Big Deal

One of 2013's more unheralded albums was June Gloom by UK duo Big Deal. With giant, crunchy riffs, male-female vocals, soaring choruses with just a hint of melancholy, it's a terrific album (it was #26 on my end-of-year-list) and worth investigating...

Scottish trio PAWS brought their raucous pop punk to the US this week, having touched down in NYC for shows at Glasslands on Tuesday (3/5) and Cake Shop last night (3/6)...

& Tim Griffin; additional pictures BrooklynVegan's Hotel Vegan, located at Austin venues Hotel Vegas & Volstead Lounge, began at noon back on Wednesday, 3/14/2012, on three stages...

As you know, BrooklynVegan is taking over ALL THREE STAGES at connecting Austin venues Hotel Vegas & Volstead for FOUR DAYS STRAIGHT this week, and it's all 100% FREE (no RSVP or badges either)...

DOWNLOAD: Razika - Eg Vetsje (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Razika - Nytt Pa Nytt (MP3) Welcome to Part 2 of this pre-SXSW edition of This Week in Indie (Part 1 HERE), which sees an insane amount of good show options over the next five days, even for New York which is never lacking for music options...

2:54 at Pianos in 2011 (more by Erik Erikson) London duo 2:54 have signed to Fat Possum in the US, who will give their Scarlet EP an American release next week...

UK duo 2:54, who we suggested you check out when they made their US debut in NYC in late November, has a few US dates scheduled with fellow UK duo Big Deal surrounding SXSW...