Rooftop Vigilantes

Rooftop Vigilantes releasing 'Let It Be' (listen to "Oracle Cop")

It has been a while since we’ve heard from Lawrence, KS’ Rooftop Vigilantes but we are happy to report that they’re still at it and will release new album Let It Be on July 22 via High Dive Records…

Rooftop Vigilantes ready new single, touring w/ 3 NYC shows (dates, MP3, streams)

DOWNLOAD: Rooftop Vigilantes – Automatic Trash (MP3) It’s been two years since Lawrence, KS’ Rooftop Vigilantes last headed to the East Coast and about a year since we got new recorded material, but we’re about to receive both…

Rooftop Vigilantes on tour (CMJ dates + Garage Fest videos)

DOWNLOAD: Rooftop Vigilantes – Seth No Jump (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Rooftop Vigilantes – Kitty Vacant (MP3) Rooftop Vigilantes @ Scion Garage Fest (more by Taylor Keahy) Lawrence, Kansas’ excellent, farfisa-rockin’ Rooftop Vigilantes are here this week for CMJ, playing three shows: Cake Shop on Friday (10/22); early Saturday night (10/23 7:50PM) at Bruar Falls for the all-day Cape Shop party,  and then later that night at Cake Shop (12:20 AM) for the Daed Pizza showcase…

The Greenhornes playing shows - ATP, a free one @ Mercury & Scion Garage Fest (full lineup - Oblivians, Gories, more)

After detours in The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather among other projects, The Greenhornes are back at it and will release their first LP of new material in eight years via Jack White’s Third Man imprint…

Unrest, Tuscadero, Bandit Teeth, Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk, Wetdog & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk – I’m Not a Nintendo (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Bandit Teeth – Encouragement (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wetdog – Lower Leg (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Rondelles – Please Shut Up (MP3) Doing anything besides swimming or laying in front of a powerful A/C unit hasn’t been appealing this week, let alone going into some club or DIY venue with poor ventilation, but temperatures are dropping and there are a lot of fun things to do this weekend, so it’s time to buck up, camper, and go see some rock…

Rooftop Vigilantes, Aussie BBQ, post-SXSW, Crayon Fields, Oh No Ono, Love is All, YSPWSD & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: The Crayon Fields – All the Pleasures of the World (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Rooftop Vigilantes – Seth No Jump (MP3) DOWNLOAD: You Say Party We Say Die – Laura Palmer’s Prom (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Love Is All – Kungen (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Wave Pictures – Come on Daniel (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Oh No Ono – Internet Warrior (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Oh No Ono – Helplessly Young (MP3) A Sunny Day in Glasgow @ BV/Anso 3/18 day party in Austin (by Tim Griffin) I’m still somewhat recovering from SXSW, so while I am taking it easy, catching up on my DVR queue, hopefully you’re all taking advantage of all the out-of-town bands who’re blowing through New York after their visits to Austin — there’s no shortage of them this week…

new Rooftop Vigilantes MP3 & tour dates

DOWNLOAD: Rooftop Vigilantes – Seth No Jump (MP3) It’s been a year since Rooftop Vigilantes last played New York. In the interim, the Lawrence, KS four-piece have wrapped up their second album, Real Pony Glue, and you can download the first released track from that, “Seth No Jump,” at the top of this post…

The Veils, Foreign Born, Hospitality, Horse's Ha, Mekons, Polvo, Obits, Modern English, Blacklist, Jarvis, Justin Ripley, Ringo Deathstarr, APW & more in in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: The Veils – Killed by the Boom (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Foreign Born – Vacationing People (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Foreign Born – Early Warnings (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Jaguar Club – Sleepwalking (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hospitality – Betty Wang (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Horse’s Ha – The Piss Choir (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Polvo – Beggar’s Bowl (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Obits – Two-Headed Coin (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Obits – Pine On (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Blacklist – Flight of the Demoiselles (MP3) Jarvis Cocker @ MHOW in 2008 (more by Ryan Muir) There is a ton of stuff going on this weekend, but clearly the gig of the week is Jarvis Cocker (who is also on Jimmy Fallon tonight) at Music Hall of Williamsburg (7/30)…

What's going on Friday (the 13th)?

Sharon Jones @ the Beacon Theater last year (more) today in NYC * DANCE * Fashion Week * Easy Action @ Rehab * Lemonade @ the Shank * French Kicks @ Maxwell’s * Paul Simon @ Beacon Theater * some of Justice @ Webster Hall * Lexie Mountain Boys @ The Stone * Diamond Life @ Highline Ballroom * Grouper & High Places @ the New Museum * Craig Wedren & ACME @ Le Poisson Rouge * Motel Motel & Holly Miranda @ Southpaw * These Are Powers @ Secret Project Robot * Rufus Wainwright @ the Wellmont Theater * Clap Your Hands Say Yeah & Chairlift @ BAM * Heloise & The Savoir Faire & Lights @Le Poisson Rouge * Deer Tick, Thaliz Zadek & The Weight @ Bowery Ballroom * Mike Bones, Endless Boogie & Rooftop Vigilantes @ 92YTribeca * Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings & Menahan Street Band @ Nokia Theater * Michna (with Raw Paw), Woodhands & Red Wire Black Wire @ the Studio Rooftop Vigilantes played Cake Shop last night…

Woodhands, Rooftop Vigilantes, Joe & the Flying Spoons & more in This Week In Indie

DOWNLOAD: Woodhands – Can’t See Straight (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Woodhands – Electric Avenue (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Rooftop Vigilantes – Drew Want Dino (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Rooftop Vigilantes – Copper is Free (MP3) DOWNLOAD: caUSE co-MOTION – This Just Won’t Last (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Right on Dynamite – Mantra for the Madness (MP3) Toronto dance-rock duo Woodhands are back in NYC this week for the first time since playing last summer with Crystal Castles at Studio B…