James Blake, Nosaj Thing @ Terminal 5 7pm ($32) It’ll be interesting to see how Blake’s bleakness and beautiful voice translates to the vastness of
I don’t know if an album has started out as strongly as Surfing Strange this whole year. “Dust In The Gold Sack” is a perfect piece of
I must admit I was somewhat nervous about meeting with HeartsRevolution. If you’ve listened to their music (which you should) then you know that they’re
Dum Dum Girls have finally announced their much anticipated new album, Too True. To coincide with this, the band premiered a new song, “Lost Boys
Deerhoof, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper, Elizabeth & The Catapult, Awkwafina + More @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 5pm ($20) Awesome art rock band Deerhoof headlines
The power of Bleached compels you! Bleached’s video for “Love Spells,” directed by the two sisters in the band (Jennifer and Jessie Clavin) proves that
GHE20G0TH1K Halloween Rave @ 1040 Metropolitan 10pm ($15) Halloween and raves go together like costumes and candy. Tickets for this bound to be EPIC party
If there ever was a case for keeping it simple, it’s Ing’s “Dogs Are Aliens.” Formerly known as Plaid Dragon, and now going by singer-songwriter
The So So Glos are busy on their tour with Desaparecidos, but they still had time to release a video for “All Of The Time” from
Los Campesinos!, whose new album came out this week, have also released a video for “Avocado Baby” (the lyrics go “A heart of stone, rind
I am pretty sure the first full Velvet Underground album I heard was Loaded. But I had definitely seen the image synonymous with the Velvet
Lee Ranaldo @ Other Music 8pm (FREE!) Sonic Youth’s guitarist wants to teach you guitar — for free! Head out to Other Music in the
MEN @ Union Pool 9pm This is sold out, but worth staking out Union Pool to finagle your way in. Why would you miss out
“She’s doing some R&B sounding vocals with weird keyboard stuff,” is the not too far from accurate description an onlooker used for Xenia Rubinos when
“Fringy Slider” is the first glimpse into tongue-in-cheek punks Mr. Dream’s new album, The Ultimate In Luxury. While the version they’ve released is unmastered, there is
Little Dragon, SZA @ Music Hall of Williamsburg 8pm ($25) Add some dance to your week with Little Dragon and SZA tonight.
From a Fountain, AKA Douglas Kirby isn’t satisfied with just releasing one album in a year. Milky Mile premiered back in August, and now, Milky
Also featured: Pizza There is a lot to unpack in Upset’s video for “You and I”. There is a bunch of young homeless people,
Black Taxi, Walking Shapes, LOVESKILLS, Seasick Mama @ Cameo Gallery 2pm (FREE!) Black Taxi always puts on a show. When I saw them last year,
Review: Lucius @ Brooklyn Bowl (10/15) “Scary good” is my take on what’s been hands-down the main attraction of my very limited CMJ experience thus
Review: Seasick Mama @ Studio at Webster Hall (10/15) As Seasick Mama told me herself in an interview a couple months ago, her new EP,
Pity Sex, DADS, Greys, Ovlov, Kal Marks + More @ The Grand Victory 4pm ($5) Today, get a little emo, a little shoegaze, a little
One of the most interesting and promising collaborations in these last few months was Chance the Rappers’ appearance on the remix for James Blake’s “Life
Schoolboy Q, Casey Veggies, DJ Sliink, Bishop Nehru @ Webster Hall 8pm ($20) Schoolboy Q is part of Compton’s TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment) — you
Yuck, Porcelain Raft, Eagulls, Courtney Barnett, Theo Verney @ Glasslands 8:30pm ($15) Yuck’s Glow & Behold is considered a must listen by most of the Alt
It’s safe to say that I grew up with The Dismemberment Plan. I was in high school when I first discovered them. They were my
CON VOS, a new group from NYC have shared their video for the equal parts dreamy and catchy “Central Park” from their upcoming Cocoon Bloom
Frankie Rose is great. She is celebrating the release of a new album, Herein Wild, released on September 24th. You know who else is pretty great?
Photo filtered and shot to loosely mimic an acid trip, Danny Brown’s brand new video for “Dope Song” features the Detroit rapper riding around his
The Blank Generation @ Anthology Film Archives 8:30pm ($13.50) This movie focuses on the best of New York’s new wave and punk scene filmed live
Drowners have been keeping busy opening up for a little band called the Arctic Monkeys. Now they’ve shared the spelling challenged “Luv, Hold Me Down,”
