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Gabriel and the Hounds, A>G>E & friends played Mercury Lounge (pics)
photos by David Andrako Gabriel & the drummers of Takka Takka & the National A>G>E opened the early show at Mercury Lounge on Tuesday night (Valentine’s Day). A>G>E is the project of Josh Wise (formerly of French Kicks), and drumming for him was Nick Stumpf (French Kicks drummer, Caveman producer). Walt Martin from the Walkmen [...]
Cate Le Bon played Mercury Lounge, plays Maxwell’s tonight
By Bill Pearis Siren singer. Champion skronky guitar solo-er. Drone princess. Dressed in an iridescent dark green smock-frock, Welsh singer Cate Le Bon looked a like Crannogmen royalty at Mercury Lounge last night (2/9), where she held court over a rapt, smiling audience. Those who didn’t come as fans left as converts. There is nobody [...]
ÆGES prepping new LP (song debut); Pelican releasing an EP
by BBG DOWNLOAD: ÆGES – “Wrong (MP3) ÆGES at The Power of The Riff in San Francisco (more by Taylor Keahey) Combine past and present members of Pelican, Shift, Undertow and 16 and you’ll get LA’s ÆGES, a crew preparing their new LP The Bridge for release via The Mylene Sheath on April 17th. The [...]
‘Slow Southern Steel’, Hail! Hornet & Zoroaster played Reggie’s (pics & review), hit NYC tonight
words by Jamie Ludwig, photos by Carmelo Espanola BV Chicago contributors Jamie Ludwig and Carmelo Espanola were on the scene in Chicago at Reggie’s on 2/3 to take in the ongoing Slow Southern Steel/Hail! Hornet tour. The tour hits NYC at Europa TONIGHT (2/8) and tickets are still available. -BBG Hail Hornet! @ Reggie’s An [...]
Bon Iver played SNL & his parents were on the news (videos)
a handsome-looking Justin Vernon on Saturday Night Live Though we won’t see him/them performing at the Grammys (“We wanted to play our music, but were told that we couldn’t play. We had to do a collaboration with someone else,” Justin said), Bon Iver played two songs off their latest album on Saturday Night Live last [...]
Blouse, Cosmetics, The New Lines & Heavenly Beat repped Captured Tracks @ 285 Kent (pics)
photos by Dominick Mastrangelo, words by Bill Pearis Blouse @ 285 Kent Captured Tracks took over 285 Kent Tuesday night, featuring three bands from their roster, as well as one that they merely liked a whole lot. I’m not sure if it sold out, but it was a full house by the end of the [...]
Averkiou is in town, releasing new EP (track premiere)
by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Averkiou – Present Tense (MP3) IIf you read this week’s, er, This Week in Indie you saw that Gainsville, Florida’s Averkiou will be in town this weekend with fellow Floridians Guy Harvey for two shows: tonight (1/27) at Cake Shop and tomorrow (1/28) at Death by Audio. Averkiou have a new [...]
Muscle Shoals Revival: Alabama Shakes Take Off
In the living room of the small white house that Alabama Shakes guitarist Heath Fogg and bassist Zac Cockrell call home in Madison Alabama singer Brittany Howard sits picking at an acoustic guitar Morning thunderstorms have knocked out the power all along this unglamorous stretch of US 72 If you… RollingStone.com: All News
All Pigs Must Die, Seven Sisters of Sleep & Low Places played Acheron with Grudges (pics)
DOWNLOAD: Narrows – “Absolute Betrayer” (MP3) photos by Stephanie Crumley, additional SSoS photos by Suren Karapetyan All Pigs Must Die @ Acheron At Acheron in Brooklyn on Friday night [Kevin Baker of All Pigs Must Die's] singing and stage presence were roughly the same: self-possessed but bristling, an act of containing endless rage more than [...]
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