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Slug Guts, The Luyas, So So Glos, Bleeding Rainbow & more played the Fred Perry artist lounge at Stratosphere sound (pics)

Just like in CMJ’s past, Fred Perry and recording studio Stratosphere Sound (the studio owned by James Iha, Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger and Ivy’s Andy Chase) teamed to record eight band in eight hours on Thursday of CMJ week (10/18)…

Lotus Plaza played Mercury Lounge, playing Knit tonight

” doesn’t need punk anymore,” said his Deerhunter bandmate Bradford Cox in an interview with Pitchfork last year. This came across pretty evidently at Mercury Lounge last night (7/18), where Lockett and band played their first of two NYC shows this week for his Lotus Plaza project…

Ape School opening for Lotus Plaza tonight (not sold out), playing Glasslands in August

DOWNLOAD: Ape School – Marijuana’s on the Phone (MP3) Philadelphia psych-rockers Ape School are opening for Lotus Plaza tonight (7/18) at Mercury Lounge which, surprisingly, isn’t sold out…

Asobi Seksu, Ape School, Exitmusic & Field Mouse played Brooklyn Bowl (pics)

Asobi Seksu, Ape School, Exitmusic, and Field Mouse played Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday (6/16) as part of Northside Festival. Check out more pictures from that show below…

Ape School ready 'Junior Violence' (MP3), playing shows (one w/ Lotus Plaza)

DOWNLOAD: Ape School – Marijuana’s on the Phone (MP3) You may remember Ape School, the current musical project from Philadelphia resident Michael Johnson who previously spent time in Holopaw as well as a stint in Lilys…

Exitmusic streaming new album, announced more shows, played LPR (pics & dates)

Secretly Canadian will release Exitmusic‘s new album Passage on May 22. Listen to the whole thing below. Exitmusic, who just played Le Poisson Rouge as part of their tour with School of Seven Bells (which also hit Austin), are playing NYC again as part of the Northside Festival at Brooklyn Bowl on June 16 with Exitmusic, Ape School, and Field Mouse (tickets), and then again at Mercury Lounge on June 28 (tickets) All dates (including NXNE), the album stream, and more pictures from the LPR show, below…

more Northside Festival artists announced (Frankie Rose, Grass Widow, Felice Brothers, Buke & Gass, Vår, Gap Dream & more)

Frankie Rose @ Township (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) In addition to the Jens Lekman/Of Montreal show at Williamsburg Park, the Northside Festival (June 14 – 17) just announced a slew of confirmed artists who’ll be playing this year, including Future of the Left, the U…

Helio Sequence played Radio City w/ Keane, playing MHOW w/ Ape School (ex-Holopaw) & Howling Bells (tonight)

DOWNLOAD: Ape School – Wail to God (Daedelus Remix) (MP3) (via) “Keane is not the coolest band to blog about when I’m all indie rock up in your business…