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Backwords share rendition of "We Three Kings," playing Glasslands tonight with Shilpa Ray and more
Brooklyn’s Backwords, who released Nest back in September, have offered up a version of Christmas hymn “We Three Kings” that makes its premiere in this post…
What's going on Wednesday? (Blake Mills, King Tuff, The Bug, Foxygen, The Blow, BDOD, YOU., Kaytranada, more)
Blake Mills w/ Fiona Apple at LPR earlier this month (more by Amanda Hatfield)
King Tuff @ Knitting Factory 2011 (more by Jessica Amaya)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…
Backwords ready 'Nest' (stream a track), playing release show with Radical Dads, Dead Stars & Wild Yaks
Brooklyn’s Backwords are set to release their new album, Nest, on September 16 via Campers Rule. The band, which features multiple members who both write and sing lead, decamped to a Sunset Park warehouse to record the album, the bones of which were done live to tape…
Shy Hunters releasing debut LP (stream a track), playing Baby's w/ Fletcher C Johnson, Doug of Mmoss & Backwords
Brooklyn trio Shy Hunters play around the NYC live scene a lot (maybe you caught them at Glasslands last Sunday?), and the local regulars will be getting out their debut album, O That I Had Wings, on April 8…
Brooklyn's Brain Cave Festival 2013 lineup & tix (Peelander-Z, Lemonade, Cat Martino, Eula, The Suzan & more)
Peelander-Z at Knitting Factory in 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Brooklyn’s Brain Cave Festival is returning this year from April 11 to 14 …
upcoming Sandy relief benefits in NYC (Cymbals Eat Guitars, Slowdance, Ski Lodge, Field Mouse, Tanlines & more)
Cymbals Eat Guitars at MHOW in July (more by Chris La Putt)
As you may have noticed in today’s What’s Going On (11/18), there’s a few Hurricane Sandy Relief benefits going on in NYC today…
Radical Dads have a new song on split-7", playing shows (dates & stream); Forgetters have a new bassist
Brooklyn indie rock trio Radical Dads are busy working on their sophomore album, but in the meantime they’ve contributed a track to a four-way split 7″ single titled Torrential Zen which pits them and another Brooklyn band, Dinosaur Feathers, against two band from Milwaukee: The Fatty Acids, and Sat……
Delinquency shut down, CMJ shows moving
Heliotropes at 480 Pixels party in August, one of many bands who had shows at Delinquency this week, (more by Chris La Putt)To all Delinquency family, friends, performers, and promoters: We regret to inform that we have been forced to close temporarily and relocate all CMJ shows:(((( Please stay tuned for new show locations…
Laura Stevenson playing CMJ before The Fest, covered Mountain Goats for 'Tallahassee' tribute LP (dates & stream)
Laura Stevenson @ MHOW in June (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Laura Stevenson and the Cans have a short run of dates this month which kicks off in NYC for CMJ and then makes its way south, culminating in Gainesville’s The F…
The Stepkids, Cuckoo Chaos, Radical Dads, Backwords & more in This Week in Indie
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…