Young Magic

Youth Lagoon is currently on a tour with Young Magic that hit Emo’s in Austin on November 7, the day after Fun Fun Fun Fest ended. The room was packed, especially for a Monday after midnight, and it was one of the last-ever shows on the Emo’s Inside stage which closes by 2012…

Well, another CMJ week has come and gone. How did you fare? Though Northside summoned a number of my favorite artists to town, the CMJ line-up was rather thin by comparison, so I made it my goal to catch as many new acts as possible this year…

STAGE 1 (front room) 12:00 Races (new Frenchkiss signing) 12:45 Bleached (ex Mika Miko) 01:30 Widowspeak 02:15 Young Magic 03:15 A Place To Bury Strangers 04:15 Chelsea Wolfe 05:00 J Mascis (solo) STAGE 2 (back room) 12:30 Cold Specks (1st-ever US show) 01:15 Lord Huron 02:00 Emmy the Great 02:45 Silver Swans 03:30 Xeno & Oaklander 04:15 Hospitality 05:15 Gauntlet HairStay tuned for the missing set times and full lineup, but you can see most of the bands on the flyer above…

Youth Lagoon at Mercury Lounge in September (more by Amanda Hatfield) For a musician who records in his bedroom, Youth Lagoon seems to love spending time on the road…

DOWNLOAD: Anthem Facility – “Left to Defend” (MP3) Young Magic at Mercury Lounge earlier this month (more by Amanda Hatfield) Young Magic, who recently opened for Youth Lagoon at Mercury Lounge, will release the “Night in the Ocean” single b/w “Slip Time” on October 11 via Carpark…

Congrats to Youth Lagoon on his ‘Best New Music‘ designation today. If you missed Youth Lagoon’s first-ever NYC show at Mercury Lounge on 9/12, you still have a chance to get tickets to his second which takes place at Glasslands this Friday night (9/30)…

Youth Lagoon @ the Rhythm Room in Phoenix – 9/5 (photo by sgilchrist03) Youth Lagoon (aka Trevor Powers) recently kicked off a tour in support of his upcoming debut, The Year of Hibernation, out September 27 on Fat Possum…

Gobble Gobble @ the renovated Glasslands – 4/8/11 (by Eric Rex) I don’t know if it’s just solid booking (a la PopGun), or if it’s just that SXSW has me recognizing more bands – whatever the case may be, Glasslands is on top of their game lately…

After playing their last hometown show at a swanky NYC art show benefit, Gang Gang Dance will bring it back down to earth with a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 4th with New Moods and Ghetto Gothic DJs…

Yuck last and first visited NYC during a blizzard in January to play Glasslands after cancelling their Mercury Lounge show that was scheduled one day earlier which came after they cancelled CMJ due to similar visa issues…