Survival

Cleveland post-punks Pleasure Leftists have a few dates coming up supporting fellow Cleveland band Cloud Nothings, and after that they'll be touring Europe...

Occultation at Saint Vitus, 2012 (more by Caroline Harrison) After a relatively quiet autumn, NYC-based creepy crawlers Occultation (who share guitarist Ed Miller with the great black metal band Negative Plane) will take their, erm, occult rock on the road for the second time this year in December...

Unsurprisingly, Modern Life Is War's October 12 show at the Studio at Webster Hall with Night Birds and Deathcycle has sold out. The recently-reunited Iowan hardcore band has consequently booked a second late-night set at Saint Vitus, also on 10/12...

Shellshag @ MHOW in February (more by Amanda Hatfield) Eric Copeland @ Bowery Ballroom in April (more by PSquared Photography) Browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows...

Iceage at Bowery Ballroom, April 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro) As discussed, Iceage have announced another set of NYC shows set for The Acheron over two nights: look for the band at The Acheron on October 15 with Believer/Law (tickets) and October 16 with Survival, the punk band and not the HHH-related project (tickets)...

Vampire Weekend at Roseland Ballroom last month (more by Robert Altman) The new Vampire Weekend album, Modern Vampires of the City, comes out on May 14 via XL, but you can now listen to the whole thing ahead of its release date on iTunes...

Nude Beach at Bowery Ballroom in March (more by David Andrako) Brooklyn power pop rockers Nude Beach play a lot of local shows, and that will be no different this summer, for which they've already got two scheduled...

One of the most eclectic lineups in the US, Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC, will be back for 2013 on September 5 -7. Pulling from all genres, this year's line-up includes names like Big Boi (who plays NYC tonight), Spiritualized, Sleep, Wolf Eyes (who have a new video), The Breeders (performing Last Splash), John Cale, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Gorguts, Inter Arma (who play NYC on Saturday), Double Negative (who played NYC this past weekend), Swearin' (them too), Pissed Jeans, Dan Friel, Waxahatchee and many many others...

I know what you're thinking by looking at the above promo photo, but Survival is light years away from the "transcendental black metal" or possibly "white metal" that shot guitarist/vocalist Hunter Hunt-Hendrix into the spotlight with Liturgy...

Total Control at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Yesterday news broke that UV Race were heading out on the road as part of a tour toward Chaos in Tejas...