Weekend

Weekend at MHOW in 2013 (more by Greg Cristman)

Speaking of Nothing, their good pals Weekend are on the road too (without them this time), and since we last spoke that tour's been expanded to include a NYC date...

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at The Bell House in 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)

The insanity that is SXSW is about to uproot folks from around the globe, sending them to Austin for a week to see 628 bands...

"indie pop prom was everything i could dream of and more" - Sad Girls Guide

Katie & Allison Crutchfield of Bad Banana @ Indie Pop Prom (via BV Instagram)

The second annual Indie Pop Prom went down in Brooklyn at Baby's All Right on Saturday (2/22), and like last year was stacked wit…

Nothing at BV CMJ 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Philly shoegazers Nothing and San Francisco's Weekend must get along pretty well. They've already toured together more than once in the past year, and they're going out again in March...

Kurt Vile in Austin in 2013 (more by Glen Brown)

There's already been three lineup announcements for SXSW 2014, and since we last spoke the music schedule was posted, which revealed more artist additions...

Kylesa at Santos in 20111 (more by Samanatha Marble)

As discussed, Georgia's Savannah Stopover festival, which happens right before SXSW, is returning this year from March 6-8, and since we last spoke, the full lineup was announced...

Nothing at Baby's All Right on NYE (more by Amanda Hatfield)

One of the bands that most won me over at this past CMJ was Philly shoegazers Nothing, who were heavy, atmospheric and deftly melodic in so many of the ways that make for a great rock band...

and Bill Pearis


We've done some year-end lists in the past at BrooklynVegan, though you might notice that we're not the most consistent with them...

Ex Hex at BV-CMJ 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Like last year, right before SXSW brings a ton of bands to Austin for about a week, many of the same bands will stop in Savannah, Georgia for Savannah Stopover, which goes down across various venues from March ...

Nothing @ BV CMJ 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Weekend just wrapped up their tour with Chicago's Disappears, a tour that included stops in Philly (10/20) and NYC (10/22) with fellow dark-and-heavy noisemakers Nothing (who had just played a BV CMJ week party)...