This week: mutant punks The Intelligence, Melbourne, Australia's Terry, a new EP from Jorge Elbrecht (Violens, Lansing-Dreiden), Jane Church (ex-Spires), and Ben Stiller's high school post-punk band (not a joke).
It's been nearly two years since Brooklyn band Spires released their debut single, "Candyflip." Since then there have been a few lineup changes (Matt Stevenson and Jack Collins have been constants), they toured with Temples, and played lots of other shows, but no new music...
Detroit's Moonwalks are going on a short US tour this April which begins with two NYC shows. First they play Silent Barn on April 7 with Worthless, Infinity Girl and Painted Zeros ($8 at door); and then they play Mercury Lounge on April 8 with Spires and Uh Bones (ti...
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...
Deerhoof, Perfect Pussy, Zula @ Marlin Room at Webster Hall
Experimental rockers Deerhoof and their noise punk pals Perfect Pussy team up for this sold-out show, and there's solid support from psych popsters Zula...
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...
Swervedriver, Gateway Drugs @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Arguably the heaviest, most rocking of the original UK shoegaze acts, Swervedriver returned this year with their first new album since the '90s -- and it's pretty damn good...
CMJ got underway here in NYC on Tuesday (10/21) and our intrepid photographer Amanda Hatfield was out all day covering the action. She started at Tell All Your Friends' day party at Baby's All Right with sets from local psych-pop band Spires, hotly-tipped UK at MONEY, another UK band Happyness (one of our 20 out-of-town bands to see) and former Walkmen bassist Peter Matthew Bauer...
River Rocks wrapped up its 2014 season with UK band Temples, whose chiming brand of '60s poppy psych and '70s glam hairstyles brought the biggest crowds to Pier 84 this year...