Walter Schreifels

Thurston Moore's cassette tapes on display at new NYC Sonos store

Sonos, the wifi speaker makers, have opened a NYC flagship store in SoHo at 101 Greene St that features seven listening rooms that they describe as “acoustically tuned, ‘tiny homes’ that simulate a multi-room listening experience.” Each are decorated by a different artist, and one of them includes a display of cassette tapes by Thurston Moore…

Quicksand & Converge playing NYC tonight; Dead Heavens add dates

Dead Heavens, the psych rock band of post-hardcore veteran Walter Schreifels, have a few shows coming up. But first, Walter’s legendary band Quicksand plays a free NYC show TONIGHT (7/6) with Converge…

an interview with Walter Schreifels & Sammy Siegler of Youth of Today, ahead of their reunion at This Is Hardcore

Hardcore legends Youth of Today are reuniting for Philly’s This Is Hardcore festival this year. We caught up with members Walter Schreifels and Sammy Siegler ahead of the reunion to discuss their return to the band, memories from the road, playing for Nazis, and the existence of showtunes in hardcore. Seriously.

Sense Field's Jon Bunch tribute show happening with Texas Is the Reason, Samiam, Gameface, Knapsack, The Bronx & more

Sense Field frontman Jon Bunch (also of Further Seems Forever and more) sadly passed away earlier this month, and now a bunch of his talented friends will play a tribute show in his…

stream World Be Free's debut album (mem of Gorilla Biscuits, Judge, Terror, Strife, etc)

World Be Free — the new band featuring Terror vocalist Scott Vogel, Gorilla Biscuits/CIV‘s Sammy Siegler and Arthur Smilios, Strife‘s Andrew Kline, and Joe Garlipp of Despair and Envy (the NY band) — release their debut album The Anti-Circle this week (2/5) via Revelation R…

Walter Schreifels' band Dead Heavens streaming new single and touring (dates); World Be Free released a new video

Walter Schreifels‘ garage/psych band Dead Heavens are releasing a new two-song 7″ on February 12 via Thrill Me Records (pre-order). The b-side is their cover of Can’s “I’m So Green” that came out last spring, and the a-side is the newer single “Fe…

Dick Dale touring, playing NYC w/ Walter Schreifels' band Dead Heavens, who covered Can (listen)

Surf rock guitar legend Dick Dale is going on a Northeast tour this summer, and hitting NYC on August 21 at Brooklyn Bowl (tickets). He also hits Asbury Park, Long Island, and other nearby pla…

H2O add dates, playing LI w/ Breakdown; Agnostic Front doc coming; other NYHC docs out now ++ a Roger Miret interview

H2O already have four hometown NYC shows coming up in celebration of their 20th anniversary (all sold out), and they since announced that they’ll be touring after that with Cruel H…

Walter Schreifels & the Dead Heavens playing 3 NYC shows before California w/ Rocket From the Crypt & The Bronx

Walter Schreifels‘ new-ish garage/psych band Dead Heavens have had no lack of hometown NYC shows lately, and they’ve currently got three more coming…

BrooklynVegan SXSW day parties at Red 7 begin today

The three FREE BrooklynVegan SXSW day parties at Red 7 in Austin begin TODAY (Thursday, 3/19). We’re taking over both stages of the 6th & Red River venue from noon-6pm and doing it again Friday (3/20) and Saturday (…
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