Total Control

Sacred Bones, Danish punk & more (Lust for Youth, Damien Dubrovnik, Croatian Amor, Container, Uniform, Pharmakon)

Lately it’s been feeling like every new restaurant in NYC is Nordic-inspired (thanks, Noma), and, pretty soon, another Scandinavian invasion this way comes–loads of releases and performances from Danish bands are scheduled for the next two months…

Grass Widow's Hannah Lew formed new group Cold Beat, releasing debut album in July (streams)

Grass Widow bassist Hannah Lew formed Cold Beat last year with Bianca Sparta (Erase Errata) on drums, and Kyle King on guitar. Despite a name that sounds like it should be a French minimal wave band from 1981, what Cold Beat have released so far is actually cheery indiepop, jangly and harmony-laden…

Total Control ready 'Typical System' for June (stream a track); Lace Curtain released third EP

Total Control @ FFF Fest 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) Total Control, who made one of our favorite albums of 2011, are back with their second album, Typical System, which will be out June 24 via Iron Lung Records…

Lace Curtain releasing new EP on Mexican Summer (stream a track); Total Control are here, expand tour (updated dates)

As we’ve mentioned a few times, Total Control are visiting from Australia, playing two shows in NYC this week: tonight (5/22) at Mercury Lounge with Pop…

Parquet Courts releasing 7" (stream a b-side); tour starts this week in NYC (updated dates)

As you may know, Parquet Courts play this Thursday (3/7) at The Men’s sold-out Bowery Ballroom show with Nude Beach. It’s the first date of the band’s biggest tour to date, that includes stops at SXSW, Chaos in Tejas, and stints with Total Control and Naomi Punk (who just played NYC)…

Total Control get "Sweaty" in new video, add U.S. tour dates

Aussie post-punk Total Control (members of Lace Curtain, Eddie Current Suppression Ring, Ooga Boogas) have released a new video for “Sweaty,” one of their contributions to the previously discussed 2011 split with Thee Ohsees…

stream a track from Total Control side project Lace Curtain's EP on DFA

As mentioned before Lace Curtain is a new project from extremely prolific Australian Mikey Young (Total Control, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Ooga Boogas) that also features James Vinciguerra (Total Control) and David West (Total Control, Rat Columns)…

Total Control add second NYC show (updated dates)

Total Control at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Good news for NYC fans of great Aussie band Total Control — they’ve added a second show on their East Coast tour, which happens on May 22 at Mercury Lounge…

Total Control add NYC date as part of an emerging tour; new offshoot band Lace Curtain have EP coming out on DFA

Total Control at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Yesterday news broke that UV Race were heading out on the road as part of a tour toward Chaos in Tejas…

UV Race touring around their Chaos in Tejas appearance (some dates with Total Control!)

We’ve known for sometime that Australian punk favorites UV Race were headed back to our shores for Chaos in Tejas, but now comes word that the appearance is just one of many for the band…
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