CBGB Festival

Cheetah Chrome (of Dead Boys) releasing first-ever solo EP, playing CBGB Fest shows; 'Nightclubbing' archives opening

Cheetah Chrome, guitarist for legendary punk band The Dead Boys and pre-Dead Boys band Rocket From the Tombs (with whom he’s reunited in recent years), is set to put out his first-ever solo release this week (10/8) via Plowboy Records, which he co-founded…

CBGB's interior being reconstructed for CBGB Fest.... (Duff to give keynote speech in front of it)

Here’s something you can see at CBGB Festival next week that you may not have expected: the inside of the club itself. When the legendary Lower East Side club closed back in 2006, owner Hilly Kristal and club talent booker Louise Staley carefully dismantled the interior and have had it in storage ever since…

CBGB Fest live music photo exhibit opening, featuring many BV photographers

The 2013 CBGB Festival is coming up next week (Oct. 8 – 13), and in addition to the many shows, movie screenings and panel discussions, there’s also going to be a photography exhibit…

CBGB Festival film screenings on sale (win tix to some!)

As discussed, the CBGB Music & Film Festival is returning to NYC from October 9 to 13 across various venues, and a number of films (including the premiere of the CBGB movie) are screening at the festival…

Grizzly Bear, My Morning Jacket, James Murphy, Divine Fits & more playing free CBGB Fest show in Times Square

Grizzly Bear at Lollapalooza 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) As discussed, the CBGB Mus…

Judge playing intimate Brooklyn show!

Missed them at one of their two large Manhattan shows earlier this year? Well, chances are you’ll miss them again because not many people will fit into Saint Vitus on October 11th for the Invisible Oranges-presented JUDGE show happening there as part of the CBGB Festival on that night in the intimate Brooklyn venue with Manipulate and more TBA…

Celestial Shore released '10x' on Hometapes, playing NYC release show tonight w/ TEEN and Empress Of ++ other dates

Brooklyn’s Celestial Shore released their new album, 10x, last week via Hometapes. “Beachy” is a term that’s thrown around a lot with them, and you can hear traces of Brian Wilson in their harmonies, but “Little Deuce Coup” this ain’t…

punk roundup: NOFX, Western Addiction, Iron Chic, Kill Your Idols, Dropkick Murphys, Casualties, CBGB Fest & more

NOFX at Bonnaroo 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Cali skate punks NOFX have announced a US tour which will go down this fall and hit NYC on November 30 at Irving Plaza…

festival roundup: Berlin Festival, ACL Fest, FFF Fest, CMJ, Voodoo Experience, CBGB Fest, Treasure Island

The big festival season may be coming to a close now that Labor Day is behind us and it doesn’t really feel like summer anymore, but of course that doesn’t mean there aren’t any to still look forward to (though many are in warmer places than here in the Northeast)…

CBGB movie soundtrack includes Talking Heads, The Stooges, Dead Boys, Richard Hell, Television, Blondie, Dictators & more

As previously mentioned, the CBGB movie will premiere at this year’s CBGB Music & Film Festival, which goes down across various NYC venues from October 9 to 13…
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