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pics from the wild and wooly 2016 Meltasia fest
Rock N' Roll, cheap beer, tattoos, camping, all in an abandoned zoo in the Catskills.

Meltasia festival returning to the Catskills w/ Pentagram, Kool Keith, Shannon & the Clams, Sheer Mag, more
The lineup for Meltasia Festival has been announced, and its pretty loaded and varied. Going down at the old Game Farm in the Catskills, which is less than a 3-hour drive from NYC, on September 2-4...

SXSW 2015 2nd round of artists announced
The Cribs at MHOW in 2012 (more by Guy Eppel)
A ton of artists were already announced for SXSW 2015 (March 17-22), and now the second artist announcement has come with several more including Twin Shadow, The Cribs, Swervedriver, Gang of Four, KEN mode, Weyes Blood, Wild Throne, Elvis Depressedly, SURVIVE, Juan Wauters, San Fermin, Lydia Ainsworth, The Blind Shake, Ex-Cult, Ikonika, King Tuff, Pujol, The Velvet Teen, The Zombies, Zookeeper, Yumi Zouma and tons m...

SXSW 2014 announces first round of bands

Deap Vally not playing Maxwell’s, are playing BV party Friday
As mentioned in What's Going on Monday, California rawk duo Deap Vally canceled tonight's Maxwell's show (10/15). But there will be no shortage of chances to see them this week, as their CMJ schedule boasts five shows, including the BrooklynVegan day party on Friday (10/19) at Public Assembly...

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 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...

Fun Fun Fun Fest full lineup (De La Soul, Refused, Fucked Up, Public Image Ltd, Santigold, Sharon Van Etten, Rakim, X, Converge, Japandroids & more)
After teasing folks with a few names here and there -- like Run DMC most recently -- Austin's annual Fun Fun Fun Fest (Nov 2 - 4) has revealed it's full line-up, including Public Image Ltd, De La Soul, Superchunk, Santigold, Refused, X peforming Los Angeles, and lots, lots more...