Self Defense Family

What's going on Saturday?

Saturday’s show options include My Morning Jacket, Sleep, Waxahatchee, Taking Back Sunday, Japanese Breakfast, the Out in the Streets festival, Greatest Day Ever, Oxbow, and more.

Self Defense Family releasing BBC Sessions EP (stream a track)

Self Defense Family released a 7″ last month, and they’ve already got a new EP dropping this Friday (4/21) via Deathwish. It’s the first-ever vinyl release of the BBC session they recorded in December 2014…

Self Defense Family releasing a new 7" (hear "Maybe You Could Explain It To Me")

They often fall somewhere under the post-hardcore umbrella, but this is basically slowcore.

new Brooklyn Bazaar opens in September (initial live music schedule)

Shows will now all be ticketed but it’s still free to visit the arcade and vendors. Initial live music schedule includes CYHSY, Ted Leo, Pissed Jeans, Iron Chic, and more.

Self Defense Family releasing a new mini-LP (stream "Brittany Murphy In 8 Mile")

The highly-opinionated and brutally honest frontman Patrick Kindlon also talks to us about the unique new song.

Self Defense Family releasing an EP on Record Store Day (stream a new track)

The insanely prolific Self Defense Family are releasing a new EP, The Power Does Not Work In the Presence Of Nonbelievers, for Record Store Day (4/16). We’re premiering “I’m On a Different Wavelength Than Everyone Else” off that EP, which is a pretty major departure from the band’s usual post-hardcore…

Treefort Music Fest: 2016 lineup & tickets

The 2016 Treefort Music Fest goes on March 23-27 in Boise, Idaho in venues all over the city. (It’s kinda like Boise’s SXSW.) This year’s lineup includes Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Thee Oh Sees, Youth Lagoon, Aesop Rock, Chelsea Wolfe, White Denim, Oddisee, Hinds, French Horn Rebellion, Quilt, Alex G, Wax Idols, Built To Spill, La Luz, All Dogs, Porches, Oddisee (who plays a BV show in NYC on Tuesday)…

stream Self Defense Family's 'When The Barn Caves In' EP

Have we mentioned that Patrick Kindlon is prolific? It was only three weeks ago that we posted a stream of his band Drug Church’s new album, and in a week from today his band Self Defense Family will release the new When The Barn Caves In EP on Iron Pier (pre-ord…

SXSW announces first round of 2016 artists

CMJ is just barely behind us, and now it’s time to start thinking about SXSW who have just announced their first round of showcasing artists…

Cassette Store Day 2015: full list of exclusive titles

Cassette Store Day is back for its third year, celebrating the glory of tape, and happens October 17 in North America, UK, Australia, New Zeleand and Germany…
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