By Conor McMahon Beirut is back after a four year hiatus and dropped a new music video today ahead of their upcoming album No No No to be released September 11. The video, for the opening track “Gibraltar”, depicts the band wandering along a bleak beach environment laden with trash. The gray tone of the […]
Nice Guys are going cross country on the “If You Roll It They Will Come” Tour.
By Allston Pudding The Brooklyn based rock quartet Parquet Courts sawed their way onto the garage rock scene with their 2011 cassette release American Specialties. Since that time they have worked with labels such as What’s Your Rupture and Dull Tools. Now Rough Trade Records announced they have signed Parquet Courts to their label, putting […]
Youth Lagoon have announced a full tour in support of their new album Savage Hills Ballroom
By Clare Fuller Assemble the longboards! Grab your graphic-print snapbacks and ’90s-dad button-downs! Wavves announced that they will kick off their fall U.S. tour in September with Twin Peaks, Swimmers, and Steep-Leans. Though they released a new single, “Leave,” in April, the surf-punk four-piece has yet to confirm any impending new record, so their 27-date run will likely center around cuts from […]
Jack Wall We’ve got some fresh tracks from local group Babydriver. Babydriver first greeted us with their mellow, poppy tunes that adeptly blend traditions from world, psychadelic and indie music back in 2011. We hadn’t heard much from them since 2011’s Sad Solider Red, but in 2014 we were delighted by Fugitive Waltz. That LP’s title track even made […]
By Conor McMahon An artist with a sound that is wildly raw and unpredictable, mind electronic and dance inspiring, drug Peaches, born Merrill Beth Nisker, has announced a new album, entitled Rub to be release on September 25th. Her first album since 2009’s I Feel Cream, Peaches will tour North America this fall to support […]
Cayetana and Chumped are joining forces for a summer tour, coming to a city near you. Plenty of girl power. Plenty of guitars. Plenty of awesome, guaranteed.
Boise indie veterans, Built to Spill have announced an extensive fall tour, and, most importantly, it features three nights in a row at Brighton Music Hall at the end of September.
Los Angeles-based Heathers have a single “Tankers” to share before embarking on a brief summer tour.