River Rocks
U.S. Girls, Yuck & EZTV played 2015 River Rocks finale (pics)
River Rocks wrapped up its 2015 season on a very lovely Thursday evening with U.S. Girls, UK indie rockers Yuck, and local boys EZTV as the sunset painted the manhattan skyline in hues of pink and lavender…
River Rocks began (pics), BUT rain cancelled Waxahatchee's set and ruined Speedy Ortiz's guitar pedals
photos by Amanda Hatfield Speedy Ortiz / Weyes Blood
Yuck share song from forthcoming third album, touring East Coast (dates); River Rocks starts this week with Waxahatchee & Speedy Ortiz
UK band Yuck are playing NYC’s Hudson River Rocks on August 6 with co-headliners U.S. Girls. That free show is part of a short East Coast tour for the band, that includes shows in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Raleigh, NC and Atlanta…
River Rocks 2015 free show lineup announced (Waxahatchee, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Yuck, US Girls, Krill, more)
The annual free Hudson River Rocks concert series on Pier 84 returns this summer with three shows. On July 9 it’s Waxahatchee (who was here earlier this month) and special guests; on July 23 it’s Scotland’s We Were Promised Jetpacks with Boston’s Krill; and on August 6 it’s ’90s-indie lovers Yuck with new …
Temples played last River Rocks show of the season w/ Here We Go Magic and Spires (pics, setlist)
River Rocks wrapped up its 2014 season with UK band Temples, whose chiming brand of ’60s poppy psych and ’70s glam hairstyles brought the biggest crowds to Pier 84 this year…
Teenage Fanclub played River Rocks with Honeyblood and Saint Rich (pics, setlist)
I have never seen so many Big Star t-shirts in one place in my life. It makes sense, of course, given the sonic debt Glasgow’s Teenage Fanclub owe to Alex Chilton, but it was still funny to see so many people all with the same idea…
Wild Beasts & Mutual Benefit played River Rocks (pics, setlist)
You couldn’t have asked for a nicer evening for the kickoff of this year’s Hudson River Park’s River Rocks series. A breeze kept things cool as lovely purples and pinks filled the clouds, with two equally cool and lovely bands providing the soundtrack…
Robyn + Royksopp released Do It Again, expand tour (Denver BrooklynVegan presale password, streams, videos & more)
Royksopp & Robyn‘s collaborative mini-LP, Do it Again, came out last week (5/26), five songs of sumptuous Scandinavian dancepop. If you haven’t checked it out you can stream the whole thing (via Spotify), along with a video of the two artists discussing each track and the new video for “Sayit”, below.
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Glasgow duo Honeyblood ready debut LP, touring, opening Teenage Fanclub's River Rocks show (dates, streams)
Honeyblood are a duo from Glasgow, Scotland who’ve been around for about two years. Their first single, “Bud,” came out last year and with their clear voices, strong melodies and twangy, reverby sound, comparisons to Best Coast followed…
River Rocks announces 2014 free show lineup: Wild Beasts, Teenage Fanclub, Temples & more
Temples @ Coachella last weekend (more by Dana Yavin)
Hudson River Park’s River Rocks returns to Pier 84 this summer for three Thursdays of free outdoor shows…
