The Hermit Crabs

a guide to NYC Popfest 2016 (which is this weekend)

Get your cardigans out: NYC Popfest is upon us and here’s an exhaustive guide to the weekend’s goings-on, including The Chills, Trashcan Sinatras, Allo Darlin’, The Railway Children, The Primitives & more.

The Chills playing first NYC show in 20 years at NYC Popfest (full lineup: Trashcan Sinatras, Primitives, Allo' Darlin & more)

This year marks the 10th edition of NYC Popfest which will happen May 19 – 22 at venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The lineup was just announced and the Popfest folks have really outdone themselves for this benchmarck year, with performances, Trash Can Sinatras, Allo’ Darlin, ’80s-era Factory Records band The Railway Children, Sarah Records labelmates Secret Shine, , and Even As We Speak, plus The Chesterfields, The Primitives, Alpaca Sports, Mercury Girls, The Hermit Crabs, Spook School, the live debut of Lake Ruth, and more…

Swervedriver to Pop Fest, The Muslims, Amazing Baby & Vivian Girls too - A NEW FEATURE ABOUT INDIE ROCK

editor’s note: Metal, comedy and ‘dance’ all have their own semi-regular BV feature writers. Those topics are getting a level of focus that I wished I could give to “indie rock” (that somewhat meaningless term, but it helps sometimes to categorize)…