Beaches

NYC beaches may not open this summer due to coronavirus

”Even if the mayor wants to open the beaches — which I don’t think he’s going to — they don’t even have the manpower,” a source said.

Riis Park Beach Bazaar hosting live music, DJs, free events (2019 schedule)

Riis Park Beach Bazaar returns for its fifth annual season this summer, bringing live music, DJs, film screenings, food pop-ups, golf, volleyball and more to the Bay 9 bazaar as well as the bathhouse that reopened last summer

Courtney Barnett, Twerps & more Australian artists contributing to marriage equality mixtape

The Australian government is currently conducting a national survey to see whether its citizens think same sex couples should be allowed to get married. To drive the “Yes” message, Australian artists like Courtney Barnett, Twerps, Beaches, Hockey Dad, Terry and more are contributing to the mixtape.

Australian band Beaches prep 3rd LP (listen to "When You're Gone")

Australia’s Beaches have been making blissed, motorik psych for ten years now and will release their new album, Second of Spring, on September 8 via Chapter Music. It’s their first since 2013’s She Beats (which was produced by Michael Rother of Neu!/Kraftwerk/Harmonia), and this one’s a double…

Kanine reissuing Elastica's debut LP for Record Store Day, releasing 'Non Violent Femmes' comp ++ more

In addition to the Fear of Men special edition LP, Kanine Records announced their other Record Store Day 2014 releases today as well. One of them is a compilation called Non Violent Femmes, which culls tracks from some of today’s more promising female-fronted bands from around the globe (well, America, UK, and NZ): Speedy Ortiz, Eternal Summers, Bleeding Rainbow, Beach Day, Tashaki Miyaki, Is/Is, Beverly, TEEN (who just played Baby’s All Right), Joanna Gruesome, Flowers, and Beaches…

pics from Austin Psych Fest 2011 (Fresh & Onlys, Pontiak, Sleepy Sun, The Soft Moon, Lumerians & more)

Austin Psych Fest, which returns in April 2012, hosted many great bands in late April 2011 at Seaholm Power Plant. We previously posted sets of pictures of Spectrum, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Prefuse 73, Black Ryder and Bass Drum of Death, but now check out belated sets of Cloud Canyon, Beaches, Pontiak, Sleepy Sun, Lumerians, The Fresh & Onlys, Soft Moon, and Lower Heaven (all from the 2nd day of the three day fest), below…

Crayon Fields playing SXSW & NYC, Australian BBQ in Brooklyn & a show w/ Kath Bloom & Richard Davies (dates)

DOWNLOAD: The Crayon Fields – All the Pleasures of the World (MP3) One of my favorite albums of 2009 was the baroque pop gem All the Pleasures of the World from Melbourne, Australia’s Crayon Fields…