Diamond Rings

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark have shared the first single from their forthcoming album, English Electric. “Metroland” is a sparkling piece of synthpop that is very OMD, but doesn’t sound like they’re trying to rewrite their old hits…

Osheaga Festival is returning to Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau from August 2-4. This year’s lineup includes The Cure, Mumford and Sons, Phoenix, New Order, Vampire Weekend, Kendrick Lamar, Hot Chip, Alt-J, Beach House, Explosions in the Sky, Big Boi, Baauer, Father John Misty, Disclosure, Frightened Rabbit, Angel Haze, Jessie Ware, DIIV, Guards, and many more…

As you know, BrooklynVegan is returning to Austin for SXSW this year and throwing four days of day parties at The Main & The Jr aka 603 Red River Street at the corner of 6th aka the old Emo’s location…

Diamond Rings , who was here back in December, will open for synthpop pioneers OMD on their forthcoming tour, which includes a stop in NYC on July 17 at Terminal 5…

Brooklyn Bowl during a Deer Tick show (more by Tracy Allison) As you probably know, we’ve been posting a bunch of year-end lists from artists this year, and we’ve also posted a few from venue guys like Josh Moore and Johnny Beach from Bowery Presents, Jack “Skippy” McFadden of Emo’s in Austin, and Andy Bodor from Cake S…

“Saw fantastic show by @diamondrings tonight at Bowery Ballroom; hung out a bit afterwards. He’s the real deal, people; check out his music…

The best part about Austin’s annual good time known as Fun Fun Fun Fest is diversity. While punk and metal are driving the tattoo-sleeved set nuts on the Black Stage (pics HERE and HERE), there is an entirely different festival going on at some of the other stages – legendary MCs to movie star cameros, punk legends to some of the best indie bands on the come-up…

We knew that the WFMU Record Fair was cancelled, but now comes word that he Hurricane did some damage to the radio station as well:The aftermath of Frankenstorm (actually Frankenstorm was the name of the doctor, it really should be called Frankenstorm’s Monster) left WFMU with no electricity in our Jersey City studios, and at BOTH of our FM transmitters (91…

Cat Power at Central Park Summerstage in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) today in NYC * Tim Eriksen @ Barbes * Barnaby Bright @ Joe’s Pub * Diamond Terrifer @ Zebulon * Louis CK @ New York City Center * Antibalas, Ted Leo @ World Financial Center * Cherub, Glitter Freeze @ The Rock Shop * Jenny Besetzt, Rifle Recoil @ Cake Shop * The Cabin Down Below Band @ Webster Hall * Buddy Guy, Quinn Sullivan @ BB King’s * Flobots, Astronautalis @ Highline Ballroom * Ex-Cops, Historics, Young Boys @ Glasslands * Damien Jurado, Psychic Twin @ Mercury Lounge * Naomi Watanabe/Daniel Jodocy Duo @ The Stone * El Ten Eleven, Michna, Beacon @ Bowery Ballroom * Double King, Careful, Tica Douglas @ Cameo Gallery * Old 97’s, Salim Nourallah, Rhett Miller @ Webster Hall * Miike Snow, Niki & the Dove @ The Wellmont Theatre * Sinkane, Zongo Junction, Pegasus Warning @ Brooklyn Bowl * Counting Crows, Tender Mercies, Mean Creek @ The Capitol Theatre *

Diamond Rings at Webster Hall in September (more by Amanda Hatfield) Diamond Rings will release his new album, Free Dimensional, next week (10/23) via Astralwerks/Secret City, but you can stream the whole thing now, a week ahead of its release, below via Hype Machine…