Sunflower Bean

Our first week at Mondays 10 PM featured Bowie covers from Nirvana, Warpaint, TV on the Radio, The Cure, and Bauhaus, plus new songs from Iceage, US Girls, Chvrches, Hinds, and more.

Sleigh Bells will open on a bunch of dates on Weezer and Pixies’ summer tour, including NYC-area shows.

A guide to the many, many mostly musical happenings around NYC during this New Year’s Eve weekend.

This week’s edition of BrooklynVegan Blog Radio on SiriusXMU featured tracks from Nick Cave, Angel Olsen, Pulp, Kendrick Lamar, Wolf Parade, St. Vincent, The Hold Steady, Hot Snakes, The Jesus Lizard, Regina Spectkor, SAVAK, Wilco, and lots more.

Having just wrapped up a European tour with Wolf Alice, Brooklyn’s Sunflower Bean played a sold-out homecoming show at PopGun’s new Bushwick venue Elsewhere on Thursday night…

Anderson. Paak, Odesza, Portugal. The Man, Dej Loaf, Manchester Orchestra and more are also playing.

Saturday (10/14) of Joshua Tree, CA’s Desert Daze fest featured legends like Iggy Pop, John Cale, and Terry Riley, somewhat younger but still veteran acts like Thurston Moore, The Make-Up, The Gories…

Their tour includes two Brooklyn shows.

Desert Daze takes place this weekend in Joshua Tree, CA with performances by Iggy Pop, Spiritualized, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, Sleep (performing Holy Mountain), Unknown Mortal Orchestra, John Cale, Ty Segall, BADBADNOTGOOD, Panda Bear, Hope Sandoval, Eagles Of Death Metal, King Gizzard, Thurston Moore, The Make-Up, Ariel Pink, Liars, and tons more.

They played a whopping 35-song set that included most of Doolittle, half of Surfer Rosa, and more.