2016 NYC Halloween events: Village Parade, dog parade, cover band shows, World Inferno Friendship Society & more
NYC loves Halloween and there's no shortage of spooky action this year.
Clean Girls
Kindling, Infinity Girl, California X & Clean Girls @ Suburbia (pics)
Kindling, the new-ish Western Mass shoegaze band with two members of screamo band Ampere, released their Galaxies EP last week on No Idea and began some release shows over the week...
Kindling (ft. 1/2 of Ampere) releasing an EP on No Idea, playing shows with Infinity Girl & California X (dates, stream)
Western Mass screamo band Ampere have been pretty busy this year. They recently released a split with Raein, and Will and Meghan released the debut album with their band Longi...
1994! playing Brooklyn with The Beds; NAH and Spraynard streaming new stuff (listen)
One of the earliest bands to emerge out of the emo revival is Lancaster, PA duo 1994!, who debuted with mathy Kinsella-style riffs on 2008's Thank You Arms and Fingers and got progressively nois...
What’s going on Thursday? (Ceremony, Circuit des Yeux, Talib Kweli, Blind Idiot God, King Sunny Ade & more)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...
Talib Kweli, Rapsody, NIKO IS, K Valentine @ Brooklyn Bowl
NYC hip hop vet Talib Kweli continues to release music and perform consistently...
Exploding In Sound throwing 5-day celebration in Brooklyn and Boston (but first a Northside showcase)
Brooklyn/Boston indie rock label Exploding In Sound Records is throwing a five-day, six-show celebration this August in their two hometowns, dubbed the "Thank You For Being A Friend" Extended Week...
The Spook School played Popfest, share “Burn Masculinity” video, touring with Wildhoney (dates)
Scottish band The Spook School just played Saturday at Knitting Factory as part of NYC Popfest. I missed their set, as I left Knit to Cake Shop to see SAVAK and The Gotobeds but did anyone else catch it...
Slingshot Dakota & Petal touring together, playing NYC with Ampere; Fog Cult released an EP (dates & song streams)
Slingshot Dakota at The Studio at Webster Hall in October (more by Mimi Hong)
Two Pennsylvania DIY pop bands, Bethlehem's Slingshot Dakota and Scranton's Petal (fronted by Kiley Lotz with members of Tigers Jaw), will be heading out on a short Northeast tour together this week...
Swearin’ playing shows, including DbA w/ Shellshag who also play there w/ Bleeding Rainbow; Pink Wash touring (dates)
Bleeding Rainbow at Death by Audio in 2012 (more by Andrew St. Clair)
Swearin' have been gracing NYC with quite a few appearances lately. Having last played here over the weekend for a Northside show at Glasslands, the band have already announced they'll return on July 26 at Death by Audio for a show with local regulars Shellshag and past Shellshag tourmates Black Rainbow...
What’s going on Sunday? (Little Dragon, of Montreal, Haim, Graveyard, R. Stevie Moore, Shy Girls, more)
Little Dragon at Prospect Park in 2012 (more by Ryan Muir)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...