The Make-Up

Merge's statement comes after The Make-Up, Nation of Ulysses, and Chain and the Gang frontman admitted to being "completely inappropriate to women."

“The trash fire burning through underground music is long overdue,” says the Nation of Ulysses/Make-Up frontman in a lengthy new statement.

Ian and Rich describe the album as "nine songs of pure ecstacy perfectly suited for the club, the car or the closet."

LA duo Patriarchy (Actually Huizenga & Andrew Means) released Asking For It last year, a record of dark, gothy electro that should appeal to fans of '80s 4AD, '00 witch house and most black-clad sounds in between...

Plus: The Weeknd, Black Flag, Lovers & Friends festival, Punk Rock Bowling afterparties, and more tour-related news.

From Witches and Zombies to cover bands and parades, here are our picks for best Halloween shows, events and parties in NYC this week.

Ian Svenonius' band The Make-Up announced a few East Coast dates for October (Philly, NYC, DC), and they've now announced West Coast shows in December.

Also playing Jonathan Toubin's big NYC Halloween party: Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Protex, and more.

Hammered Hulls, the new group featuring Alec MacKaye, Mary Timony and more, made their NYC live debut on Thursday...

DC band Hammered Hulls are new -- they only played their first show in September as part of The Black Cat's 25th anniversary -- but their members are well known vets of the DC scene...