Blessed State

Fuzzed-out Western Massachusetts punks Blessed State are back with a new EP called Slipstream, which we're premiering in its entirety. Slipstream is the follow-up to last year's Head Space, and its out October 16...

Western Mass post-hardcore rippers Blessed State are playing a few shows in the Northeast this weekend with New Haven's Worn Leather, including two shows in NYC on Saturday (3...

Don Giovanni Records had yet another good year, with solid 2014 releases from Nude Beach, Priests, Peter Stampfel, Black Wine, Crow Bait, Chris Gethard and more, and they've already got big plans for 2015 with new ones from Screaming Females, California X, Downtown Boys and more on the way...

The Menzingers in Chicago in June (more by Jeff Ryan)

The Menzingers already had two NYC-area dates on their tour schedule -- Long Island's Revolution Bar on 10/24 with Iron Chic, Spraynard, Casavettes and Lee Corey Oswald, and Taking Back Sunday's holiday show on 12/27 in NJ -- but nothing…

Northampton rockers Blessed State are now just a week away from releasing their debut album, Head Space (due 6/24 via Safety Meeting -- pre-order), but you can finally hear the whole thing in this post...

Western Mass punks Blessed State will release their debut LP, titled Head Space, produced by Justin Pizzoferrato (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Speedy Ortiz) on June 24 via Safety Meeting (pre-order)...

Cardiff indie rockers Los Campesinos! are over in the US for a short tour supporting their newest LP, No Blues, which hit NYC's Irving Plaza last night (1/22)...

'90s acts The Toadies and Supersuckers are touring together, and will make two NYC-area stops: Irving Plaza on April 24 and the NJ's The Stone Pony on April 25...

Perfect Pussy at 285 Kent in October (more by Amanda Hatfield)

One of this year's great unsigned bands, Perfect Pussy, are unsigned no longer...

White Lung at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin)

NYU is putting on yet another great show before this school semester ends, and this one's an all-punk lineup with powerviolence-turned-garage-punks Ceremony, Vancouver shredders White Lung, Syracuse noisemakers Perfect Pussy, and Brooklyn…