Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Albums of 2018
It's a Rolling Stone list, so it's got a weirdly high placement for the just-okay Paul McCartney album, but other than that, RS picked most of 2018's usual suspects...
Free Cake For Every Creature
tix on sale: J Cole, Iron & Wine, Julien Baker, Aimee Mann, Ty Segall, more
The annual Libera Awards with Aimee Mann, The Dap-Kings featuring Lee Fields (paying tribute to Sharon Jones & Charles Bradley); Jack Antonoff's Shadow of the City fest with Julien Baker, Turnover, Beach Slang, and more; First Aid Kit; Shakey Graves; and more NYC-area shows on sale.
Sad13 on new benefit comp w/ Hand Habits, Sammus & more, playing shows
'Evergreen: A Benefit Compilation for Hour Children' also includes Fraternal Twin (covering Songs: Ohia), Free Cake For Every Creature (covering Daniel Johnston), La Neve (Joey DeFrancesco of Downtown Boys), Jock Club (Andrew Flores of Destruction Unit), and more; and there's a release show at Silent Barn.
more Shea Stadium shows moving, including No Joy, Homeshake, The Parrots & Francis Lung
Shea Stadium recently announced they'd be closing for two weeks, and since that announcement they've begun to relocate shows
Wildhoney and Mercury Girls made us a year-end mix of their favorite 2016 songs (listen)
Mercury Girls have upcoming shows, including an NYC date in February with No Joy.
Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Songs of 2016
Rolling Stone's favorite songs of 2016 include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Britney Spears, Kanye West, Beyonce, Rae Sremmurd and more.
Hello Shark releasing ‘Delicate’ (stream “Alligator”)
Even if you aren't familiar with Philly musician Lincoln Halloran's project Hello Shark, you may be familiar with some of the people in his inner circle, which includes Owen Ashworth (Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Advance Base), and members of Attic Abasement and the Epoch collective.
Pop Montreal reveals full 2016 lineup
The 2016 edition of Pop Montreal happens September 21 - 25 at venues all over the city. It's the 15th anniversary of the festival and they've just announced the finalized lineup...
Diet Cig headlining Knitting Factory, playing tons of cool fests
Local rising energetic duo Diet Cig, who were already one of the buzziest acts at SXSW this year, are keeping the upward trajectory going with impressive booking after impressive booking...
a guide to NYC Popfest 2016 (which is this weekend)
Get your cardigans out: NYC Popfest is upon us and here's an exhaustive guide to the weekend's goings-on, including The Chills, Trashcan Sinatras, Allo Darlin', The Railway Children, The Primitives & more.