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Pics from Riot Fest Chicago Day 2: Social Distortion, Morrissey, Bob Mould, The Hold Steady & more
The second day of Riot Fest Chicago (September 17) featured sets from Morrissey, Death Cab for Cutie…
Riot Fest Chicago 2016 - Saturday pics & review (Morrissey, Death Cab, Brand New, Fucked Up, Hives & more)
The second day of Riot Fest Chicago (September 17) featured sets from Morrissey, Death Cab for Cutie, Brand New, Social Distortion…
Riot Fest Chicago begins (Misfits will reunite, Morrissey will play, Descendents vs Brand New, more)
Also check out some Instagrams of the fest (which is underway now), other tough conflicts, and more…
Cymbals Eat Guitars talk powerful new album 'Pretty Years,' working with Brand New & more ++ LP stream
Cymbals Eat Guitars came out swinging back in 2009, with their instantly-loved debut album Why There Are Mountains and some real solid buzz — they were one of the sure winners of CMJ ’09. They then retreated from the spotlight a bit, but only got better as a band…
Brand New announce tour with The Front Bottoms & Modern Baseball
Brand New just wrapped up their co-headlining tour with Modest Mouse, including an MSG show, and now they’ve announced yet another run of dates. This one has killer support from both The Front Bottoms and Modern Baseball…
Brand New share "Out of Range" (listen)
Brand New just put out a 7″ for their song “Mene,” and it comes out with an exclusive b-side, “Out of Range” (which has appeared online as a demo before)…
Five Notable Releases of the Week (7/15/16)
A very solid debut from Chicago rap/R&B newcomer Dreezy, some essential reworked Brand New songs, an ambitious sophomore album from Michael Kiwanuka and more.
Brand New & Modest Mouse played Madison Square Garden (pics, review, setlists)
Three of Brand New’s first four songs were off their last album, 2009’s Daisy, which is really a hell of a way to start a show. It’s their heaviest, noisiest album. Even if you don’t know the words, you’d have to be a robot to feel nothing from the sheer power of those songs in a live setting…
Brand New & Modest Mouse played Merriweather Post Pavilion (pics, setlists)
“Hi, we’re Brand New,” Jesse Lacey said last night (7/12) at the Merriweather Post Pavilion stop of their co-headlining tour with Modest Mouse. The set then opened abruptly with “Mene,” the sunshine of golden hour pouring into the pavilion…
Brand New release reworked versions of 2006 demos (listen)
As most Brand New fans know, before they released their now-classic The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me, a bunch of demos from the album’s sessions leaked, some of which ended up on the final album and some of which did not. The demo collection became an essential “album” in the band’s catalog, so much so, that they finally started playing the songs live and eventually mastered them and released it on cassette as Leaked Demos 2006. Now they’ve chosen three highlights off that release…
