The Beets
Cocorosie, Princeton, White Mystery, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Dirty Beaches, Savoir Adore & other shows
Cocorosie @ MHOW in 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Brooklyn venue Glasslands have booked a pretty impressive list of upcoming shows this month and next…
Happy Birthday Cake Shop (happy tour Beets) (Holy Shit)
I absolutely hated Cake Shop, which opened around this time back in 2005, the first few times I went. Not the idea of the place, which was fantastic: part coffee shop, part record store, part indie rock venue…
Surf City in NYC working on LP & playing shows, Cake Shop turning 6, Conversion Party released an EP
DOWNLOAD: Surf City – Kudos (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Surf City – Crazy Ruler of the World (MP3)
If you missed them in April:NZ shoehazers, Surf City will hunker down in New York City to begin recording their follow up to the acclaimed Kudos (to be released by Fire Records in 2012)…
White Fence, White Wires, Games (not Ford & Lopatin), Buffalo Tom, North Highlands, Modern Skirts, Yelle & more in This Week in Indie
DOWNLOAD: White Fence – Get That Heart (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: White Wires – Be True to Your School (‘Til You Get Kicked Out) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Buffalo Tom – “Arise, Watch” (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Modern Skirts – Happy 81 (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Modern Skirts – Bumber Car (MP3)
It’s been kind of a bummer week with way too many great musicians lost (Gerard Smith, Poly Styrene, Pheobe Snow) but Spring is finally here and, well, the beat goes on…
Naked on the Vague, Trust, The Fresh & Onlys, Cuffs, Karkwa, Personal & the Pizzas & more in This Week in Indie
DOWNLOAD: Naked on the Vague – Clock of 12’s (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Trust – Candy Walls (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: The Fresh & Onlys – Do You Believe in Destiny? (M…
Mr. Dream, Dirty Beaches, Wise Blood, Esben & the Witch, Frankie Rose, Duzheknew, Shark? & more in This Week in Indie
DOWNLOAD: Dirty Beaches – Lord Knows Best (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Dum Dum Girls – He Gets Me High (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Widowspeak – Harsh Realm (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Esben & the Witch – Warpath (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Wise Blood – B.I.G…
The Beets & Brown Brogues played an in-store @ Permanent Records (pics)
Yesterday, The Beets hosted an in-store at Permanent Records opened by the UK-based band Brown Brogues. Despite the somewhat cramped setting, both bands turned in fiery sets…
The Beets to play a free in-store @ Permanent Records tonight
The Beets @ Don Hill’s during NY’s fashion week 2011 (more by Andrew St. Clair)
Queens, NY trio The Beets have two shows on their roster for tonight in Chicago…
What's going on Sunday?
The Beets @ Don Hill’s during NY’s fashion week 2011 (more by Andrew St. Clair)
today in Chicago
* Bubbly Creek @ The Whistler
* David Gray @ Chicago Theatre
* The Beets, Campfires, Distractions @ Hideout
* Cage The Elephant, Sleeper Agent @ Vic Theatre
* The Head and the Heart, Like Pioneers @ Schubas
* NEIGHBOPOEM, Cardboard Cutout @ Red Line Tap
* The Beets in-store @ Permanent Records (Free Show)
* Frontier(S), The Felix Culpa, Into It Over It @ Bottom Lounge
* Trey Anastasio and The Trey Anastasio Band @ Riviera Theatre
* Truman Peyote, Birthdays, I Love You, Nude Sunrise @ Empty Bottle
* Dropkick Murphys, Against Me…
The Beets played a fashion show (pics), kicking off tour w/ German Measles @ 285 Kent tonight (dates)
As Bill pointed out, “The Beets kick off their winter tour at 285 Kent, with German Measles, Beach Arabs and Big Troubles. Their second LP, Stay Home, came out last month on Captured Tracks and is quite good and a slight step up the fidelity ladder from their debut…
