The Oblivians

Gonerfest 2020 going virtual (lineup & tickets)

Memphis’ Gonerfest is going virtual this year, with exclusive performances from Quintron & Miss Pussycat, The Rebel, Cheater Slicks, Jack Oblivian & The Sheiks, Mary Tee & Bruce Brand, Mick Trouble…

tix on sale: Conor Oberst/Phoebe Bridgers, Deer Tick, Charlotte Gainsbourg, more

Plus: The Gories/The Oblivians, GovBall single day tickets, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction concert, Josh Ritter, Natalie Prass, The Eels, Black Label Society, Sheer Mag and more tickets on sale.

GØGGS (Ty Segall/Ex-Cult) announce debut LP, share new single, playing In The Red 25th Anniversary & other shows

GØGGS, the band featuring Ty Segall, Ex Cult’s Chris Shaw and Fuzz/CFM’s Charles Moothart, have just announced their self-titled debut album which is out July 1 via In The Red Records. You can listen to first single “Glendale Junkyard” which features Shaw on lead vocals, below. Also below, the band’s own description of what to […]

Oblivians postpone this week's Brooklyn & Baltimore shows

Oblivians were to have played The Bell House this Friday (8/16) with Wyldlife, but unfortunately due to a death in the family, the show has been postponed…

The Oblivians played Beekman Beer Garden (instead of the Seaport), Reigning Sound playing Maxwell's (which is closing)

The Oblivians @ Beekman Beer Garden, 6/7/2013 (via @BrooklynVegan instagram) Last Friday (6/7) was the kickoff show of the 2013 Seaport Music Festival with a Memphis double shot featuring vets The Oblivians (who just put out their first new LP in 15 years) and newcomers Ex Cult…

The Oblivians / Ex Cult show at Seaport Music Fest moving to Beekman Beer Garden due to weather forecast

The weekend weather in NYC is a little soggy, which is playing havoc with outdoor shows. The Seaport Music Festival is being proactive about Friday’s kickoff concert (6/7) with The Oblivians and Ex Cult…

The Oblivians made their first new LP in 15 years, playing free Seaport Music Fest show Friday, touring (dates, streams)

Memphis garage legends The Oblivians released Desperation, their first album in over 15 years, this week via In the Red. Says frontman Greg Cartwright (who also fronts Reigning Sound):Between our last record as a band in ’97 and now, a lot of water has passed below that bridge…

Seaport Music Festival announces more shows (Oblivians / Ex-Cult, Fear of Men), releasing Sandy relief benefit LP

The Oblivians @ Knitting Factory, 2010 (more by Andrew Friscano) The Seaport Music Festival already announced that Unknown Mortal Orchestra would be playing on June 28 and they’ve recently announced a couple more dates on the schedule…

Nobunny readies new album, going on tour (dates) including 2 NYC shows before Gonerfest in Memphis (full lineup)

Nobunny at Bowery Ballroom, September 2011 (more by Ryan Barkan) Bubblegum weirdo Nobunny is currently putting the finishing touches on his new album for Goner records which will be out this fall…

The Gories playing more reunion shows (3 in the NYC-area)

The Gories, Amsterdam May 1992 Photo by Willem KolvoortThe emergence of The Gories heralded a new Golden Age of Detroit rock beginning in the late ’80s; a renaissance of noise and rustbelt rock which lasts through to today…