Best Friends Day

While a rain (and wind) delay is shutting down our city currently, a rain delay only shoved back set times by an hour at the final show of Best Friends Day 2011 on Sunday (8/21) at the Bike Lot…

Strike Anywhere @ Best Friends Day (more by Chris Boarts Larson) Richmond’s Strike Anywhere are joining the throngs of punk bands touring around their appearance at Riotfest…

After a crazy Friday, the Saturday of Best Friends Day 2011 included a 10AM set at a grocery store with Night Birds (who recently played Public Assembly), a show at Hadad’s lake with Against Me…

“The pg.99 reunion last night was truly something special. Thanks to all who made the journey.” –magicbulletrecs Friday (8/19) at the Canal Club in Richmond, VA was the place to be, as pg…

Touche Amore at Santos Party House (more by Paul Birman)Cold Cave regret to announce that due to an unforeseen illness they are unable to travel and thus not able to play their dates in the UK and Europe in August and September…

Night Birds at Chaos in Tejas (more by Keith Marlowe) Quite a few were left blue when the much loved NJ band The Ergs called it quits. Luckily, members of The Ergs are back with a new project in Night Birds, a punk/garage/surf hybrid that rips as much on record as it does live…

Converge at The Chance (more by Meghan McInnis) Best Friends Day is now exploding with bands taking part in its 10th event in Richmond, VA on August 18-21, 2011…

Pg. 99 (also spelled pageninetynine) was a punk band from Sterling, Virginia on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. The band formed as a 6-piece in winter 1998 and later expanded to an 8-piece…

by BBG Black Army Jacket Demo Tape coverBlack Army Jacket was an American grindcore / power violence band… Their ex-members can now be found in bands like Hope Collapse, Municipal Waste, Matt Pond PA, Burnt By The Sun and Birds of Prey…

Thursday @ Terminal 5 Thursday is devoted to tour dates. Not only here at BrooklynVegan every Thursday (and really, every day), but the New Brunswick post-hardcore band Thursday who will hit the road in September with The Fall of Troy, tagging Bowery Ballroom (a venue much smaller than their most recent shows at Terminal 5 and Nokia Theatre) on 9/20…