Italians Do it Better

“It’s my first solo performance on the East Coast & our first time back to NYC in 5 years,” Johnny Jewel says of the show.

Italians Do It Better wish Madonna, who is returning to Warner Music after 10 years with Interscope, a happy 63rd and pay tribute with a new covers album.

Tess Roby’s debut album came out in April via Italians Do It Better and she plays the BrooklynVegan Northside show at Elsewhere on Saturday.

While details are scant — ”fall 2018” say Chromatics for their much-delayed LP — the new single is good.

This week in the basement: Wire reissues their first three albums; the return of UK band The Bees (but under a new name); Ohio indie rockers and soon-to-be Kurt Vile tourmates Connections; new Italians Do it Better artist Tess Roby; and more.

Mike Simonetti, who founded both Troubleman Unlimited and Italians Do it Better, has started a new musical project, Pale Blue, which is a collaboration with Elizabeth Wight of Silver Hand…

Chromatics at MHoW, July 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)Since the album came out, a lot of people on the road have been telling us they are curious to hear some of the unreleased music from the sessions…

Tomorrow Never Knows is a staple in Chicago’s music scene. The annual festival has only grown in popularity and has now spread across four venues and attracts some of the year’s hottest up-and-coming bands…

Glass Candy (from Portland) will join fellow Italians that Do it Better Chromatics (from Portland), Desire (from Montreal), and Simonetti (from Bayonne, New Jersey) for a five day stint of US dates that include Webster Hall in NYC on January 14th, 2011…

“You were standing by me almost the whole show, and believe me, I noticed you there. You looked beautiful, stylish and intriguing. Our eyes met quite a few times, and I racked my brain for a way I could strike up a conversation with you…