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Athens Popfest 2017 lineup: Superchunk, Apples in Stereo, ESG, Elf Power & more

The 2017 edition of Athens Popfest takes place in Athens, Georgia from August 9 – 12 at four venues in the city (the Georgia Theatre, 40 Watt Club, Little Kings, and the World Famous).

Australia's Beef Jerk released their debut LP on Trouble in Mind (listen), touring U.S. in November

Around for a few years now, Sydney Australia’s Beef Jerk make punky, jangly, sneering rock, descended from the Velvet Underground but spiked with a massive hit of early-’80s The Fall…

Athens Popfest: 2016 lineup & tickets

This year’s lineup includes Daniel Johnston, Deerhoof, Elf Power, His Name is Alive, the original lineup of Love Tractor, Bunnygrunt, Dressy Bessy, and more.

a guide to the 2016 Northside Festival

From Brian Wilson to Beech Creeps, from Wolf Parade to Cut Worms, it’s our picks for don’t-miss shows at Northside 2016.

a guide to NYC Popfest 2016 (which is this weekend)

Get your cardigans out: NYC Popfest is upon us and here’s an exhaustive guide to the weekend’s goings-on, including The Chills, Trashcan Sinatras, Allo Darlin’, The Railway Children, The Primitives & more.

Honey Radar ready new LP 'Blank Cartoon' (listen), playing shows including Northside Festival

Honey Radar will release new album Blank Cartoon on May 20 via What’s Your Rupture. The band, who relocated from Indianapolis to Philadelphia last year, are still cranking out the low-fi jams that are indebted to ’60s Britrock. (If you like Guided by Voices or late-’90s Lilys, it’s very much in the same vein.) Stomping […]

The Chills playing first NYC show in 20 years at NYC Popfest (full lineup: Trashcan Sinatras, Primitives, Allo' Darlin & more)

This year marks the 10th edition of NYC Popfest which will happen May 19 – 22 at venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The lineup was just announced and the Popfest folks have really outdone themselves for this benchmarck year, with performances, Trash Can Sinatras, Allo’ Darlin, ’80s-era Factory Records band The Railway Children, Sarah Records labelmates Secret Shine, , and Even As We Speak, plus The Chesterfields, The Primitives, Alpaca Sports, Mercury Girls, The Hermit Crabs, Spook School, the live debut of Lake Ruth, and more…

Philly's Mercury Girls made a year-end mix (listen), playing NYC shows this weekend w/ Expert Alterations, EZTV & more

Philadelphia’s Mercury Girls won the battle over use of their name (Toronto’s Mercury Girls are now called Pavilion). With that settled, look for a 7″ out early next year on venerable indiepop label Slumberland…

What's going on Thursday? (Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr, Duck Down 20, TWIABP/Foxing, Curren$y, Agnostic Front & more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Superchunk, All Dogs @ Baby’s All Right Having just played the big Ground Control Touring anniversary extravaganza, Superchunk are sticking around tonight for this show, one of the smallest joints they’ve played in some t…

The Gotobeds playing free BrooklynVegan party & other CMJ shows, talk new Sub Pop LP and more in BV Q&A

Pittsburgh smartass post-punks The Gotobeds will take a break from recording their first album for Sub Pop to be a part of the mayhem that is CMJ…
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