Shocked Minds

What's going on Friday? (Twerps/Ultimate Painting, Haunted Hearts, The Church, Yumi Zouma, Protex, Dwarves & more)

Tonight is thick with bands on their way to SXSW. A lot of good options! You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

What's going on Sunday? (Nick Lowe, Crocodiles, Nude Beach, Justin Timberlake, Wrekmeister Harmonies, more)

Nick Lowe in Chicago in 2011 (more by Matt Ziegler) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

Ghetto Ghouls releasing an LP, playing SXSW (song stream)

Austin garage rockers Ghetto Ghouls are releasing their self-titled LP on April 8 via Monofonus Press, and after sharing one of its tracks, “Peepshow,” they’re back with another, “Living Alone,” which makes its premiere in this post…

Don Giovanni showcases happened w/ Screaming Females, Priests, Vacation & more; Cali X add another NYC show

“At the Don Giovanni records showcase rn. These are some damn good bands, and DG is exhibit A of what a punk label should be.” – @Lowry_Phil “The Screaming Females killed it tonight…

FIDLAR and The Orwells played Bowery Ballroom with Shocked Minds (pics)

FIDLAR and The Orwells‘ current tour slammed into NYC last Thursday (10/24) for a show at Bowery Ballroom. It was entirely appropriate that this Bowery punk show was opened by dirty New York rockers Shocked Minds…

OBN IIIs, Ex-Cult and Pampers played Death by Audio (pics)

No one is safe at an OBN IIIs show, thanks to frontman, mischief-maker, sweat-machine and band namesake Orville Bateman Neeley III. He probably spent at least half the time of the band’s too-short DbA set last night (7/25) in the crowd, stealing hats of people’s heads, making others nervous and just generally messing with people…

Human Eye released an LP, touring, playing NYC with The Soupcans, Medication & Shocked Minds (dates & streams)

Rackety Detroit garage punks Human Eye, whose past albums have come out on Sacred Bones and In The Red, returned earlier this year with a new album, Human Eye 4: Into Unknown, out now via Goner Records…

OBN IIIs and Ex-Cult playing Death by Audio after Mercury Lounge (updated tour dates)

OBN IIIs @ Emo’s Austin, 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) As mentioned, Austin’s absolutely fierce OBN IIIs are about to hit the road with Memphis’ Ex-Cult (who were just in NYC last month)…