The Drowners

Plus: Black Belt Eagle Scout, Frenchkiss anniversary show additions, Curl Up And Die, Brittany Howard, Great Grandpa, and more tour news.

A gaggle of talented folks came together at Bowery Ballroom on Sunday night (9/13) to pay tribute to the music of Neil Young and raise money for the Sweet Relief charity...

The folks that have brought us Dylan Fest and Petty Fest will be bringing Neil Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music of Neil Young to NYC's Bowery Ballroom on September 13 & 14...

NYC band Drowners (formerkly known as The Drowners), who we were recently talking about, have signed to Frenchkiss Records..."In April, they signed to NY label Frenchkiss...

You may remember Brooklyn outfit The Drowners who we profiled last year. The band have since signed to Birthday Records, the label founded by onetime Kaiser Chiefs drummer Nick Hodgson...

Cascading Slopes is a new project from Jacob Graham of The Drums. Unlike his other band, this is 100% synthesiser-based music. His debut album, Towards a Quaker View of Synthesizers, is out soon and "took two years to complete from its inception and was made using strictly voltage-controlled instruments...

Parlovr at Hotel Vegan, SXSW 2012 (more by Tim Griffin) Montreal's Parlovr are visiting NYC, playing Glasslands TONIGHT (5/30) with Mainland, We Run, and The Drowners...

DOWNLOAD: The Drowners - Long Hair (MP3) We mentioned in passing that local four-piece The Drowners are opening for The Vaccines and Porcelain Raft at Webster Hall on April 23...

Porcelain Raft at Webster Hall in January (more by Amanda Hatfield) Porcelain Raft, who made quite an impression at their MHOW show with Youth Lagoon, who they're still currently on tour with, has added another NYC show to their schedule...