Love as Laughter

Creepoid at MHOW in May (more by Caroline Harrison) Philly's Creepoid have had a very busy year so far. They put out a full length and an EP, both of which did justice to the shoegaze and slowcore bands of the '90s...

Brooklyn psych rockers Prince Rupert's Drops are releasing the followup to 2012's solid Run Slow with a new album, Climbing Light, on November 11 via Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records...

If you missed out on the BrooklynVegan presale, you can get tickets for the Blood Brothers BV-presented show at Warsaw starting today at 10 AM...

Thee-day Oregon music festival Pickathon returns this year from August 1-3 in Happy Valley. The lineup includes Nickel Creek, X, Warpaint, The War on Drugs, Jonathan Richman, Mac DeMarco, Operators, Foxygen, Destroyer (solo), Courtney Barnett, Parquet Courts, Angel Olsen, Woods, Mikal Cronin, Julianna Barwick, The Men, Hiss Golden Messenger, Diarrhea Planet, Quilt and many more...

Portland festival MusicFestNW is returning this year to multiple Portland venues from September 3-8 with a ton of bands including Animal Collective, Godspeed You...

Holopaw at Bowery Ballroom in 2010 (more by Andrew St. Clair) Gainesville indie rockers Holopaw released their new album, Academy Songs, Volume 1, earlier this month (1/15) via Misra Records...

Extra Life at Webster Hall in 2010 (more by Sarahana) Experimental Brooklyn trio Extra Life have decided to call it quits after four years of releasing music...

It was another packed, sweaty show at House of Vans on Thursday night (8/16), with old school emo vets Cursive, beloved New Jersians TItus Andronicus and long-running indie rockers Love as Laughter...

Titus Andronicus at BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Titus Andronicus, whose ever-changing lineup is now Patrick Stickles (singer/songwriter/guitarist), Eric Harm (drums), Julian Veronesi (bass), Liam Betson (guitar) and Adam Reich (guitar), will release their third album, Local Business, on October 23 via XL...

King Khan  at The Bell House, Nov. 2011 (more by Keith Marlowe) The full House of Vans 2012 free show schedule is up. The Greenpoint/Williamsburg space has already housed The Rapture and Tanlines this year, and we knew about the 7/12 show with H20, 7 Seconds and Tournament, but here's the rest of the summer's line-up, brought to you by the folks at FYF and the sneaker people:July 12: H20, 7 Seconds, Tournament July 26: King Khan & The Shrines, Nicky Da B, The Everymen Aug 2: Washed Out, Chairlift, Lemonade Aug 16: Cursive, Titus Andronicus, Love As Laughter, Joyce Maynor Aug 29: Turbonegro, Baroness, Doomriders, NightbirdsThe parties are free with RSVP (which hasn't been posted yet). O...