Cousin Brian

No Joy @ Mexican Summer 5 (more by PSquared) Montreal's loud/ethereal No Joy are going on tour with Deafheaven and Indian Handcrafts -- a tour that kicks off in Brooklyn next month -- but before that they'll be below the border for a free show at Brooklyn Night Bazaar on Saturday with Black Pus, Cousin Brian and Flagland...

The long Labor Day Weekend (8/29-9/1) is upon us already, which for many is one last chance to enjoy the freedom of summer. It's a good time to get away for a weekend, but if you're staying in NYC for it, there's plenty to do here as well...

Tickets for the RL Grime show at Terminal 5 go on Fan Club/VIP Package and AmEx presale today at 10 AM and noon, respectively. (Anyone know the password...

The members of Black Rainbow have been bringing DIY punk to basements, clubs, and even city streets across the USA for two decades in bands like Chickenhead, Los Canadians, The Dark Rides, Shotwell, Sharp Knife, Onion Flavored Rings, and many more...

NY/NJ indie rockers Spook Houses have been quiet as of late, but their members have been involved in many ongoing projects including LVL UP, Crying, the Double Double Whammy label (home to Frankie Cosmos), and more...

Philadelphia trio Amanda X will release their debut album, Amnesia, via Siltbreeze on August 5. Those who dig '90s style indie rock -- Tuscadero or Blake Babies for example -- will definitely want to check out...

As previously mentioned, NYC's Mannequin Pussy have signed to Tiny Engines and are giving their debut album, Gypsy Pervert, a vinyl release on the label on August 26 (vinyl and digital pre-order)...

today in NYC * ATP * Atlantic Antic * New Yorker Fest * comedy @ Maxwell's * Tarras Band @ Barbes * Jon Brion @ Le Poisson Rouge * Third Eye Blind @ Irving Plaza * Panda Bear, The Present @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple * Celestial Shore, Arches, Night Manager @ Cake Shop * Roedelius, XAMBUCA, Ron Anderson's PAK @ Littlefield * Stephane Wrembel Presents The Django Experiment @ Barbes * Sophia Knapp of Cliffie Swan, GLDK, Lichens @ Cameo Gallery * Diamond Doves, Cartright, Diamond Terrifier, Ian Turner @ Bruar Falls * Erase Errata, Talk Normal, Edie Sedgwick, Bodyparts, Las Palabras @ Glasslands * Mister Melt, American Sun, Sleeping in the Aviary, The Marsh Hens @ Shea Stadium * Angels In America, Weyes Blood, Hubble, The Spanish Donkey, Zaimph (Northern Spy Festival) @ Zebulon * Tribraco, Tubax, Marc Edwards/Weasel Walter/Marcus Cummins Trio, Slipstream Time Travel @ Death By Audio Go see Portishead at ATP tonight, or else go see Jon Brion, or else see one of the other two Jon Brion shows...