Fergus and Geronimo

Brooklyn got a dose of Texas country when the amazing double-billed tour of Joshua Ray Walker and Vandoliers landed at Brooklyn Made.

Much like the summer, Pixies' run of small NYC shows seems like a distant memory, but it was just a couple weeks ago. The last of them happened at Bowery Ballroom on September 20 where they blessed the crowd with "Broken Face," "Motorway to Roswell," and both versions of "Wave of Mutilation" that bookended their show...

Eternal Summers at Knitting Factory in June (more by Amanda Hatfield) Roanoke, VA indie pop band Eternal Summers will be heading out later this year as a support act on Nada Surf's tour which comes to NYC on December 14 for a show at Bowery Ballroom...

Parquet Courts released their debut album, Light Up Gold, over the summer and has made its way into almost daily rotation at my house and a guarantee for my 2012 Favorite LPs list...

Parquet Courts celebrated the release of their new album 'Light Up Gold' at Death by Audio on Saturday night...

No Wave legend and all-around cool dude Arto Lindsay will be performing this evening (8/8) in Union Square as part of the free Summer Nights series which is presented by the Arte Institute...

DOWNLOAD: Jaill - Waste a Lot of Things (Mp3) DOWNLOAD: Jaill - Perfect Ten (MP3) Milwaukee, WI's Jaill are currently on tour with their Sub Pop labelmates King Tuff, out promoting their fine new album Traps which came out last month...

DOWNLOAD: Fergus & Geronimo - Roman Tick (MP3) Fergus & Geronimo will release their second album, Funky Was the State of Affairs, on August 7 via Hardly Art and are having a NYC record release party at 285 Kent on August 10 with openers The Peoples Temple (who were just here playing the Seaport), Family Curse and Mannequin Pussy...

DOWNLOAD: The Stepkids - Shadows on Behalf (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Stepkids - Legend in My Own Mind (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cuckoo Chaos - Just Ride It (MP3) Is it too late to say Happy New Year to all of you out there...

Fergus & Geronimo at BV-SXSW in March (more by Amanda Hatfield) Happy New Year's Eve Eve! We've already given you a list of concerts and parties happening tomorrow and followed that with even more things to do...