September Girls

Dublin quintet September Girls are back with their second album, Age of Indignation, which will be out April 8 via Fortuna POP! The first single from the album is "Love No One," a seething track featuring angelic harmonies set against a storm of guitar noise and rolling drums...

The second episode of BrooklynVegan's "In Residence" show on Spotify is now live. It's part two of our 2015 wrap-up where BV editors Bill Pearis, Andrew Sacher and site founder Dave play more of their favorite songs of the year, and discuss such topics as favorite live bands, ove…

SXSW already announced its initial lineup of 2016 showcasing artists, and now they've announced another batch, including White Lung, Tacocat, Blanck Mass, Basia Bulat, Diarrhea Planet, Ezra Furman, Gwenno, Hooton Tennis Club, Monika, PINS, September Girls, Spain, Yung, and lots more...

Veteran UK alt-rock band James are in town this week, having played Webster Hall on Tuesday (10/21) as part of CMJ. In addition to songs off their 13th album, La Petite Mort, the Manchester band played crowd favorites such as "Born of Frustration," "Come Home" and "Say Somet…

Before and after his visit to Puddles Pity Party, BV photographer Chris La Putt hit some CMJ shows on Tuesday (10/21). In the afternoon he went to the Cake Shop day party which had a nice selection of some of the week's busier acts, including sometimes Kurt Vile associate Boyd Shropshire, UK da…

and Bill Pearis



The CMJ week day party action picked up on Wednesday (10/22) and Ludlow St is still a safe bet, as is the now-annual Kanine party at Pianos, which this year was co-sponsored by fellow indie label Slumberland and SESAC...

As mentioned, Irish band September Girls will be making their first trip to NYC next week for CMJ and they've added a few shows since the last time we posted...

Irish band September Girls released their debut album, Cursing the Sea, back in January via UK indie label Fortuna Pop. Here's what I wrote then:Let's just get this out of the way: Yes, it's another "______ Girls" band who draw inspiration from Phil Spector, VU and JAMC…

Porches at Baby's All Right in April (more by Amanda Hatfield)

BrooklynVegan's 2013 Friday CMJ day party was the first-ever show at Williamsburg venue Baby's All Right, and now they'll be celebrating their 1 year anniversary with some shows including a double header of Porches and…

and Zach Pollack

Kurt Vile in Austin in 2013 (more by Glen Brown)

South by Southwest. Maybe you've heard of it. Anyway, it starts in about a week, turning Austin, TX into one giant cacophonous concert where you can't swing a free canvas tote bag full of complimentary energy drinks …