Whitewash

CMJ 2015 initial artist lineup

The 2015 CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 13-17, and today the initial list of artists was revealed. A bunch of these are NYC shows we’ve posted about (browse our “CMJ” tag), but highlights include Car Seat Headrest, Cheatahs, Destruction Unit, Dent May, Dilly Dally, Doomsquad, Drinks, Eternal Summers, Evans the Death, Ex Hex, Expert Alterations, Ezra Furman, Frankie Cosmos, Hooton Tennis Club, Kamasi Washington, Kero Kero Bonito, Mercury Rev, Nai Harvest, Neon Indian, Panda Bear, Perfect Pussy, Protomartyr, S, Shannon and the Clams, Slim Twig, Stealing Sheep, The Album Leaf, The Dirty Nil, The Men, The Wonder Years, Titus Andronicus and Wil…

stream Whitewash's debut LP, see them live, including a free matinee at Baby's All Right

NYC band Whitewash will release their debut album, Shibboleth, next week (5/19) via Sad Cactus Records. The band make moody, textural rock with some jazzy tendencies and is well worth checking out…

What's going on Friday? (PC Music, Beauty Pill, H2O, Eternal Summers, Muse, Cloud Nothings, Trophy Scars, more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Cloud Nothings, LVL UP, Celestial Shore, Field Trip @ NYU Strawberry Festival The free annual daytime NYU Strawberry Festival returns, headlined by the noisy, post-hardcore leaning indie rockers Cloud Nothings who always put on a great show…

What's going on Monday? (Heems, Elvis Perkins, Modern Vices, The Hum, Diamond Terrifier, Waka Flocka, more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Heems, Weekend Money, Topaz Jones, Kahli Abdu, VHS Safari @ Baby’s All Right Das Racist is no more, but Heems is continuing on as a solo artist, and this year’s Eat, Pray, Thug is full of quality songs…

Haybaby sign to Tiny Engines for debut LP, playing shows

Brooklyn’s Haybaby are regulars on the local live scene (maybe you’ve seen them?), and they’ve now signed to Tiny Engines (Cayetana, Beach Slang, The Hotelier) for their debut…

Whitewash releasing debut EP (stream a track) celebrating with show at Knitting Factory

Jon Ben-Menachem and Sam Thornton met in 2012 during their Freshmen year at NYU, bonding over Ween. Having pulled other members from the jazz program with Ben-Menachem when auditioning, Whitewash was formed, making their own brand of melodic, lightly psychedelic rock…