Stealing Sheep

”We were in a surreal position of being in the most exciting city in the world counting down the days we could leave and hoping for our own ruby slippers moment.” -- UK trio Stealing Sheep on their experience of being in NYC when COVID-19 hit.

SXSW may be canceled, but a lot of bands who were planning on playing are still touring or are on their way to the US and many of them will be in NYC this week for the 2020 edition of newish festival New Colossus.

This week's picks include Moses Sumney, The New Colossus Festival, Fessesz, Human Impact (ex-Unsane), the Planned Parenthood benefit with Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur, and more.

UK band Stealing Sheep's first-ever U.S. tour includes stops at NYC's New Colossus festival and SXSW in Austin.

Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess has announced new solo album I Love The New Sky which will be out May 22 via Bella Union...

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

Treefort Music Fest happens March March 25-29 in Boise, ID.

Plus: Bouncing Souls, SOB x RBE, Wavves, David Byrne's American Utopia on Broadway, Benny the Butcher, Westside Gunn, and more tour-related news.

NYC's New Colossus music festival and industry conference will be back for a second year in 2020, happening March 11-15 in venues all over the Lower East Side and East Village. That's right before SXSW so a lot of bands from all over the world who are on their way their will stop at New Co…

Here we go... SXSW has announced the first round of artists, nearly 300 of them, for the 2020 edition of the music festival which runs March 16 - 22 in Austin, Texas.