1-800-Band streaming new LP, touring, opening for The Muffs in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn band's hooky, ringing, revved up (and distinctly American) brand of power pop that would sound particularly good blasting out of a top-down convertible this summer.
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1-800-Band releasing new LP (listen to “Jackie’s Wrong”), playing shows
NYC power-poppers 1-800-Band will release their new album, High Beams, via Almost Ready Records on June 17. They made the record with the great Mitch Easter of Let's Active who certainly knows this sound well, having also produced records for R...
Delta Spirit’s Matthew Logan Vasquez announces debut LP & NYC show; Deer Tick side project Happiness playing NYC too
Back in October, Delta Spirit frontman Matthew Logan Vasquez kicked off his solo career with the rocking "Everything I Do Is Out" single that ended up on his The Austin EP last...
Cameo Gallery’s final week: Mr. Twin Sister, Caveman, Dave Harrington, Eternal Summers, St. Lucia, Juan Maclean & more
It's the last week for long-running Williamsburg club Cameo Gallery with the final night being Saturday (11/21). There were a few unannounced nights when we last posted but now all has been (mostly) revealed and tickets are still available to all of them...
Pale Angels announce new album & tour (listen to first single, “If Only You’re Gone”)
We profiled NJ/Wales punks Pale Angels in our Fest preview last year, and at the time their only album was 2013's Primal Play. They're now set to release its followup, Imaginary People, on April 6 via Specialist Subject/Recess Records...
What’s going on Thursday? (Future Islands, Hollie Cook, !!!, Robert Glasper, City on Film, Rustie, Hellbent Hooker & more)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...
Left & Right releasing an album on Infinity Cat, touring, playing NYC w/ Dead Stars & Crow Bait (dates & stream)
The way they tell it, Philly's Left & Right are just "four regular ass dudes trying to live their fucking lives man." They also happen to make pretty good poppy punk, as you can hear on new single "Age of Independence" off their upcoming album, Five Year Plan, which comes out on September 9 on Infinity Cat's Cassette Ser...
What’s going on Thursday? (X, Hieroglyphics, The Clean, Bishop Allen, THEESatisfaction, Sean Nelson & more)
X at Riot Fest Chicago 2013 (more by Kirstie Shanley)
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...
Ten Foot Pole, Sloppy Seconds, D.I., Antidote, Slaughter & the Dogs, Joey Cape and more punk tours hitting Grand Victory
Punk veterans Ten Foot Pole, who formed as the hardcore band Scared Straight in the early '80s but changed their name before 1993's more melodic punk-styled Swill, have announced that they'll release their first new album since 2004's Subliminable Messages in 2015 via Cyber Tracks (El Hehe of NOFX's label)...
Bushwick Collective Block Party happening this weekend with Pampers, Naam, Fletcher C Johnson ++ street art & more
This weekend is Bushwick Open Studios a great chance to see a bunch of art where it's being made, walk through the many studios in the Brooklyn neighborhood, and probably nab a few free drinks along the way...