Raccoon Fighter

NYC loves Halloween and there's no shortage of spooky action this year.

UK band Outfit released their second album, Slowness, back in June. Where their debut was more in the Hot Chip realm of quirky dancepop, Slowness seems to take inspiration from Talk Talk's late '80s output...

Brooklyn trio BOYTOY release their debut album, Grackle, this week (10/2) via Paper Cup and you can listen to it right now -- a stream of the album premieres in this post...

Montreal duo The Muscadettes' new EP, Side A, is out next week and we're premiering a stream of the whole thing. It's full of bright, inventive, fun guitar pop -- check it out below...

tUnE-yArDs at ACL 2014 (more by Tim Griffin)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...

Living Room's old LES spot (more by Amanda Hatfield) / new space in Williamsburg

The last we spoke about NYC venue Living Room, they had closed their Ludlow St location (next to Pianos and Cake Shop) but were promising to move to a new space...

GBV in Austin in 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...

Kylesa at Santos in 20111 (more by Samanatha Marble)

As discussed, Georgia's Savannah Stopover festival, which happens right before SXSW, is returning this year from March 6-8, and since we last spoke, the full lineup was announced...

Earlier this year, Lawrence, KS rockers Muscle Worship went on a tour with fellow Lawrence band The Appleseed Cast (whose current drummer Nathan Wilder is also the drummer of Muscle Worship)...

Ex Hex at BV-CMJ 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Like last year, right before SXSW brings a ton of bands to Austin for about a week, many of the same bands will stop in Savannah, Georgia for Savannah Stopover, which goes down across various venues from March ...