Hey Mercedes

Bob's picks include Anthony Green, Smidley, Chat Pile, Big Thief, and more...

In honor of the 20th anniversary of emo's breakout year, this edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at the 20 best emo albums of 2001.

Bob ran down what songs he listens to while ”working, reading, exercise, learning French, doing yoga, cooking, etc,” including Pedro the Lion, Destroyer, Bill Callahan, Maps & Atlases, and more...

Including albums by Turnover, glass beach, mewithoutYou, Modern Baseball, Petal, Camp Cope, Citizen, Basement, Tigers Jaw, and lots more.

Tons of great stuff went down on Saturday that I wasn't able to see, like Deerhunter, The Julie Ruin, The Bouncing Souls, Cold Cave, Ceremony and Good Riddance, but the highs of what I did catch were very high. My favorite set of the day hands down was Gorilla Biscuits, who played last on the Heaven stage...

The Hey Mercedes reunion tour begins this week, and as mentioned, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die are opening a handful of the dates. When we last spoke, they weren't on any of the NYC shows, but it's now been revealed that they open...

This stacked fest already included Thursday, Piebald, Milemarker and Hey Mercedes reunions, plus Quicksand, L7, Dinosaur Jr, Drive Like Jehu, American Football, The Julie Ruin and many more.

Hey Mercedes are reunited and touring this year, including two NYC shows with Prawn. Tickets for the Market Hotel Baby's All Right show go on BrooklynVegan presale today (5/4) at 10 AM. PASSWORD = HEYBV. Tickets for the Bowery Ballroom show are on...

There's a new show added at Brooklyn's Market Hotel with Prawn, with a BrooklynVegan presale starting Wednesday.

Does Bob Nanna sleep? His band Lifted Bells have a new EP coming, Braid and The City on Film have been very active lately, and the recent Wrecking Ball lineup includes the first-announced Hey Mercedes show in years. Excitingly, Hey Mercedes have since added club dates too.