Scotland Yard Gospel Choir

"C'mon out to Brooklyn's Bell House on November 7th for a grand day. Carrying on the tradition of Bloodshot CMJ and SXSW parties...but now for serious local music fans...

We are saddened to announce that The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir was in a serious auto accident today . They are in hospitals receiving medical attention; most of them being treated for minor injuries...

is a 4-CD box set of rarities from Big Star, and is in stores Tuesday. The band plays the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in November. Another rarities compilation that stands out this week is Local Currency, an album that collects obscure tracks by singer-songwriter Franklin Bruno from 1992-1998...

A pair of reunions (Moonshine Willy, the Blacks), a local upstart (Scotland Yard Gospel Choir) and a staggering turn by the Texas-born Alejandro Escovedo highlighted Bloodshot Records' 15th anniversary celebration at a scaled-back Hideout Block Party on Saturday...

These United States were listed as playing CMJ this year, but as I found out when I asked them to play one of my parties, that wasn't true...