Blake Schwarzenbach

Jawbreaker sounded as great as ever, and they brought along two killer openers: War On Women (who were joined by surprise guest Mikey Erg) and the reunited Pohgoh.

Jawbreaker frontman Blake Schwarzenbach lists and discusses ten albums that majorly impacted his life, including The Dream Syndicate, Meat Puppets, The Three O'Clock, the 'Alien' soundtrack, and more.

”Our summer is just gonna be trying to write, jam,” Blake said, before adding, ”What we really wanna do is just riff out and see what comes. I'm spending the next month writing at home, and then we're gonna converge in San Francisco and go in a studio and see what happ…

After finally reuniting and playing their first NYC show since the '90s on Monday, Jawbreaker continued their BK Steel run on Tuesday with comedian opener Clare O'Kane and secret guest opener Waxahatchee.

Like at Riot Fest last year, Jawbreaker played like the rock stars they always deserved to be.

Tim Kinsella is joining Jawbreaker's Blake Schwarzenbach for a Q&A at the release party for the new 33 1/3 on '24 Hour Revenge Therapy,' and he added a solo show happening here the next night.

Plus: Smashing Pumpkins, Coheed & Cambria / Taking Back Sunday, Mark Kozelek, Alice Glass / Zola Jesus, US Girls, Caroline Rose, Daniel Lanois, Flatbush Zombies, Speedy Ortiz, Dr Octagon, The Sword, Black Moth Super Rainbow and more tickets on sale.

Other guests at the Brooklyn podcast taping include Brian Baker (Dag Nasty, Bad Religion, Minor Threat) and Laura Stevenson.

Could Jawbreaker really jump from not being a band to headlining a festival? The answer, it turned out, was a resounding "yes."

”If we aren't burned alive in Chicago, we wanna do more, and not have to have people make it a destination and pay a ton of money to see us.”