City of Ships

Driftoff is a new band featuring members of Junius, Rosetta and City of Ships, and if you listen to those bands you probably have some idea of what you're get...

One very prevailing trend in the punk scene right now is tons of bands bringing shoegaze into their sound, and coming out with a heavy/atmospheric blend that's making Hum look like a more influential band than ever before...

"Watching this band City of Ships at Saint Vitus and it sounds like Far meets Young Widows. Very cool." - Dan Brennan Single Mothers Single Mothers (who recently played one of our SXSW shows) brought their tour with fellow Canadian punk rippers The Dirty Nil to NYC last night (4/5) for a show at Saint Vi...

City of Ships are releasing the followup to 2011's Minor World this year with Ultraluminal, due April 21 via Science of Silence Records. If you're unfamiliar with the band, consider that they've released a split and toured with Rosetta, and that they're on a Hum tribute album, and you've probably got a pretty good idea of their so...

I can say without any reservations that this was a moment I had thought about for nearly 15 years. HUM was a band that I worshiped from my mid teenage years until well into my twenties...

DOWNLOAD: City of Ships - "Low Countries" (MP3) City of Ships at Union Pool (more by Brian Reilly) After two years away from the studio, Richmond's City of Ships have followed up the much acclaimed Look What God Did To Us with Minor World, the Richmond band's new LP due on July 19th via Translation Loss & Sound Study Recordings...

today in NYC * Metalux @ The Stone * Chris Tordini @ Barbes * Volbeat, CKY @ Irving Plaza * Bambi Kino @ Bowery Electric * Bill Frisell @ Village Vanguard * Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes * Low, Milagres @ Bowery Ballroom * Jenny Graf Sheppard @ The Stone * Matt Dusk, Anna Wilson @ Joe's Pub * Rusko, Doorly, Destructo @ Terminal 5 * Paleo, Grimis, Basement Band @ Pianos * Battles, Tanlines (DJ set) @ Le Poisson Rouge * Karen Rockower, Diehard, Ovlov @ Cake Shop * Dirty Vegas, Murder Mystery @ Mercury Lounge * Femi Kuti, Lord Huron @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Tulipss, Sea Ghost, The Finks, La Snacks @ Coco 66 * Gutbucket, Hog Trio, Travis Laplante @ Union Hall * YACHT, Light Asylum, Bobby Birdman @ Webster Hall * Oh No Oh My, Modern Skirts, Mike Quinn @ The Rock Shop * Good and Angry, Minerva Lions, New Tongues @ Union Pool * Weasel Walter, PAK, Discipline, Yan Jun, Che Chen @ Silent Barn * Devin the Dude, The Coughee Brothaz, PackFM @ Knitting Factory * Lightning Bolt, Humanbeast, Dogleather, 80s Hardcore @ 285 Kent Ave * Takka Takka, Sea of Bees, The Silent League, Nonviolence @ Glasslands * Lemuria, Joyce Manor, White Wives, Banquets @ The Studio at Webster Hall * Texas Instruments, Sidefires, Suns, Ghost Robot Ninja Bear (acoustic) @ Party Xpo * Okkyung Lee, Tom Rainey, Liberty Ellman, Skuli Sverrisson @ Issue Project Room We're giving away a bunch of tickets to tonight's YACHT show...

by BBG The Body at Europa (more by Tim Griffin) With their triumphant All The Waters Of The Earth Turned To Blood available to gen pop, The Body has started filling in holes on their massive US tour and will start with an NYC show on July 22nd...

Rosetta have no lack of releases they're a part of in 2010. Their new album A Determinism of Morality is on the way via Translation Loss (look for it May 25th)...

Starkweather have cancelled their previously discussed appearance on Sunday night (3/28) at Public Assembly with Rosetta and Junius due to a scheduling conflict...