What’s Going on Saturday?
Saturday's NYC-area shows include the DFA 20th anniversary party, Battles, Quicksand, Glassjaw, Drug Church, Henry Rollins, and more.
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The Fest adds 30+ bands to 2021 lineup
PEARS, The Casket Lottery, Direct Hit, Ratboys, Be Well, Brendan Kelly, Militarie Gun, NØ MAN, Camp Trash, Joystick and more join the already-stacked lineup...
10 bands not to miss at The Fest 17 (which is this weekend)
From vets like Mock Orange (playing 'Nines and Sixes' for its 20th anniversary) to newcomers like awakebutstillinbed, here are 10 bands we think you shouldn't miss at The Fest this weekend.
tours announced: Delta Sleep, KYLE, Sleep, Mock Orange, Nellie McKay, more
Plus: John Medeski's Mad Skillet, Pale Waves/Miya Folick, Kid Congo Powers, Travis Scott, Lauryn Hill, The Apartments, Monty Python's Eric Idle, and more tour news.
tours announced: Avett Brothers, Street Sects, Father Murphy, Mock Orange, more
Plus: The Woolen Men, Beach Rats, and more tour news.
The Fest 2018 adds Menzingers, Get Up Kids, Lawrence Arms, Mock Orange, more
Other new additions include Comeback Kid, Mikey Erg, Frameworks, Brendan Kelly, Shellshag, and more.
Mock Orange sign to Topshelf for new album, share “Nine Times”
Mock Orange are the latest "golden age" emo band to sign to Topshelf, and they'll release their first album for the label (sixth overall), Put The Kid On The Sleepy Horse, on May 20. It follows 2011's Disguised as Ghosts. In case you haven't been keeping up with Mock Orange, they haven't sounded like an emo band in a while. The album's new single "Nine Times" is arty mid-tempo rock with shaky vocals, and weird musical twists and turns...
Restorations list their Top 10 Albums of 2014
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Philly rockers Restorations put out LP3 earlier this year on SideOneDummy. It's an excellent record; one you'll probably see on a handful of year-end lists this year thanks to its superior take on heartland/blue collar rock that rivals a lot of the stuff it was likely influenced by (Lucero, The Hold Steady, Hot Water Music, etc)...