The Effects

The new band also features members of We Were Black Clouds, Deleted Scenes, The Effects, Flavor Waster, and more.

SAVAK will be on a short tour in January featuring The Effects (members of Faraquet and Beauty Pill) and North Carolina's fierce, nervy Patois Counselors .

Dischord's current bands and many of its alumni are playing shows all the time, and here's a roundup of a few happening in NYC.

BELLS≥, the post-Jawbox project of drummer Zach Barocas, haven't been super active lately, but they've announced an upcoming show in their hometown of NYC. They'll be at Saint Vitus on August 3, where they'll be joined by The Effects, Friendship Commanders, and Billy Bouchard...

photos by Greg Cristman Field Music are quintessentially English without ever flying a Union Jack. It's a pastoral Englishness, more All Creatures Great and Small than Oasis, with more than a hint of prog and dry, dry wit. Few current bands do it better...

Field Music's forthcoming album Commontime will be out soon -- February 5 via Memphis Industries. After getting Peter Brewis' "The Noisy Days Are Over," his brother David takes the lead with "Disappointed," a concise three-minute pop song that recalls late '70s acts like Steely Dan...

SAVAK, the new band featuring Sohrab and Greg from Obits, will be going on a short, four-city tour with Washington DC's The Effects. That tour wraps up in NYC at Union Pool on August 8 with Law$uits on the bill as well...