The Hotelier
The Fest 14 adds bands (Title Fight, The Progress, Modern Life Is War, As Friends Rust, Smoke or Fire, PBTT, Bigwig, more)
Gainesville punk festival The Fest returns for its 14th year from October 30 – November 1, and today they added a bunch of more bands to their lin…
The Fest announces 2015 lineup (Desaparecidos, Menzingers, mewithoutYou, Jazz June, Beach Slang, Restorations, more)
Gainesville’s annual punk festival The Fest returns in 2015 for its 14th year (hence Fest 14) from October 30 to November 1, and like in previous years, a handful of the bands play Pre-Fest in Little Ybor from October 28…
La Dispute, Title Fight & The Hotelier packed Webster Hall (pics, setlists & review)
The ongoing La Dispute / Title Fight / The Hotelier tour rolled through NYC over the weekend for a show at Webster Hall on Friday night (3/…
By Surprise planning new LP, contributing new song to Suicide Prevention benefit comp (watch them play it acoustic)
NJ’s By Surprise haven’t put out any new material since 2013’s solid Criteria EP on Topshelf, but that’s set to change this year. The band is planning to release a new album at some point, but first their new song “I Can See The Sun” will appear on the To Show That You’re Still Here compilation, which comes out February 24, benefits the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and also features Beach Slang, Cayetana, The Hotelier, Free Cake For Every Creature and more…
Primavera Sound 2015 lineup announced
The 2015 Primavera Sound Festival goes down in Barcelona, Spain from May 28 – 30. We knew The Strokes and recently reunited shoegazers Ride were playing and now the line-up is being announced via the festival’s mobile app, which is a not-so fun 8-bit game you have to play to reveal names…
Amanda Hatfield's favorite pics (that she took) & LPs of 2014
The Knife @ Terminal 5 4/30/2014
BrooklynVegan photographer Amanda Hatfield shoots a ton of shows for BV every year, and 2014 was no different…
Tiny Engines co-founders Will & Chuck, Cayetana, Frontier(s) and Runaway Brother list their favorite LPs of 2014
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There were a lot of great labels in 2014, but one label I think had an exceptionally good year is Tiny Engines. Between the second Beach Slang EP of the year, the Places to Hide EP, Cayetana’s debut album, the latest EP from Frontier(s) (ex-Elliott, Mouthpiece), Somos’ debut album, The Hotelier’s breakthrough album and still others, TE was one of the most consistently great homes for indie rock, punk and emo in 2…
Some Albums You Won't See on Pitchfork's Top 50 of 2014
Yesterday, Pitchfork put out their top tracks of 2014 and today they continue their year-end coverage with their 20 honorable mention albums, a list they say is “not #51 through #70 in our albums poll, but rather, records we thought were exceptional this year and deserved to be highlighted regardless of where they wound up…
La Dispute & Title Fight announce 2015 co-headlining tour with The Hotelier, playing Webster Hall (dates)
La Dispute at Riot Fest Chicago 2014 (more by James Richards IV)
Title Fight at Best Buy Theater in November (more by Mimi Hong)
Two of best current bands in post-hardcore have announced a tour together for 2015: La Dispute, who put out the excellent Rooms of the House this year, and Title Fight, who recently put out the shoegazey single off their upcoming 2015 LP Hyperv……
TWIABP streaming new song "Fat Heaven," schedule Bowery Ballroom show w/ The Hotelier & Saintseneca (updated dates)
TWIABP at BV-CMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield).
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die are currently on a tour with The Hotelier which just hit Austin for a FFF Nites show over the weekend (The World Is played the fest proper) and didn’t hit NYC, though The World Is were here for CMJ without The Hotel…
