Public Practice is the new band formed by Samantha York and Vince McClelland of Wall that also includes Beverly members Drew Citron and Scott Rosenthal. Like Wall, Public Practice draw influence from post-punk but here there's more of a synthy, more overtly danceable aspect to their sound...
Carson Cox of Merchandise, Sam York of WALL, and Austin Brown of Parquet Courts have come together to release The Fire Dance 7" via Wharf Cat Records. The album is Carson Cox's "ode to downtown New York," channeling heat "like August concrete in the city."
Bilingual sax-fueled punks Downtown Boys kicked off their world tour at Barnard College's annual WBAR-B-Q in Columbia University last Saturday. They've now added another NYC show happening at Market Hotel on June 24 with Pill, Wall, and
It continues to be stacked week for shows in (and around) NYC. Tonight there's Iggy Pop, Ween, Melvins/Napalm Death/Melt-Banana, CoC, Tim Hecker/Prurient, Kyp Malone, Future Punx/Pujol/Nude Beach, Japanese Breakfast, Esperanza Spalding and still more!