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New Jersey Indierock Trio Joy Cleaner Debut New Track 'Pink Lite'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 25, 2019 After playing in numerous indie rock and punk bands together across North Jersey since 2009, guitarist Joey DeGroot and bassist Kyle Wilkerson formed Joy Cleaner in late 2015, almost as a challenge to themselves to take a more mature, accessible, and deliberate approach to songwriting....
Riot Fest Announces 2019 Late Night After Shows
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 08, 2019 In celebration of its 15th birthday, Riot Fest has already announced an incredible festival lineup with limited $49.98 single-day tickets, featuring the likes of Blink-182, Slayer's final Chicago performance, and the rare opportunity to see the recently reunited Bikini Kill. Today they up the ante w...
NYC Indie Rock Band Scoville Unit Release Video For BEACH SONG
by Tori Hartshorn - July 31, 2019 Ernest Jenning Record Co. and New York City & New Jersey-based indie-rock bandSCOVILLE UNIT are pleased to present the music video for “Beach Song,” the third track to be lifted from the band's forthcoming self-titled album. Directed by Troy Carlton at Crane House Film, the sincere, fuzzed out '90s ...
Prism Tats Shares New Song BIG BLUE
by Tori Hartshorn - July 31, 2019 Today Prism Tats aka Garett van der Spek shares the new single “Big Blue”, the latest in a series of nuanced tracks van der Spek has released, including “Stay True” and “Never Been A Heartbreaker”. Watch “Big Blue”'s new music video below - created by photographer Dan Monick in collaboration with hi...
Riot Fest Announces 2019 Daily Lineup
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 24, 2019 Riot Fest has unveiled its daily lineup for the 2019 festival, with a very special deal: single-day tickets will be priced at $49.98 for a very limited time. 1-day and 2-day tickets are on sale now....
Sad Planets (John Petkovic & Patrick Carney) Release New Single Featuring J Mascis, Unveil Video
by Tori Hartshorn - April 17, 2019 Sad Planets - John Petkovic (Cobra Verde, Sweet Apple, Guided by Voices, Death of Samantha) and Patrick Carney (Black Keys) - has just released a video for 'Just Landed'....
Sad Planets Unveil New Single/Video From Upcoming Album on Tee Pee Records
by Tori Hartshorn - March 28, 2019 Sad Planets - John Petkovic (Cobra Verde, Sweet Apple, Guided by Voices, Death of Samantha) and Patrick Carney (Black Keys) - has just released a video for 'Yesterday Girls'....
Sad Planets Announce Debut LP on Tee Pee Records
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 19, 2019 Sad Planets will release their debut album Akron, Ohio on April 19th via Tee Pee Records. The band features John Petkovic (Cobra Verde, Sweet Apple, Guided by Voices, Death of Samantha) and Patrick Carney (The Black Keys), and the album features a guest appearance by J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.; also pla...
Slum Summer Debut New Single TRAMPOLINE From Upcoming Album
by Tori Hartshorn - November 28, 2018 Slum Summer is a San Diego based indie rock/pop band, formed in 2016 by two British and two American musicians. A special relationship: a special new band....
Sloucher Shares Advance Stream Of Debut Album BE TRUE With An Essay By Michael Benjamin Lerner of Telekinesis
by Tori Hartshorn - November 13, 2018 Seattle's Sloucher will release their debut album Be True this Friday, November 16, and today the band is sharing an advance stream of the record on the Talkhouse. The stream comes accompanied by an essay by fellow Seattle musician Michael Benjamin Lerner of Telekinesis, who says Be True 'instantly ...
Sloucher's Debut Album BE TRUE To Release 11/16
by Tori Hartshorn - October 04, 2018 Sloucher began with Jay Clancy (Makeup Monsters, Cayucas, Hibou), a drummer looking to try his chops at writing his own songs. After trying his hand as a solo act, Clancy sought a more familiar format - he started a band. Clancy wrote the material that would become Sloucher's 2016 debut EP, Certaint...
Introducing Amsterdam's Pip Blom, New Single 'Come Home'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 21, 2018 Amsterdam's Pip Blom, the eponymous indie rock band named for its dynamic 22-year-old frontwoman, has been making a splash in Europe and the UK, earning rave reviews for its smart, punchy brand of guitar rock and opening tours for the likes of The Breeders, Franz Ferdinand, and Garbage. Today the ba...
Dead Bars Announce Tour, Single, and New Home at A-F Records!
by Tori Hartshorn - September 17, 2018 Dead Bars have announced a tour around their appearance at The Fest, as well as a new limited edition single and a new home at A-F Records (see Brooklyn Vegan track/news premiere)!...
Wreck and Reference Release GUIDED BY VOICES Tribute Album
by Macon Prickett - April 02, 2018 Wreck and Reference are an experimental music project from California formed in 2011 by Felix Skinner and Ignat Frege. Drawing upon the blown-out intensity of black metal and noise rock, they eschew traditional guitar-centric instrumentation to construct songs with digital samples, drums, and voice....
Goon/Alyeska Announce January West Coast Tour
by Caryn Robbins - December 14, 2017 Experimental fringe rockers Goon and Dream-rock group Alyeska have announced a joint West Coast tour kicking off in San Francisco at Bottom of the Hill on January 3. Full dates below......
Brooklyn Psych/Garage Rockers Chomper Premiere New Single From Debut Album
by BWW News Desk - October 24, 2017 Comprised of Mark Shue (Guided by Voices, Beech Creeps), Nick Chiericozzi & Mark Perro (The Men, Dream Police), and Russell Hymowitz (Dream Police, Junk Boys), psych-rock supergroup Chomper defy both name and convention....
Psych-Tinged Supergroup Chomper Premiere New Single from Forthcoming Debut
by Caryn Robbins - October 04, 2017 Featuring Mark Shue (Guided by Voices, Beech Creeps), Nick Chiericozzi & Mark Perro (The Men, Dream Police), and Russell Hymowitz (Dream Police, Junk Boys), Chomper is a supergroup that yields far more than the sum of its parts....
Sleepy Kitty Releases New EP 'Bastard Orphan' this November
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2017 For Sleepy Kitty, doing someone else's song is always about transforming the content and context. The duo made The Beatles' peppy meet-cute I Saw Her Standing There much wilder and weirder and darker on debut album Infinity City....
Chomper Announce Debut Album; Release First Single
by Caryn Robbins - September 13, 2017 The psych-rock supergroup, featuring members of Guided By Voices and The Men, will release their debut album on November 10 via Iron Pier....
Early Riser Pays Homage to VH1's Pop Up Video with 'Find Me For the Waltz' on TIDAL
by Caryn Robbins - August 18, 2017 Today, Brooklyn-based punk/folk/pop quartet Early Riser have teamed up with TIDAL to exclusively premiere the music video for their second single, “Find Me for the Waltz,” off their debut album, Currents (Anchorless Records and A-F Records 2017)...
Cricketbows Unveil New Video; 'Communion' EP Out 9/8
by Caryn Robbins - August 01, 2017 Dayton, Ohio's Cricketbows are set to release an inspired EP of new material this fall. Produced by Buffalo Killers' Zachary Gabbard, this six-track effort, entitled Communion, is the band's first release since their 2015 debut album...
Sharkmuffin Premieres Spooky New Music Video 'Factory' via TIDAL
by Caryn Robbins - July 21, 2017 Sharkmuffin has teamed up with TIDAL to exclusively premiere their latest music video for the single, “Factory.” The video is styled in a fun silent movie setting that takes you onto a Victorian horror themed journey through the bands transgression in time as coming of age vampires who end up acquir...
Cricketbows to Release New 'Communion' EP This September
by Caryn Robbins - June 23, 2017 Dayton, Ohio's Cricketbows are set to release an inspired EP of new material this fall. Produced by Buffalo Killers' Zachary Gabbard, this six-track effort, entitled Communion, is the band's first release since their 2015 debut album, Diamonds (produced by Grammy Award recipient Brian Olive).... |