tours announced: Kevin Devine/Get Up Kids, Lotus, ‘Last Waltz,’ Kim Petras, more
Plus: Gruff Rhys, The Growlers, EarthGang, Hollie Cook, J Robbins, Shoreline Mafia, Cinema Cinema, and more tour news...
Cinema Cinema
Rockaway Beach’s ROCK! AWAY! fest is this weekend with Kool Keith & more
Rockaway Beach music festival ROCK! AWAY! returns for its third year this weekend with rock bands, acoustic shows, hip hop, DJs, burlesque, jazz brunch, and more...
art-punks Cinema Cinema ready ‘Man Bites Dog’ (listen), playing shows
Brookly art-punk duo Cinema Cinema are set to release their fourth album, Man Bites Dog, on April 28 via Labelship (Vinyl/CD/Digital) in the UK/EU and Dullest Records (Cassette) in the USA. The group made their record with the great Martin Bisi...
Chomp (ex-Cloud Nothings) streaming new tape, playing CMJ
What’s going on Friday? (The Vaselines, Dr. Dog, Mike Pace, Stephen Brodsky, LODRO, Two Inch Astronaut & more)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...
The Vaselines, Amanda X @ Bell House
Scottish indie rock royalty The Vaselines have now released two albums since returning from a long hiatus, most recently with 2013's V is for Vaselines...
The Heavy Lowdown: Phil Anselmo’s pants ++ At the Gates, Misery Index, Earth, weekend shows & lots more
"Me and my uncle @philiphanselmo have a gang," Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben Weinman said on Twitter. "And these pants are our uniform." And now that's burned in your retinas, let's take a walk on the newswire:
At the Gates have hinted subtly and not so subtly about a new album for 2014...
Black Flag announce ‘Victimology Tour’ (dates)
Greg Ginn's latest iteration of Black Flag, now with Mike Vallely on vocals and minus bassist Dave Klein, have just announced a North American trek they've dubbed the "Victimology Tour...
White Fence streaming new LP, added to Northside Fest line-up (Mac DeMarco, Nu Sensae, Kylesa, Torche & more too)
As mentioned, White Fence's new album, Cyclops Reap, is out this week on John Dwyer's Castle Face label. Tim Presley doesn't seem to be running out of songs and this is another quality batch of paisley-scented psychedelia...
NYC’s Aputumpu Festival starts tonight (Computer Magic, Eula, KNTRLR, Dickpic, Speedy Ortiz & more)
Computer Magic @ Bowery Ballroom, 9/8/12 (more by Erik Erikson)The Aputumpu Festival is a musical showcase featuring more than two dozen rising Brooklyn-based bands comprising the backbone of the burgeoning Brooklyn music scene...
ZZZ’s playing CMJ shows (dates, streams, live videos)
Japanese-born/Brooklyn-residing post-punk trio ZZZ's were formed this past March with Youkaku (guitar/vox), Yukary (bass/vox), and Lyn (drums), all of whom were members of Hystoic Vein, who broke up in October 2011...