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What's going on Thursday? (Ariel Pink, Real Estate, Danny Brown, Ausmuteants, AGBPOL, Krill, Mitski, Jungle & more)

Ariel Pink at Mexican Summer 5 (more by PSquared) Real Estate at FYF 2014 (more by Adela Loconte) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

Slackfest happening this weekend in Bushwick with 50 bands (Turnip King, Honduras, Sharkmuffin, Grand Resort & more)

Grand Resort @ Sound Bites Series 2014 (more by Chris La Putt) Mentioned briefly before, The Slackgaze zine is throwing a three-day festival in Bushwick this weekend (June 20 – 22) at 94 Evergreen Ave dubbed “Slackfest” with 50 or so bands, mostly local, playing…

Old Monk releasing 'Posing as Love' (stream it), touring, playing record release show during Northside

New York trio Old Monk are ready to release their sophomore album, Posing As Love, via Eenie Meenie. Like their 2012 debut the band take catchy indie rock and filter it through a decidedly prog/math sensibility…

What's going on Tuesday? (Phosphorescent, Big Business, Torn Hawk, Yonatan Gat, Yvette, Shellshag, Hauschka & more)

Phosphorescent at Prospect Park in 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some more highlights…

Eternal Summers ready 'The Drop Beneath,' playing CMJ

Eternal Summers @ MHOW in February (more by Amanda Hatfield) Back in March, Eternal Summers went to Austin to make their new album with Doug Gillard behind the boards…

White Fence streaming new LP, added to Northside Fest line-up (Mac DeMarco, Nu Sensae, Kylesa, Torche & more too)

As mentioned, White Fence‘s new album, Cyclops Reap, is out this week on John Dwyer’s Castle Face label. Tim Presley doesn’t seem to be running out of songs and this is another quality batch of paisley-scented psychedelia…

Grand Resort released EP, playing shows (dates, streams)

Brooklyn’s Grand Resort have been around for about a year and recently released their debut EP, Vanguard Dreams. (Though at 30 minutes and eight songs, I consider that an LP but who’s to say…