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Pop Montreal reveals full 2016 lineup
The 2016 edition of Pop Montreal happens September 21 – 25 at venues all over the city. It’s the 15th anniversary of the festival and they’ve just announced the finalized lineup…
What's going on Wednesday?
Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Black Sabbath, blink-182, Living Colour, Saul Williams, The Mystery Lights, and more.
Deerhunter, Foxing, Sorority Noise & more added to Wrecking Ball
This stacked fest already included Thursday, Piebald, Milemarker and Hey Mercedes reunions, plus Quicksand, L7, Dinosaur Jr, Drive Like Jehu, American Football, The Julie Ruin and many more.
Solids made a video for "Wait It Out," on tour with Clique & Stove
You may remember when Montreal’s Solids were a Japandroids-y fuzz rock duo, but they’ve since acquired a second guitarist and taken on a sludgier sound that’s closer to stuff like Cloakroom and Nothing. This is evidenced by their latest EP Else, which came out last month on Topshelf. They’ve now made a performance video for […]
Clique releasing 'Burden Piece' on Topshelf, touring with Solids & Stove
We’re premiering the video for “Worth,” which is lo-fi-ish slacker rock that sounds right out of the early ’90s.
tix on sale: Swans, Mitski, Snoop Dogg / Wiz Khalifa, Iggy Pop, Explosions in the Sky & more
Lots of upcoming NYC shows go on sale or presale today. We’ve got your ticket links.
Wrecking Ball 2016 lineup: Thursday, L7, Piebald, Quicksand, Dino Jr, Drive Like Jehu, American Football, Promise Ring, Gorilla Biscuits, Hey Mercedes, more!
Thursday and Piebald reunions and the first Hey Mercedes show in years. Also The Julie Ruin, The Bouncing Souls, American Nightmare, Deafheaven, Touche Amore, Rainer Maria, CIV, Tigers Jaw, Burn, Good Riddance, Joyce Manor, Ceremony, The Menzingers, Maritime, Milemarker, and more.
Topshelf CMJ showcase & Unimpressed Fest pics (Donovan Wolfington, Nai Harvest, Solids, Lizard Kisses, Clique, more)
Boston-born record label Topshelf stuffed their CMJ party with the sort of bleary-eyed, ruddy-cheeked indie rock that they’ve built their modest name off of since 2006, but the funereal crawl of Brooklyn folkies Lizard Kisses was asynchronously tapped to kick off the proceedings…
The Muscadettes releasing new EP (stream two songs), playing M for Montreal showcase & other CMJ shows
Montreal-based garage pop duo The Muscadettes released the Side A EP this past spring, and they’re ready to follow it up with the Side B EP on November 6 via PaperCup Music…
Chomp (ex-Cloud Nothings) streaming new tape, playing CMJ
Former Cloud Nothings guitarist Joe Boyer’s band Chomp released a 7″ this past spring, and this week they’ll release a new tape called Bruise Control on Mirror Universe (pre-…