Liam Betson

The Hold Steady began their 'Boys & Girls In America' run w/ Titus Andronicus (pics)

“Boys & Girls In America came out ten years ago, and I think it’s safe to say it changed all of our lives,” Craig Finn said last night (11/30) at The Hold Steady‘s first of four Brooklyn Bowl shows that have THS playing the beloved album in its entirety…

What's going on Wednesday?

Tonight’s NYC-area shows include Black Sabbath, blink-182, Living Colour, Saul Williams, The Mystery Lights, and more.

Radiator King shares new song, playing shows w/ Pile, Solids and Leapling, who also have new stuff +++ new Krill too

Boston singer/songwriter Adam Silvestri, aka Radiator King (not to be confused with Radiator Hospital), makes the kind of folk with punk grit that Chuck Ragan does in his solo career or The Gaslight Anthem does on their more recent material…

Free Time released a new 7" & video (streams), playing shows w/ Dick Diver, Cassie Ramone, more

Australian expats Free Time released a new 7″ last month via Underwater Peoples. The A-side was an upbeat rocker (in a Feelies kind of way) called “Esoteric Tizz…

LVL UP release a track from new LP, touring w/ Liam Betson, playing NYC w/ Andrew Cedermark & Mitski (dates, stream)

Brooklyn indie rockers LVL UP are releasing their new album, Hoodwink’d, on September 23 via the label owned by LVL UP members Dave Benton and Mike Caridi, Double Double Whammy (also home to Frankie Cosmos and others), as well as Exploding In Sound (formerly home to Speedy Ortiz and o…

Titus Andronicus played NYU's Strawberry Festival (pics, video, setlist); Liam Betson releasing a new album (trailer)

Titus Andronicus headlined NYU’s free, afternoon Strawberry Festival this past Friday (5/9) with a set that included a few favorites (“A More Perfect Union,” “In A Big City”), a cover of The Stones’ “Gimme Shelter,” and a lot of new material off the upcoming rock opera the band have been talking about…