The first day of the first Panorama, Ty Segall/Ex-Cult supergroup GØGGS, Louis CK, Kamaiyah, Maria Usbeck, Tyondai Braxton and more Friday show options in NYC.
Brooklyn's You Fucking Die make gritty, beer-stained punk with a flinty, sarcastic edge that could've found them on AmRep in the '90s or on a bill with McClusky in the '00s. They've also got a name that brings to mind Pixies (as in "Don't touch my stuff")...
Given their name and their hometown (Melbourne, Australia), you can probably guess what Cuntz sound like: bruising garage punk that's as bitter as vegemite...
Wilful Boys are a crew of Australians living in NYC, making shouty, shriiingy punk rock. That's a style Australians seem especially good at and singer/drummer Steven Fisher's vocals don't so much drip with attitude as they are jet-propelled at your face...
Shovels make shouty, skronky, rhythm-heavy rock. It's a sound Australians do particularly well, and the band members currently split their time between Melbourne and San Francisco...
Lamont "Bim" Thomas just released Know America, his second album this year under the Obnox moniker (Boogalou Reed came out back in January), continuing his hot creative streak...