Heaven

Plus: Big Sean, Nathaniel Rateliff, Phoenix, Stephen Malkmus, Turnstile, Elton John, Portugal. The Man, Kate Nash, Young M.A, Talib Kweli, Sloan and more tickets on sale.

NYC dreampop band Heaven will release their new album, All Love is Blue on March 2 via Little Cloud Records. Led by Matt Sumrow and Mikey Jones — who between them have played in Dean and Britta, Swervedriver, Ambulance LTD, The Comas, Snowden, and The Big Sleep — the band fall somewhere between driving ’80s alt-rock and early-’90s shoegaze, with an ear for melody and atmospherics.

While definitely lovers of ’90s shoegaze and indie rock (from MBV to GBV), Overlake aren’t beholden to a particular style or sound, having pretty much figured out their own path from the get-go.

The Stone Roses’ first NYC show in 20 year, plus Paul Simon, Black Mountain, Kimya Dawson, Weezer, Lee Ranaldo, 75 Dollar Bill, and more NYC show options for your Independence Day pre-party action.

After more than 30 years in music, Britta Phillips of Luna and Dean & Britta (both with her husband Dean Wareham) released her solo debut. Luck or Magic came out last month and to mark the occasion Britta will be playing a free show at…

Cosmicide, the current musical project from onetime Secret Machines frontman Brandon Curtis, have an upcoming residency at Pianos every Thursday in February:February 4 with Exiles, Ohnomoon, Sleepy Ha Has, and Queen of Jeans February 11 with Hellbirds, New Myths, Secret Servants, and Everest Cale February 18 with Heaven, The Vandelles, Drawing Boards and Willows February 25 with Lip Talk, Dead Leaf Echo, Arc Waves and Crown the InvisibleTickets for all four residency shows are on sale now…

The 4Knots Festival happened on Saturday (7/11), its first year on the Hudson and as a ticketed event. You couldn’t have asked for a nicer day and, though things got off to a late start resulting in some slightly truncated sets, good vibes abounded…

The Village Voice 4 Knots Festival is next Saturday (7/11) at Pier 84 in Hudson River Park, with headliners Super Furry Animals and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks…

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Fat White Family, Sun Club, Roya @ Music Hall of Williamsburg UK band Fat White Family are back entertaining/scaring audiences with their dark-hued brand of scuzz-rock…

Sweden’s Makthaverskan are currently on their first US tour, which hit SXSW (including a BrooklynVegan show), and makes its way to NYC on April 6 at Saint Vitus with Heaven and Alice (tickets)…