Bennio Qwerty

Hit Bargain are a self-described "queencore" band ("an intersection of queer, queening and hardcore") who are based out of L.A. but feature members from a number of defunct NYC bands...

Tickets for the Echo & the Bunnymen shows at Irving Plaza go on BrooklynVegan presale today at 10 AM. Password HERE. Tickets for the Coldplay show at Beacon Theatre go on sale at 10 AM...

You may remember San Francisco band The Splinters from a few years back, who toured with JEFF the Brotherhood and Heavy Cream. Splinters splintered, and Caroline from the band ended up sticking around NYC, playing in Habibi and The Numerators...

North Highlands @ Glasslands, June 2011 (more by Jessica Amaya) In 2009 we graduated college with little hope of finding jobs, so we started a band...

Mac DeMarco at FFF Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...

Montreal band Solids released their debut LP, Blame Confusion, last month in Canada. (You can stream it below.) For those looking to physical procure a copy in America, the duo just announced that they've signed with Fat Possum who will release the record stateside on February 8...

BRMC @ T5 earlier this year (more by Dana Yavin) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows. Here are some highlights.....

North Highlands at Glasslands in 2011 (more by Jessica Amaya) It's been nearly two years since North Highlands released their debut album, Wild One, and while they work on its follow-up, the Brooklyn group have a stopgap 7" with two new tracks...

Speedy Ortiz at WBAR-B-Q in April (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned, Northampton, MA's Speedy Ortiz have signed to Carpark Records and will release their debut album, Major Arcana, on June 9 via their new label...

Vampire Weekend at an ACL taping in March (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * J Rome @ Joe's Pub * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Olivier Manchon @ Barbes * Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes * Tower of Power @ BB King's * Cheap Trick @ John Varvatos * Jonathan Toubin @ Glasslands * Kendra Morris @ The Ace Hotel * Les Claypool @ Gramercy Theatre * Lee Ranaldo Band, VBA @ Union Pool * Vampire Weekend @ Roseland Ballroom * The Rascals @ Richard Rodgers Theatre * Rihanna, A$AP Rocky @ Prudential Center * Steve Coleman and Five Elements @ The Stone * JDH & Dave P (FIXED), Turbotax @ Secret Location * Paul Oakley Stovall and Brad Simmons @ Joe's Pub * How To Destroy Angels, DIIV @ The Wellmont Theatre * Lovely Little Girls, Infantphant, BBIGPIGG @ Cake Shop * BFA, Toddlers, Leverage Models, Nightdogs @ Mercury Lounge * Pile, Fat History Month, Porches, Bennio Qwerty @ Death By Audio * Ruwa, Hans Tammen, Matt O'Hare, Your Friends and Neighbors @ Cameo Gallery * Dot Wiggin Band, Aye Aye Rabbit, Last Car, Supercute...