Barrence Whitfield And The Savages

Yo La Tengo kicked off Hanukkah 2022 with Lambchop, Barrence Whitfield, & more (pics, setlist, video)

Night 1 also featured Pavement’s Mark Ibold in a tribute to The Clean‘s Hamish Kilgour, CJ Camerieri & Mike McGinnis, comedian Liz Miele, and more.

TV Eye is an exciting new Ridgewood, Queens venue with all-star owners

TV Eye is a new venue/gallery located at 1647 Weirfield St, on the Ridgewood/Bushwick border (and right by Trans-Pecos), which is described as a “funhaus, party palace, venue, dance club, bar, cafe, art gallery, courtyard, & social club.”

Yo La Tengo & Ensemble played Town Hall (pics/setlist); Condo Fucks & more playing tribute to Norton Rec's Billy Miller

Yo La Tengo played a very special show at NYC’s Town Hall on March 23 titled “And Then Yo La Tengo Turned Itself Inside Out” that had them perform with an ensemble that included horns and a harpist.

The Sonics announce tour with Barrence Whitfield & the Savages, and The Woggles (dates)

Last year, garge punk progenitors The Sonics released their first new album in nearly 50 years. In 2016 they’re going on the first ever full North American tour in their history…

The Sonics releasing first new LP in nearly 50 years (listen to a song), touring with 2 NYC-area shows + BV presale

Seattle garage rock legends The Sonics are back with This is the Sonics, the band’s first new album in almost 50 years. Original members Jerry Roslie (keyboards/vocals), Larry Parypa (guitar/vocals) and Rob Lind (sax/harmonicavocals), along with bassist Freddie Dennis (the Kingsmen, the Liverpool Five) and drummer Dusty Watson (Dick Dale, Agent Orange), went into Seattle’s Soundhouse Studios with producer Jim Diamond (The White Stripes, Dirtbombs) for the new album which was recorded in mono and retains that essential Sonics grime and grit…

Milagres made a new lyric video (watch it), playing shows including Rough Trade and Midpoint Music Fest (lineup)

Brooklyn band Milagres released their second album, Violent Light, via Kill Rock Stars this past spring. They’ve released a new single from the record, the gently anthemic “Terrifying Sea,” which makes its premiere in this post…