Welcome to May 2012. Welcome to a world where we’ve just lost Maurice Sendak, where Barack Obama has voiced his support for marriage equality and where most magic of all, the Xcerts have just been announced as support for Guns’n’Roses. With all this in mind, here is the pick of the pack for the upcoming month and a bit…. + Fresh from celebrating their 5th birthday, Cry Parrot have assembled the stellar line-up of James Ferraro and Heatsick to entertain the masses on the 17th June at the Berkeley Suite. Come along and witness the live work of ...

The newly formed 4 piece post hardcore act from Glasgow, Crusades, have sent me a link to their new single, Pseudo Andro and I guess they chose the right blog because I have always been a hardcore kid at heart. Perfectly timed face shredding riffage ala early Every Time I Die with shrill vocals, melodic in some parts while till mantaining a heavy constant, Pseudo Andro is a fucking awesome track. No cheesy “brootal” breakdowns, just all out riot. Have a listen: [Crusades - Pseudo Andro] New 4 track ep, Golden Throats, recorded with Brian Rintoul who’ve previously worked with ...

Live Impressions by Cara Giaimo The Paradise Rock Club (w/ Carnivores & White Rainbow) Boston - March 8th Everything about Bradford Cox is long. He’s tall enough that he doesn’t really need a stage. He throws out such a far-reaching aura that he probably doesn’t even need a concert hall – if he were to unpack his guitar and his yawp of a voice in the middle of a field, villagers would be drawn from miles around and birds would settle on his pointed shoulders. He folds his arms around his guitar like a spider wrapping a fly, and his fingers stumble over the frets like a gangly teenager. Live, he even stretches his songs out, spinning the 3-minute forays of his albums into reverb-soaked sagas, with buildups and teardowns and valleys and peaks. And alone under the Paradise’s swampy stage lights, he throws a shadow like a redwood. [ Editor's Note: Painting perhaps a more perfect picture, take a look at this Interview Magazine photo shoot .] The internet’s reach is long, too, and reports of Cox’s onstage antics – black ski masks, preteen doppelgangers, an hour-long cover of “ My Sharona ” – got the Pitchfork-reading public out of their dorm rooms. The ‘Dise was stuffed to the gills; the air was thick with expectation and exhaled PBR vapors. Five hundred trigger fingers loomed over five hundred iPhone “record” buttons. Cox wasn’t biting. He ambled onstage between openers and slouched against the wall, eating from a sleeve of Saltines. He wore a Hawaiian-style shirt patterned with happy skiers, a little bone on a chain around his neck, and sometimes sunglasses. He brought the second opener a bottle of wine. During a break in the middle of his set, he teased the crowd. “It’s the last night ...

The stage was set for an interesting night last Sunday as people milled about, filling the dark corners of Cleveland’s Grog Shop in anticipation of Atlas Sound. Who’s to say if these people were there because they love Deerhunter or if they were there to witness Deerhunter’s frontman, Bradford Cox, as he performed under his [...]

Bradford Cox is known as the most unstable man in indie rock, basically being a dark bro who makes Ariel Pink seem like a mainstream dude who works for State Farm Insurance. In the past, we have heard BCox recite dark stories abt ppl dying , question his own sexuality , and do other meltdowny things, hating himself, and his status as an indie rock legend. Anyways, he had some show, and played "My Sharona" for an hour. He tried to make it seem like it was 'performance art', but it was clearly a meltdown bc he hates himself, his band, and ...

Photo by Mackenzie Orth​Atlas Sound With Carnivores and Frankie BroylesCedar Cultural Center, MinneapolisFriday, March 2, 2012View a slideshow from the concert here. Love it or hate it, the modern ind

by Ze Pequeno • February 2012 About 20 years ago, some people decided it was a good idea to boost concert-going in San Francisco and, possibly taking a cue from the International Pop Underground Convention some time prior, focus primarily on lesser-known styles of music. The subsequently-named Noise Pop Festival has since survived mayors with awful hair, too many suicides, too many good clubs being closed down for one reason or another, and this band essentially playing every year until they broke up . Which is to say 10 times. Now, they serve as the lead-in for tours that usually involve Austin ...

Jim Gellatly's l;atest showcase includes tunes from Modern Faces, King Creosote, Withered Hand, Fridge Magnets, French Wives and Carnivores.

Atlas Sound, Carnivores, Frankie Broyles | 2/28 | 7pm | $15 (Get Tickets) | All Ages Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox, affectionately known as Atlas Sound, will be gracing Neumos tomorrow night. Cox pulls from the best bits of his electronic shoegaze background and mashes it up with calming acoustic elements. It’s going to be fantastic, but you don’t need [...]

Next Monday - March 5th -  ours fierce rivals friends at The Daily Dose are putting on a gig at Stereo. Proceeds from the gig go to charity Action For Children. Tickets are available here Playing at the gig are: Carnivores . <p><a href="http://carnivores1.bandcamp.com/track/lion-tamer">Lion Tamer by Carnivores</a></p> The Darien Venture <p>&amp ...

So this week is insanely packed with some great shows around Atlanta.  There was no way I could only feature one.  Here they are and I know I am probably missing a few, nonetheless hope to see you at a show! 01.16 GRUU, Demonaut, Sons of Tonatiuh, Weapon - 529 -  RSVP  One word: Doom. This show is going to kick ass. Waxahatchee, Multiplexor, Places to Hide, No Sleep - WonderRoot -  RSVP He's my Brother, She's my Sister, Jeremy Aggers - The Earl -  RSVP 01.17 Brain, Sleepy Genes - 529 - Two of my favorite Atlanta bands! 01.19 Cass McCombs, Frank ...

It's time to celebrate and cheers to a new year.  I will be spending my time at some shows and I put together a list of just some of the events around Atlanta.  So come out, listen to some great local music, and welcome the new year. Start the party early on New Year's Eve, Eve: The Eve Before The Eve The Sexual Side Effects , The Swear , The Worsties Drunken Unicorn - $8  - RSVP The Sexual Side Effects just successfully reached their Kickstarter goal to shoot a music video with director Michael Simon for their single "Aurora". Come celebrate ...

Recommended Show: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2011 WU TANG CLAN @ BEST BUY THEATER 1515 Broadway New York, NY 10036 $55, 8PM Fuck yes! Wu Tang Clan are back at the Best Buy Theater tonight. You know what to expect from these hip-hop legends, so you won't be disappointed. Delicate Steve & Milagres @ Brooklyn Bowl Guardian Alien, Dawn, & Yautja @ Shea Stadium Atlas Sound, Carnivores, & Frank Broyles @ Bowery Ballroom No Power, The Marsh Hens, & Herzog Rising @ Death By Audio Blonde Valhalla, Fake Babies, D. Gookin, & Jacob 2-2 @ Glasslands Matter Waves, Diamond Terrifier, Dharana, & Sondra Sun-Odeon @ Big Snow A Great Big Pile Of Leaves ...

Recommended Show: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2011 X-RAY EYEBALLS, K-HOLES, STALKERS, and more @ GLASSLANDS 289 Kent Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 $10, 8:30PM It's another night with another Jonathan Toubin benefit. This one lacks the big names of last night's, but the venue of Glasslands with the likes of bands such as X-Ray Eyeballs and Stalkers also feels very appropriate. Autodrone @ The Delancey Stylofone @ Brooklyn Bowl The National @ Beacon Theater Joseph Arthur @ Bowery Electric Kim Ann Foxman & Colin Rogister @ Cameo Gallery The Dirtbombs & White Mystery @ Gramercy Theatre Walter Schreifels & A Balance Between @ Maxwell's Escort & Midnight Magic @ Music Hall ...

Corby/London based Chapter 24 share with us a diary of their US tour. Aside from their entertaining antics and great photography, the scuzzy-pop four piece successfully prove that touring around America is just as fun as it sound: house party gigs in New Mexico, cake and champagne and Halloween in New Orleans are all as standard. Chapter 24 have just released a great double A-side ‘Spindle’ and ‘4454’, on Odd Box records. -- We started the tour in Boston and played Homegrown Festival. Stayed with the promoters at their huge house where they run an art collective/label called the ...