The Vandelles

26 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by Joey Purp, Gully Boys, Babyface Ray/Big Sean, BTS/Megan Thee Stallion, J Balvin, Jadakiss, Lucifer, The Bogmen, Chubby & The Gang, and more…

Cosmicide (ex Secret Machines) playing NYC residency

Cosmicide, the current musical project from onetime Secret Machines frontman Brandon Curtis, have an upcoming residency at Pianos every Thursday in February:February 4 with Exiles, Ohnomoon, Sleepy Ha Has, and Queen of Jeans February 11 with Hellbirds, New Myths, Secret Servants, and Everest Cale February 18 with Heaven, The Vandelles, Drawing Boards and Willows February 25 with Lip Talk, Dead Leaf Echo, Arc Waves and Crown the InvisibleTickets for all four residency shows are on sale now…

TOY are here, have a new video; Weekend opening tonight's Baby's All Right show (updated dates)

Weekend at Bowery Electric in 2013 (more by Sarah Gainer) As mentioned in today’s What’s Going On post, UK shoegazers TOY are hitting Baby’s All Right tonight (5/5) for their first of two NYC shows on their current tour and a “special guest” band was promised…

Ringo Deathstarr pay tribute to Christo Buffam in new video

Austin trio Ringo Deathstarr released Gods Dream last month, their latest slab of ethereal glide guitar sludgepop. The album’s opening track, “Bong Load,” just got the video treatment courtesy the band’s drummer, Daniel Coborn, which includes an inadvertent tribute to late Vandelles/Dead Leaf Echo guitarist Christo Buffam…

Christo Buffam (Dead Leaf Echo) memorial happening tonight

Christo Buffam, the NYC musician of Dead Leaf Echo, The Vandelles and others, sadly passed away last week, and in his honor his family hosting a memorial event tonight (3/31) at 8 PM at Cheap Storage in Brooklyn (49 Wyckoff A…

Christo Buffam (Dead Leaf Echo, the Vandelles), RIP

NYC musician Christo Buffam, who played in Brooklyn shoegazers Dead Leaf Echo, The Vandelles and other bands, has sadly passed away. As Vanyaland reports, no cause of death has been reported yet…

David J (Bauhaus / Love & Rockets) releasing a new solo LP, touring, playing SXSW and NYC (dates, streams)

While mainly known for being a member of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets, David J has had a steady solo career as well, putting out some especially lovely, spare acoustic records in the ’80s, such as 1985’s Crocodile Tears And The Velvet Cosh ‎and 1990’s Songs From Another Season. Hi…

Trail of Dead played Maxwell's (videos); Ume playing Pianos with special guest

Ume at Double Door in Chicago last week (more by Jeff Ryan) After playing Pitchfork Music Festival over the weekend, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead brought their tour with Ume to the NYC-area for one of the last-ever shows at Hoboken venue Maxwell’s last night (7/23)…

Electric Eel Shock (with a nearly-nude drummer) played Cake Shop w/ the Vandelles, Hot Cha Cha, Hard Nips, more (pics)

, additional EES …crazy Japanese metal. These three guys make Boris look like a chamber quartet. They hit the stage to Iron Man with the singer/guitarist leading the crowd in a karaoke version for a verse…

A Place to Bury Strangers - 2008 Tour Dates (New Years Eve)

Currently over in Europe touring with MGMT, NYC band A Place to Bury Strangers will play what for them has become a small venue, Mercury Lounge, on New Years Eve…