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I walked into Webster Hall on Tuesday (8/19) around 7:20, about three quarters of the way through Ovlov's set, the first set of a four-band bill, and it was packed...

Pity Sex at BV-CMJ 2013 (more by Chris La Putt) As previously discussed, UK post-hardcore band Basement ended their hiatus and will be touring North America this year, which includes a NYC show at the Grand Ballroom in Webster Hall on August 19 (moved from the Marlin Room, which had been moved from the Studio)...

Nothing at Baby's All Right on NYE (more by Amanda Hatfield) Heavy shoegazers Nothing just never seem to stop touring (which is good, because their live show is really something else)...

Jason Shevchuck w/ Kid Dynamite at House of Vans (more by David Andrako) Producer Will Yip has become a go-to guy in the punk scene, sitting behind the boards for Title Fight, Balance & Composure, Pity Sex, Sainthood Reps, Citizen and many others, and on October 8, he'll release a compilation titled Off The Board: A Studio 4 Family Compilation (pre-order) with previously unreleased songs from those artists and a number of others he's worked with...

Native made their mark on the math rock/post-hardcore scene with their 2010 debut album, Wrestling Moves. Since then they've toured relentlessly, and they're now finally set to release that record's followup, Orthodox, on August 20 via Sargent House (Chelsea Wolfe, Russian Circles)...

As discussed, Gainesville's The Fest is returning this year from October 31 to November 3, and they've just expanded their lineup to include more artists...

Tampa garage rockers Dads share members with Merchandise (Carson Cox and David Vassalotti) and are also regulars on the same underground scene that Merchandise came from before they began extensively touring decent-sized venues across North America...

Ann Arbor, MI four-piece Pity Sex may have ties to the emo scene (they're about to tour with The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and they're on Run for Cover Records), but their new album, Feast of Love, which is due out on June 25, is straight up shoegaze/dream pop in the realm of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and it may very well win over fans of that scene...

The Jealous Sound at Terminal 5 in 2009 (more by Kurt Christensen) Emo vets The Jealous Sound have been doing a good amount of touring this year, following the release of their comeback album, A Gentle Reminder...

"For the last two summers, performance-artist/drag-queen/comic genius Dina Martina has been playing in Provincetown. For what it's worth, I've seen a lot of shows in Ptown over the last couple of decades and I've never seen anything as brilliant or as funny as Dina...