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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion playing Baby's Thurs. w/ Xenia Rubinos; TV Ghost play too, and Cake Shop & other dates

JSBX @ BKNB (more by Ebru Yildiz) The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are gearing up for a European tour that starts this weekend at the Sjock Festival in Belgium…

Baroness dropped off House of Vans and FYF Fest, who added bands (updated lineup)

Baroness at Terminal 5 in May (more by Joe McCabe) Earlier this week, we posted an update from Baroness showing that things were looking upwards for the band…

Beat Connection welcome 'The Palace Garden' (stream it), playing Schubas in July

Seattle’s Beat Connection are set to release their new LP, The Palace Garden, on Tuesday (6/19) via Moshi Moshi/That Tender Age. Stream the album in its entirety via a widget below…

FYF Fest 2012 lineup: Quicksand, Refused, American Nightmare, Desaparecidos, M83, Hot Snakes & MUCH more

FYF Fest. September 1st and 2nd, 2012 At the LA State Historic Park, Los Angeles, CA Tickets are $77 and go on sale Friday June 22nd.WOW. Quicksand recently reunited at Revelation Records’ 25th Anniversary on the West Coast, and I would’t be surprised if they do the same at Irving Plaza in October…

Beat Connection releasing new LP, playing three shows in TX

Seattle’s Beat Connection are back with a new album, The Palace Garden, which will be out June 19 on Moshi Moshi/That Tender Age. The band, now a four-piece, are also going on tour with White Arrows, with three stops in Texas: Dallas on June 20 at La Grange, Austin on June 21 at Red 7, and Houston on June 22 at Fitzgerald’s…

Beat Connection releasing 'The Palace Garden,' touring (dates)

Seattle’s Beat Connection are back with a new album, The Palace Garden, which will be out June 19 on Moshi Moshi/That Tender Age. Still dancing in the balaeric realm, the new album is a little less hazy than it’s predecessor — you can stream two tracks below as well as check out the LP’s cover art and full track list…

MWTX returns to the East Side during SXSW (2012 lineup)

Deerhoof at ATP NJ (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) MWTX returns in 2012 with three days (3/15 – 3/17) worth of parties at 1100 Warehouse @ 1100 e5th St (map it)…

Sasquatch 2011 - the rest of Day 4 in pics (Wilco, Guided by Voices, Sharon Jones, Deerhunter, Chromeo & more)

“Wilco never makes the second record twice, which makes it doubly remarkable that so many of them are tremendous. As formidable as frontman Jeff Tweedy’s catalog is, the sonically inventive rock band really stands out on stage — the place where extreme technical skill meets the chemistry and rousing showmanship of passionate rock veterans…

Sasquatch 2011 lineup announced (Archers of Loaf, Guided By Voices, Wolf Parade, DFA 1979 & "The Soft Bulletin" included)

Big names and regulars aside, there are a few bands I want to highlight on the just-announced Sasquatch lineup: Wolf Parade (“indefinite hiatus” rumors be damned), The Flaming Lips (performing “The Soft Bulletin”), Death From Above 1979 (now three reunion shows total), Guided By Voices (they’re not done yet), and…