Upset

most ; additional shots for Indiegogo Like the one the day before, the second of our three BrooklynVegan SXSW day parties happened on both stages of Red 7 on Friday (3/14)…

BrooklynVegan will be at Red 7 in Austin four days in a row this SXSW! Wednesday night is our 1-stage official showcase there. Then we take over both stages during the hours of noon-6pm each day on Thursday (3/13), Friday (3/14) and Saturday (3/15)…

Upset — the new band fronted by former Vivian Girls/Best Coast drummer Ali Koehler, along with Patty Schemel (Hole), Jenn Prince, and a rotating fourth member (which did/does include Kickball Katy, Kyle Gilbride from Swearin’, Rachel Gagliardi of Slutever) — released their punky, poppy debut LP, She’s Gone, back in 2013 via Don Giovanni, and they’ve now paid tribute to one of their punky influences, 7 Seconds, whose song “Not Just Boys Fun” they recorded a cover of…

“At the Don Giovanni records showcase rn. These are some damn good bands, and DG is exhibit A of what a punk label should be.” – @Lowry_Phil “The Screaming Females killed it tonight…

Nude Beach at Webster Hall in 2013 (more by PSquared) As discussed, NJ punk label Don Giovanni Records is doing its annual Brooklyn showcases in February, and since we last spoke there’s been a couple changes…

Tenement at Bowery Ballroom in September (more by Amanda Hatfield) Like they do every year, NJ punk label Don GIovanni Records will put on a showcase in Brooklyn in early 2014, happening on February 6 at 285 Kent and February 7 and 8 at Music Hall of Williamsburg…

Waxahatchee at Bowery Ballroom in September (more by Amanda Hatfield) Waxahatchee (the project of Katie Crutchfield) has had a great year, getting a boost in success thanks to the recognition for her great Cerulean Salt, and doing a ton touring which included many NYC shows, most recently with Don Giovanni labelmates Screaming Females…

Guided by Voices in Central Park in 2012 (more by Chris La Putt) This fall, Salinas Records (Swearin’, Radiator Hospital) will be releasing a 4-track tribute 7″ to lo-fi pioneers Guided by Voices by four bands who have taken influence from the genre GBV helped create…

Back in 2011, former Vivian Girls drummer and then Best Coast drummer Ali Koehler announced her departure from Best Coast, and other than a few solo tracks released around that time, she’s been pretty quiet since…

Lykke Li @ LPR in 2010 (more by kolored) today in NYC * Tanya Bannister @ Barbes * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Tell Your Friends @ Lolita Bar * Ben Gallina/SALO @ The Stone * Matt Nathanson @ Joe’s Pub * Grace Potter @ the Stone Pony * Lykke Li, Grimes @ Webster Hall * Scott Weiland @ Gramercy Theater * Kermit Ruffins @ Highline Ballroom * The Everymen, No Pasaran @ Cake Shop * The Katie Bull Group Project @ The Stone * Elliot Bergman’s Metal Tongues @ Zebulon * Urge Overkill, Blackbells @ Bowery Ballroom * Sarah Jarosz, Tamsin Wilson @ Rockwood Music Hall * Vivian Girls, Widowspeak, Colleen Green @ 285 Kent Ave * The Head and the Heart, Luke Rathborne @ Mercury Lounge * Overseas, Marika Hughes, Brian Drye’s Bizingas @ Littlefield * White Mystery, Soft Black, Raccoon Fighter, Shadowbox @ Glasslands * Gold-Bears, The Hairs, The Sanctuaries, Inland Island @ Brooklyn Fire Proof East * The Jazz Passengers: w/ Roy Nathanson’s 60th Birthday, Marc Ribot @ Jazz Standard * Cassettes Won’t Listen, The Freeze Tag, Turnbull Green, Grimace, Eko, Echoes Alike (DJ set) @ The Rock Shop * Bob Dylan tribute w/ Lautaro D’Amato, Mike Errico, Michael Lemmo, Alec Gross, Timatim Fitfit, The Stoned Ambassadors @ Knitting Factory * HIP HOP APPRECIATION WEEK TRIBUTE TO KOOL HERC & 50th BORN DAY FOR MELLE MEL w/ Big Daddy Kane, Black Thought & DJ …