Walter TV

Japandroids/Cloud Nothings, Power 105.1’s annual Powerhouse concert (The Weeknd, Migos, more), Citizen, Deradoorian, Dalek, a tribute to The Cramps, Jojo Abot/OSHUN, and more Thursday show options.

Party-friendly Australian garage rock duo The Gooch Palms have a new single, "Trackside Daze," out via Urinal Cake. It's surfy in a Ramones-covering-the-Rivieras kind of way, and pretty fun...

Walter TV @ Northside 2014 (more by PSquared) Walter TV are probably best known as Mac DeMarco's backing band (that Mac often plays in). But the band, who are based outta LA these days (Mac's in Brooklyn) are going out on tour Mac-free this fall with Tonstartssbandht (whose Andy Boay is in the new lineup of Mac's band)...

The annual CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 21 - 25 at venues all over NYC. We've heard about a few bands who are heading here during that time (Slowdive, The Wytches, The Ocean Blue, Tom Vek and Courtney Barnett to name four) but CMJ threw an announcement party tonight (8/27) at Bowery Electric and the line-up is now out...

After the torrential downpours of the night before, Saturday of Northside (6/14) was all blue skies and fluffy little clouds. Folks were out in force that afternoon...

The annual NXNE fest is currently underway in Toronto, ON with the music portion really happening Wednesday - Saturday (June 18 - 21) at venues all over the Canadian city...

and Andrew Sacher Eagulls @ SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) As you may well be aware, the The Northside Festival starts this week in Brooklyn, the music portion of which runs from Thursday - Sunday (June 12 - 15)...

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard @ Baby's All Right 5/16/2014 (via @brooklynvegan) Australia's King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard were in NYC over the weekend for back-to-back shows at Baby's All Right on Friday (5/16) and Saturday (5/17) that wrapped up their post-Psych Fest tour. I trud...

Here I am again at M for Montreal, the now eight annual edition that is part music festival and part industry conference. Right now it is more of the latter, with "international delegates" (of which I am one) in from around the world attending panel discussions, sanctioned schmoozathons and seeing the night's "official selection" of bands...

The eighth annual M for Montreal is currently underway in Montreal, having begun yesterday (11/20). After the first night's official music showcase ended, there was an afterparty at Casa which featured a completely off-the-rails setwhich basically is Mac DeMarco and his band in another configuration, with Pierce McGarry on vocals and guitar...