Shrag

Indie Basement: Favorite Albums of the 2010s

This week in Bill’s Indie Basement: his favorite albums of the last decade, focusing on classic indie, college rock, and more.

Shrag released 'Canines' (stream it)

One of my favorite records of 2012 was UK group Shrag‘s third album, Canines, which came out over the summer and didn’t get much attention in North America…

What's going on Tuesday?

today in NYC * M6 @ Roulette * Jenny Scheinman @ Barbes * Salim Washington @ The Stone * Nitzer Ebb @ Gramercy Theatre * DJ Shadow, Pigeon John @ Brooklyn Bowl * Glasser, ARP, Blood Orange @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Mumford & Sons, Cadillac Sky, King Charles @ Terminal 5 * Spindrift, Dinowalrus, The Runaway Suns @ Knitting Factory * The Joy Formidable, Grouplove, The Dig @ Bowery Ballroom * Kings of Leon, Manchester Orchestra @ Madison Square Garden * The Yes Way, Appomattox, The Forms, Doppelganger @ Glasslands * TYF…

BV Friday day party in pics & video - part 2 (Times New Viking, Shrag, Lower Dens, Phantom Band, Luyas, Corndawg & more)

“At Brooklyn Vegan showcase. Free booze & food. Sick line-up. Ty segall, times new Viking, Dom, lower dens, asobi seksi, devotchka, etc. #cmj” – death & taxes “Packed at publc assembly but there’s still some room…

BV Friday day party in pics & video - part 1 (Devotchka, Ty Segall, John Vanderslice, Asobi Seksu, Dom & more)

, videos “Phantom Band at Public Assembly. This is making me very happy” – amanda farah “the big find of today so far: First Aid Kit at @brooklynvegan…

What's going on Sunday (post-CMJ)

we now resume with regularly scheduled programming… Kylesa @ Cake Shop in 2009 (more by Paul Birman) today in NYC * Jakob Dylan @ City Winery * Muse, Metric @ Prudential Center * Steve Miller Band @ Beacon Theatre * Satoko Fujii Orchestra @ Roulette * Dujeous, Outasight @ Brooklyn Bowl * Tearing the Veil of Maya @ Union Hall * Nick Lowe, Geraint Watkins @ The Bell House * High on Fire, Torche, Kylesa @ Webster Hall * Angus & Julia Stone, Gareth Dunlap @ Maxwell’s * Titan, Royal Thunder, La Otracina @ Union Pool * Great Lakes, Trummors, Kevin Barker @ The Rock Shop * Eternal Summers, Big Troubles (Kidrockers) @ The Living Room * Martha Wainwright (sings Piaf), The Mittenstrings @ Le Poisson Rouge * Sunglasses, The Pass, Radical Dads, SOARS, The Seedy Seeds, Bell @ Pianos * Cannabis Corpse, Mutant Supremacy, Castevet, Fin’amor, Respawn @ Bowery Electric * Truman Peyote, MillionYoung, Emily Reo, Alaskas, Weekends, Human Resources, Birthdays, Gobble Gobble, Teen Daze, Dark Sea Of Awareness @ Shea Stadium * The So So Glos, Patrick Stickles, The Beets, Shilpa Ray, Bad Credit No Credit, Carnivores, Nine 11 Thesaurus, Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk, Perpetual Crush, PAPS @ Silent Barn Pianos, Shea Stadium and Silent Barn are all keeping the CMJ spirit alive today…

Shrag also added to BV Friday day party!

You now have four chances to see UK band Shrag this week. As of yesterday it was just three, but we added to them to our Friday day party which now looks like this: The date: Friday, October 22nd, 2010 The time: noon-6pm The place: Public Assembly (70 North 6th St) the bands:STAGE 1 12:30 Magic Bullets 01:15 The Phantom Band 02:00 Ty Segall 02:45 Times New Viking 03:30 Dom 04:15 Asobi Seksu 05:15 Devotchka STAGE 2 12:00 Jonny Corndawg 01:00 First Aid Kit 01:45 The Luyas 02:30 Lower Dens 03:15 Shrag 04:00 Oberhofer 05:00 John VandersliceMore info in the previous post…

Shrag! (CMJ tour dates, MP3, videos)

DOWNLOAD: Shrag – Tights in August (MP3) Indiepop can be a bit of a dirty word but Shrag are flying the flag defiantly, with some balls too…