What’s Going on Saturday?
Tonight's NYC-area shows include Amen Dunes, Despacio, Fujiya & Miyagi, Tokimonsta/Leikeli47, Open Mike Eagle, the A Tribe Called Quest pop-up, Dean Ween, Control Top, Minibeast (Peter Prescot of Mission of Burma) and more.
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Jawbreaker’s Blake Schwarzenbach guesting at Going Off Track taping, 33 1/3 Q&A
Other guests at the Brooklyn podcast taping include Brian Baker (Dag Nasty, Bad Religion, Minor Threat) and Laura Stevenson.
Toebow (ex-BOBBY) releasing debut EP (stream “Starfucker”)
The Brooklyn band also includes a member of Zula and they're playing a hometown-area release show in April.
The Luyas prep ‘Human Voicing’ (watch the “Self-Unemployed” video), touring
The Luyas play NYC's Le Poisson Rouge in March.
Half Waif releasing ‘Probable Depths’ (stream it), touring with Pinegrove & others
Nandi Rose Plunkett's Brooklyn art pop project Half Waif are following their 2014 debut KOTEKAN with their sophomore album Probable Depths this Friday (5/6) via DZ Tapes (pre-order). We're premiering a full stream of the album, and if you're at all a fan of the type of pop artists that have a foot in the modern classical world, you should check this out. "Nest" has more than a few hints of Julia Holter, while most of the album is up a more similar alley to My Brightest Diamond/early Sufjan/etc...
Kississippi covered Land of Talk in an acoustic WXPN session, playing shows (dates & stream)
Philly's folk-ish indie rockers Kississippi recently released their We Have No Future, We're All Doomed EP, and more recently recorded an acoustic session for W...
Guerilla Toss ready first LP for DFA (listen to “Diamond Girls”), playing Market Hotel’s opening weekend & other shows
Guerilla Toss will release their first album for DFA, titled Eraser Stargazer, on March 4. The band have just shared the album's first single, "Diamond Girls," which is Guerilla Toss in a nutshell: calamitous percussion, rubbery bass, noises from all directions, and the attitude-heavy vocals of Kassie Carlson...
Two Inch Astronaut & Swings have new albums, going on tour together (dates, video, song streams)
Two DC-area Exploding In Sound Records bands, Two Inch Astronaut and Swings, are kicking off a tour together this week in support of their new ...
Guerilla Toss sign to DFA, releasing ‘Flood Dosed’ EP (stream it), playing lots of shows
Art punk weirdos Guerilla Toss have been at it for a few years, with releases on Infinity Cat, NNA Tapes and more, and now they made the jump to a bigger label: DFA R...
stream Dances’ debut album, see the release show at Baby’s All Right w/ Friend Roulette, Haybaby & Zula
Brooklyn trio Dances released their debut album, Keep Talking, last week via Black Bell/Gigawatts Records. These guys skirt the line between high-energy garage rock and late-'70s power pop, which means it's hooky, riffy and -- something we really don't get enough of these days -- fun...