The Max Levine Ensemble
An Horse, Thin Lips, Gladie, Slaughter Beach Dog & more on new Lame-O quarantine comp
The comp features unreleased demos, covers, and new songs “recorded in self isolation by the Lame-O Records roster” and 100% proceeds go to the artists.
Angel Olsen, HTDW, Whitney, Mitski & more contributing to protest comp ++ Inauguration Week protest shows
Plus: Common, The National, Antibalas & more playing protest concerts in DC during Inauguration Week.
Bad Moves (Spoonboy) releasing debut on Don Giovanni (stream "Shitty Tomorrow")
David Combs tells us: “You know that feeling when you step back and take a look at the state of the world, and it really feels like the people who have power and influence in this country are doing everything they can to make the world a worse place to live in? “Shitty Tomorrow” is the theme song for that feeling.”
Jeff Rosenstock announces new album 'WORRY.,' shares "Wave Goodnight To Me"
Indie-punk cult hero Jeff Rosenstock recently hinted at a new solo album, and now it’s officially been announced. It’s called WORRY, and it’s due out October 14 via SideOneDummy…
RVIVR & The Max Levine Ensemble playing shows together
On July 8, The Max Levine Ensemble‘s David Combs (aka Spoonboy) and RVIVR‘s Erica Freas are releasing their long-distance collaborative album as SOMNIA, How The Moon Shines On The Shit. Still no SOMNIA shows have been announced, but RVIVR and The Max Levine Ensemble have at least two three shows together in the Northeast right […]
The Fest adds Ergs reunion, Dillinger Four, Torche, Floor, Boysetsfire, Digger, FYP & more; Mikey Erg announces solo LP
The Fest also added Lemuria, Mean Jeans, Somos, Vacation, Iron Chic, Slingshot Dakota, PUP, RVIVR, Timeshares, Frameworks, Lifted Bells, Antarctigo Vespucci, Ian Graham, Katie Ellen, Roger Harvey, Museum Mouth, Hiccup, Amanda X, Die Choking, Sonic Avenues, Mac Sabbath, Creepoid, Sports and mannnnnny more.
SOMNIA (RVIVR, Max Levine Ensemble, Spoonboy) announce debut LP (stream a track)
David Combs of The Max Levin Ensemble and Spoonboy has teamed up with Erica Freas of RVIVR for the new long-distance collaborative project SOMNIA. They recorded their debut album, How The Moon Shines On The Shit with Mattie Jo from RVIVR on bass, and as David tells us, it’s “almost entirely about deriving inspiration from dreams and several of the songs had their inception in dreams (no pun intended, but no pun deleted)”…
The Fest 2016 initial lineup (Planes Mistaken For Stars, Propagandhi, Latterman, Small Brown Bike, Samiam, Knapsack, Braid, United Nations, more)
It includes Planes Mistaken For Stars, Propagandhi, Small Brown Bike, Samiam, Dead To Me, Strike Anywhere, Knapsack, Tim Barry, Braid, Latterman (who are reunited again), The Menzingers, AJJ, War On Women, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Toys That Kill, United Nations, Iron Reagan, Jeff Rosenstock, Night Birds, and many more.
Don Giovanni's Asbury Park festival announces lineup (PS Eliot reunion, Ought, Mirah, Girlpool, Screaming Females & more)
The festival aims to be “held in direct opposition to the apolitical sludge that has come to pass as ‘indie’ and that has nothing to do with operating independently.” They add, “There will be no sponsors, no backdoor advertising via branded content, or other base money-making schemes.”
Thin Lips announce debut LP 'Riff Hard,' touring (3 NYC shows included)
Philly’s Thin Lips, which includes members of the now-defunct Dangerous Ponies, 1994! and The Superweaks, released a very solid debut EP on Seagreen Records last year, and now they’re set to put out their first full length. It’s called Riff Hard, and it’s due out on May 20 via Lame-O Records (pre-order). The first single is “Never Again,” which is a catchy dose of ’90s-style pop punk with scrappy indie rock production…