White Ring

Tearist, White Ring (who also played Hotel Vegan Wed), Chelsea Wolfe (who also played Hotel Vegan Wed), Pictureplane, and Light Asylum (who also played Hotel Vegan Fri) shared a day party bill at Beauty Ballroom on Thursday, March 15th…

& Nate “Igor” Smith We’re already covered this day pretty thoroughly HERE (on BrooklynVegan) and HERE (on BV Chicago), but here are some remaining pictures of some of the artists who played on the first of four days of Hotel Vegan 2012, from two of our photographers who were on hand…

& Tim Griffin; additional pictures BrooklynVegan’s Hotel Vegan, located at Austin venues Hotel Vegas & Volstead Lounge, began at noon back on Wednesday, 3/14/2012, on three stages…

As you know, BrooklynVegan is taking over ALL THREE STAGES at connecting Austin venues Hotel Vegas & Volstead for FOUR DAYS STRAIGHT this week, and it’s all 100% FREE (no RSVP or badges either)…

Todd P is taking on Mexico again this weekend and in a mega way. San Pedro Garza García is the home of the annual Festival NRMAL 2012, a one-day (on 3/10, but with multiple-pre, after, and post parties) multi-stage festival that features a whopping 55 bands across thress stages from noon until 2AM…

‘— UPDATE: And here is the entire Wednesday lineup — It’s a tradition. For the past three years I, “BBG”, have taken over a stage on Wednesday during SXSW…

DOWNLOAD: oOoOO – “NoWayBack” (Ft. Butterclock) (MP3) Sam Mickens w/ Zac Pennington at Ecstatic Music Festival (more by David Andrako) Late last year, Sam Mickens announced a split 7″ with Voice on Tape due out “winter 2011/2012…

White Ring (Photo by Jeff R Williams) Brooklyn electronic-goth duo White Ring specialize in shoegaze-y drug-induced synth darkness and have released a new 12″ with Handmade Birds…

Luis Vasquez (better know as Captured Tracks’ Soft Moon) played a pair of NYC shows this past week due to the cancellation of their dates with Mogwai…

“…The Alabama hip-hop duo bobs and weaves across the stage. Live rap is often knocked as being lesser than rock & roll, but the MCs at Pitchfork have always been a highlight…