The Meat Puppets

Ryan Adams, Craig Finn, Tanya Donelly, Carl Newman & more pay tribute to Grant Hart

Billie Joe Armstrong, Michael Ian Black, Colin Meloy, Ted Leo, Superchunk, Jesu, Future of the Left and more have also paid tribute to the late Husker Du member.

Gin Blossoms touring 'New Miserable Experience,' sang with the Meat Puppets

Gin Blossoms singer Robin Wilson recently joined the Meat Puppets on stage when the band’s original lineup reunited for the first time in nearly 22 years. Now, Gin Blossoms have announced a 25th anniversary tour of their breakthrough album…

Gene Ween & Scott Ian playing Zeppelin w/ John Medeski; Wood is in the hospital; Dean Ween on tour

There’s a cool event going down this December for NYC-based Zeppelin fans (which is certainly a broad group of people). The Zeppelin Bowl tribute goes down at Brooklyn Bowl on December 28 with a great lineup that includes Gene Ween, Scott Ian and John Medeski, with several more guests promised to be announced later. Tickets […]

This Week in Indie - NON-Northside edition (Esser, Meat Puppets, Fol Chen, Telekenisis, An Horse, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, So Cow, Exit 44 Fest & more)

DOWNLOAD: Fol Chen – No Wedding Cake (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fol Chen – Cable TV (Liars remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: An Horse – Camp Out (MP3) DOWNLOAD: An Horse Postcards (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Telekenisis – Coast of Carolina (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Esser – Headlock (MP3) While for many area music fans (especially ones, like me, who live in Williamsburg or Greenpoint) the Northside Festival is going to be the main attraction (by guide to Day One, HERE), there are a lot of other things going on…