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DOWNLOAD: Princeton - To The Alps (MP3) Princeton are visiting NYC from LA this week playing three times: an early show Thursday (2/24) at Mercury Lounge, then Friday (2/25) at Cameo and Saturday (2/26) at Union Hall...

The walls of Littlefield were adorned with Conrad Keely's intricate pen/ink tributes to sci-fi, as his band ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead celebrated the release of their new LP Tao Of The Dead with Takka Takka on Tuesday (2/8)...

words & Equally measured and zealous, Suuns' 2010 debut album Zeros QC denoted a band with maturity greater than its experience might dictate...

Remember that 4/15 Brooklyn O'Death show we mentioned? It's happening at Knitting Factory and tickets are now on sale. Remember that 3/03 Smith Westerns show at Mercury Lounge...

Takka Takka @ Cameo during Northside Fest 2010 (more by Maryanne Ventrice) Brooklyn's own Takka Takka, who played Bruar Falls during CMJ, have a new but still unnamed album coming in the Spring of 2011 on Ernest Jenning Record Co...

Takka DOWNLOAD: The Acorn - Restoration (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Acorn - No Ghost (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ola Podrida - Monday Morning (Abacus remix) (MP3) The Acorn Ottawa group The Acorn's record, No Ghost, came out June 1st in Canada (and digitally in the US); it comes out in the US in physical form August 10th through Bella Union/Yep Roc...

Elvis Perkins @ MHOW in December (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) More bands have been added to the Northside Festival 2010, happening June 24-27 at venues around Williamsburg and Greenpoint...

words & A Rose Parade opened with only a 4 song set, and although I hadn't heard of this band, I was definitely a fan after just the four songs...

DOWNLOAD: Saxon Shore - "This Place" (MP3) Saxon Shore (photo by Geordy Peterson)American post-rockers Saxon Shore hit back. , the quintet's follow-up to 2005's is a welcome return to form for the band and their original leader Matthew Doty...

Tickets went on sale today for a January 16th Takka Takka / La Strada / Frances show at Mercury Lounge. Wednesday night (12/2), Takka shared a bill with tour-mates US Royalty and The Shaky Hands at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn...