arrest, and Magrudergrind…

Citizens Arrest at Europa in 2011 (more by Sarah Coulter) Screaming Females dropping off of the previously discussed Warsaw show on June 14th due to Marisa’s sickness was a bit of a blow…

Big Freedia (more by Chris La Putt) today in NYC * Internet Week * BLIXT @ The Stone * Naked People @ UCB * Iggy Azalea @ S.O.B.’s * Totally J/K @ UCB East * Tracy Silverman @ The Stone * Paul Weller @ Varvatos Store * Stephane Wrembel @ Joe’s Pub * Commercial Interruption @ UCB * Bill Frisell @ Village Vanguard * Baby Shakes, 1-800-BAND @ Union Pool * Caveman, NewVillager @ Brooklyn Museum * Big Freedia, Workout @ Santos Party House * Justin Townes Earle, Tristen @ Webster Hall * Willie Nelson, Robert Ellis @ Wellmont Theater * Springs, Katie Mullins, Racket Club @ Zebulon * Kindness, Tezeo, JDH & Dave P @ Le Poisson Rouge * Brazilian Dance Party at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 * VHS or Beta, Gambit, Electric Youth @ Bowery Ballroom * Spewtilator, Syphilitic Lust, Skullshitter @ The Acheron * The Spinto Band, Sea of Bees, Horse’s Mouth @ The Rock Shop * Classixx, VHS or Beta, Sean Glass @ Hudson Terrace Rooftop * Rifle Recoil, Tungs, Heavy Midgets @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge * Lee Scratch Perry, Subatomic Sound System @ Gramercy Theatre * The Adicts, World/Inferno Friendship Society @ Best Buy Theater * New York Funk Exchange @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise – The Halfmoon * EULA, Psychic Feline, Lame Drivers, Sloppy Heads @ Death By Audio * Delicate Steve, People Get Ready, Sinkane (DJ set) @ Mercury Lounge * Nation Beat, Maracatu New York, DJ Greg Caz @ Brooklyn Bridge Park * The David Mayfield Parade, Christopher Paul Stelling @ Mercury Lounge * Spacehog, Pisser, Linfinity, DJ Nick Marc, DJ Justine D @ Brooklyn Bowl * Alex Bleeker & The Freaks, Juan Wauters, King Cyst, Weed @ Shea Stadium * Hoax, Sewn Leather, Hank Wood & The Hammerheads, 2 Ton Bug @ 285 Kent Ave * Rosi Hertlein, Joe Kubera, Joe McPhee (The Art of Art Songs and Free Improvisation) @ Roulette * NYC Popfest w/ The Marshmallows, Heaven’s Gate, Dear Marje, Speedmarket Avenue, Burning Hearts @ Cake Shop * Ende Tymes Festival w/ Opponents, DOG, Crank Sturgeon, Thomas Dimuzio, Zaimph, Work/Death, Husere Grav, Lussuria, Terrors, John Mannion, Anthony Saunders@ Secret Project Robot A bunch of artists playing Bamboozle this weekend are playing NYC tonight (including Big Freedia)…