Twerps
Blessed Feathers are here for CMJ (including BV Friday day party) -- dates, EP stream, video, MP3
DOWNLOAD: Blessed Feathers – “Winter Sister” (MP3)
Wisconsin folk duo Blessed Feathers released their debut EP, Ocean of Weeds, earlier this month, and you can stream the entire thing below…
DIIV revealed as secret guest at another CMJ show (updated dates & Life or Death showcase set times)
DIIV at River Rocks, August 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
DIIV already revealed they’ll be headlining the Captured Tracks CMJ show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday (10/18) and will also play the KEXP CMJ day show at Union Square Ballroom on Thursday and also at Fader Fort (RSVP) that same day too, not to mention the Pitchfork party on Friday (10/19)…
Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch playing show in NYC (plus Jozef solo dates & song stream)
As mentioned, Jozef Van Wissem and Jim Jarmusch are releasing their second album of 2012, The Mystery of Heaven, on November 13 via Sacred Bones…
What's going on Tuesday?
today in Chicago
* Legs McNeil @ Late Bar
* ZZ Top @ The Chicago Theatre
* Fran Lebowitz @ Harris Theater
* Ben Taylor, Grace Weber @ SPACE
* Esperanza Spalding @ City Winery Chicago
* Jens Lekman, Taken by Trees @ Lincoln Hall
* Timecop, Goddard, T’Bone, Brainstorm @ The Burlington
* She Keeps Bees, Maren Celest, Paleo, Shaina Hoffman @ Empty Bottle
The She Keeps Bees-headlined show at the Bottle is free with RSVP, and you get a +1…
Gap Dream released a new single, going on tour, here for CMJ (dates, streams)
DOWNLOAD: Gap Dream – A Little Past Midnight (MP3)
In this writer’s opinion, Gap Dream‘s self-titled debut is one of 2012’s most underrated albums, a mix of ’60s paisley pop and druggy drone that has ambitions beyond home-recorded origins…
Twerps releasing new 7", touring, playing the Empty Bottle (song stream, dates)
Melbourne quartet Twerps are slated to visit North America in October to do a bit of touring. That tour kicks off in New York City on October 12 and will arrive in Chicago on October 25 for a performance at the Empty Bottle…
Twerps ready new 7", touring North America (dates & streams)
Australia’s Twerps will be heading back to North America for a tour this fall. Their tour kicks off in NYC on October 12 at Cake Shop with The Memories and more TBA, and then they’ll be back in the city a week later for CMJ where they’ll play Public Assembly on October 19 for the Panache showcase with Turbo fruits, Dent May, Dignan Porch, Mac Demarco, and Vockah Redu…
CMJ 2012 initial lineup announced
The full list of artists confirmed for the 2012 CMJ Music Marathon so far is below…
Spectrals are here from Scotland, playing NYC this weekend with Twerps, Frankie Rose and DIIV
Scotland’s Spectrals — aka 21-year old Louis Jones — just wrapped up a tour with Cults and are in town for two shows this week: Friday (5/4) at Glasslands with Twerps and Saturday’s (5/5) sold-out show at Mercury Lounge with Slumberland labelmates Frankie Rose and the newly-respelled DIIV…
Real Estate played Coachella (watch video of their entire set) after hitting Mohawk with Twerps (pics)
Real Estate performed a relatively early set at Coachella yesterday/Sunday (4/15), about seven hours before hologram Tupac helped Dr. Dre, Snoop & Eminem close out the first weekend of the festival in style…
