Goosebumps

The second annual NYC punk/hardcore festival New York's Alright went down last month (April) with shows at various venues, including the recently-opened Bushwick venue The Wick, which we're highlighting today...

Violent Reaction, the UK straight-edge one-man ripper who are fleshed out into a full ensemble at live shows, tear through straight-edge anthems flavored with a UK flare...

Mt. Royal @ Baby's All Right, 3/19/2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Shopping/entertainment destination Brooklyn Night Bazaar has announced a few more shows to it's upcoming schedule of free musical entertainment...

Back in 2011, it was announced that new Brooklyn venue The Wick would open in a former brewery at 260 Meserole St (next to the barely-open outdoor venue The Well), and that venue is finally set to open this March...

Crazy Spirit at New York's Alright 2013 (more by Tod Seelie) Punk and hardcore festival New York's Alright is back for a second year and will run at various venues around the city from Thursday April 17th to Sunday April 20th...

Meek is Murder at Cake Shop, 2010 (more by Fred Pessaro) The inevitable yearly parade of holiday-themed silliness marches on today with some help from Converge-esque BK riffers Meek is Murder...

Shoxx at The Acheron, June 2012 (more by BBG) Olympia, Washington's GAG is a hardcore punk force to be reckoned with, and the band are  currently in the midst of a lengthy US tour that, as mentioned in today's What's Going On post, lands tonight (10/8) at Fitness at 1196 Myrtle Avenue with locals Shoxx, Goosebumps, Pleasure Industry and newcomers to the scene IVY (not to be confused with the NYC pop band of the same name)...

"RIP Lou Reed. Irreplaceable." - Lee Ranaldo "So sorry to hear of Lou Reed s passing this is a huge shock!" - Kim Gordon Sonic Youth at Battery Park in 2008 (more by Jason Bergman) Of the many musicians that have commented on the unfortunate passing of Lou Reed, we haven't gotten one (yet...

White Lung are on a tour with Iceage which hits NYC for a sold out show at Bowery Ballroom on Saturday (4/20) with Parquet Courts and Burial, but earlier this week (4/15) they stopped by NYC for their own headlining gig at Ache...

Vancouver punks White Lung are in NYC, and will play Acheron tonight (April 15) as part of a surprise appearance with Goosebumps, Syphilitic Lust and Boca Raton...