The 2019 edition of Raleigh, NC's Hopscotch Festival happens Sept. 5-7 at venues all over the city and they've just announced the lineup, including the first announced Sleater-Kinney show of 2019.
You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...
Cat Power (solo), Willy Mason @ Webster Hall
Cat Power's had a lot of interesting styles over the years, but it's always nice when she gets back to the stripped-down sounds of her early material...
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Philly rockers Restorations put out LP3 earlier this year on SideOneDummy. It's an excellent record; one you'll probably see on a handful of year-end lists this year thanks to its superior take on heartland/blue collar rock that rivals a lot of the stuff it was likely influenced by (Lucero, The Hold Steady, Hot Water Music, etc)...
WFMU's performance space, located in the ground floor of their Jersey City building, is now open and has a name fitting the radio station's spirt: Monty Hall...
Onetime Sun City Girls guitarist and Sublime Frequencies founder Alan Bishop is back in NYC with his Alvarius B project, playing -- as he's done before -- tonight and Friday (8/14 & 8/15) at Union Pool...