Puff Pieces

The group, which features members of Obits, Nation of Ulysses, The Cops, and Holy Fuck!, for their favorite music stuff of the past year.

Dischord's current bands and many of its alumni are playing shows all the time, and here's a roundup of a few happening in NYC.

It's a busy year for re-activated post-hardcore/synthpunk vets Milemarker. They're releasing their first album in over a decade, Overseaas, and reissuing their 2000 album Frigid Forms Sell (both on August 26 via Lovitt Records), and also they're touring this summer...

Post-hardcore/synthpunk vets Milemarker are back in action, with an upcoming tour, a reissue of 2000's Frigid Forms Sell, and a recently-released 7" with the new songs "Conditional Love" and "Recognition." The band has now revealed that both of those…

Memorial Day Weekend is a good time to get out of town (maybe to a music festival like Maryland Deathfest, Boston Calling, Bled Fest or one of the free Surf Lodge shows in Montauk?), but for anyone staying in NYC, here's a guide to some of the best shows this weekend.

SAVAK's debut album, Best of Luck In Future Endeavors, is out this week via Comedy Minus One. (Order yours.) The group, which includes members of Obits, Holy Fuck and Nation of Ulysses, pull from a lot of different influences...

The festival aims to be "held in direct opposition to the apolitical sludge that has come to pass as 'indie' and that has nothing to do with operating independently." They add, "There will be no sponsors, no backdoor advertising via branded content, or other base money-makin…

The band, featuring members of Obits, Holy Fuck, The Make-Up, also play three NYC shows this spring.

Frodus, the now-defunct post-hardcore band of vocalist/guitarist Shelby Cinca, drummer Jason Hamacher and a rotating lineup of bassists, got back together in 2009 -- the same year they reissued 1998's hate-letter to corporate America, Conglomerate International -- for some shows including NYC&a…