Gingerlys

At his sold out Brooklyn Show, Gus Dapperton accented his quirky, jangly songs with dance moves, and the enthusiastic crowd responded in kind.

Brooklyn quintet Gingerlys have been making highly melodic, shoegazy indiepop for a few years now and just last week released their self-titled debut album which is a real treat, full of dizzy, hyper pop and very pretty moments as well.

Toronto's Frigs were one of the standout new acts to play this past weekend's M for Montreal festival with their dark, almost soulful take on post punk. Bria Salmela is a firebrand frontperson possessing a commanding voice that can go from smoky cool to full-on wail...

"I haven't played a strip club in 20 years," admitted Brendan Canning as he took the stage at Cafe Cleopatra which on most nights hosts burlesque but on Thursday (11/17) was home to one of two shows at the 2016 M for Montreal festival...

Sigur Ros, Built to Spill, Kaytranada, Ringworm, Pantha du Prince, Bill Frisell, Bebel Gilberto, Acrylics and more NYC show options for your hump day.

Brand New/Modest Mouse, Girl Band, The Muffs, King Sunny Ade, Night Beats, Gojira, Wildhoney/Literature, Lil Bibby, and more Thursday show options in NYC.

The Baltimore shoegazers will also play two NYC shows in April.

jennylee (of Warpaint) added a NJ show, happening February 26 at Monty Hall. Tickets go on sale at 10 AM. Her Bowery Ballroom show is stil...

Philadelphia's Mercury Girls won the battle over use of their name (Toronto's Mercury Girls are now called Pavilion). With that settled, look for a 7" out early next year on venerable indiepop label Slumberland...

Lame Drivers have been a constant presence on the Brooklyn indie/DIY scene for while, and have released a number of 7"s, tapes and splits in that time, some of which was collected on the Cruisin' Classics CD...