River Rocks

River Rocks wrapped up its 2015 season on a very lovely Thursday evening with U.S. Girls, UK indie rockers Yuck, and local boys EZTV as the sunset painted the manhattan skyline in hues of pink and lavender...

photos by Amanda Hatfield
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UK band Yuck are playing NYC's Hudson River Rocks on August 6 with co-headliners U.S. Girls. That free show is part of a short East Coast tour for the band, that includes shows in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Raleigh, NC and Atlanta...

The annual free Hudson River Rocks concert series on Pier 84 returns this summer with three shows. On July 9 it's Waxahatchee (who was here earlier this month) and special guests; on July 23 it's Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks with Boston's Krill; and on August 6 it's …

River Rocks wrapped up its 2014 season with UK band Temples, whose chiming brand of '60s poppy psych and '70s glam hairstyles brought the biggest crowds to Pier 84 this year...

I have never seen so many Big Star t-shirts in one place in my life. It makes sense, of course, given the sonic debt Glasgow's Teenage Fanclub owe to Alex Chilton, but it was still funny to see so many people all with the same idea...

You couldn't have asked for a nicer evening for the kickoff of this year's Hudson River Park's River Rocks series. A breeze kept things cool as lovely purples and pinks filled the clouds, with two equally cool and lovely bands providing the soundtrack...

Royksopp & Robyn's collaborative mini-LP, Do it Again, came out last week (5/26), five songs of sumptuous Scandinavian dancepop. If you haven't checked it out you can stream the whole thing (via Spotify), along with a video of the two artists discussing each track and the new video for…

Honeyblood are a duo from Glasgow, Scotland who've been around for about two years. Their first single, "Bud," came out last year and with their clear voices, strong melodies and twangy, reverby sound, comparisons to Best Coast followed...

Temples @ Coachella last weekend (more by Dana Yavin)

Hudson River Park's River Rocks returns to Pier 84 this summer for three Thursdays of free outdoor shows...