Sleepy Sun

Sleepy Sun @ ATP NY 2010 (more by BBG) San Francisco psych rockers Sleepy Sun are set to release their third LP, Spine Hits, on April 10th via The End Records…

Sleepy Sun at ATP 2010 (more by BBG) Sleep Sun will release their third album and first since the departure of Rachel Fannan, Spine Hits, on April 10 via The End Records…

Off! at the Vans Warehouse in Brooklyn (more by BBG) Those looking to avoid the crowds but not the fun during SXSW can hold on until March 18th to head to Dallas for Bro Fest 2012 at Club DaDa…

Austin Psych Fest, which returns in April 2012, hosted many great bands in late April 2011 at Seaholm Power Plant. We previously posted sets of pictures of Spectrum, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Prefuse 73, Black Ryder and Bass Drum of Death, but now check out belated sets of Cloud Canyon, Beaches, Pontiak, Sleepy Sun, Lumerians, The Fresh & Onlys, Soft Moon, and Lower Heaven (all from the 2nd day of the three day fest), below…

Death Cab For Cutie @ Metro in May (more by Josh Darr) today in Chicago * The Hold Steady, The Donkeys @ Metro * Peter Bjorn and John, The 1900’s @ Lincoln Hall * Canon Blue, Snowblink, Darts, Arrows @ Hideout * Death Cab For Cutie, Frightened Rabbit @ UIC Pavilion * Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ Chicago Theatre * Sleepy Sun, Buffalo Killers, The Steepwater Band, Waterstreet @ Double Door * Toxic Holocaust, Holy Grail, Krum Bums, I Decline, Armored Assault @ Reggie’s The Ettes have a new Tom Scharpling-directed video for their track “Excuse,” starring Patton Oswalt…

Holy Ghost! @ T5 – the last LCD Soundsystem shows (more by Vincent Cornelli) Double Door has a slew of amazing upcoming shows on their calendar…

Here is the initial lineup for Willamette Week‘s MusicfestNW, scheduled for Sept. 7-11, 2011 in Portland, Oregon, and it’s pretty great. The multi-venue fest includes big outdoor performances (Sunday, Sept…

The Black Angels (more by Vincent Cornelli) Austin reverb fiends and tambourine/maraca addicts The Black Angels will hit the road with Suuns (who recently played NYC three times) and then Sleepy Sun for a North America tour that will include the previously discussed Austin Psych Fest 4, and two NYC shows: April 8 at Bowery Ballroom and April 9 at Music Hall of Williamsburg (both with Suuns)…

Phil of Kylesa at Public Assembly (more by Markus Shaffer) Kylesa are having a great end-of-year thanks to many accolades for their 2010 effort Spiral Shadow…

words and pics, additional Sonic Youth pics Unlike Friday (and Sunday), people weren’t throwing devil horns on Saturday. With the Saturday lineup dominated by indie acts, including many longstanding ones (Sonic Youth, Tortoise, Dave Pajo/Papa M, Shellac, The Breeders, etc etc) there were less shirts that repped the heaviest of the heavy, like Dystopia, Grief and Electric Wizard, and more “vintage look” Judas Priest and Dio with bowl cuts, and 80’s style librarian glasses…