Topic: Bands to Check Out

• Interview with Kurt Feldman of Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Depreciation Guild

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Feb 9, 11:26am ET

  Local musician Kurt Feldman is involved with two of the hottest and most talented bands right now: Pains of Being Pure at Heart and The Depreciation Guild. Pains garnered a lot of critical acclaim last year for their self-titled debut album that was released on Slumberland. They played dozens of … More

• Broken Social Scene, Ringo Starr, Sharon Jones, The Specials and More On Sale

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Feb 5, 1:42pm ET

  A lot of great variety of shows on sale today and tomorrow. Brit ska-band The Specials are back and on tour and stop at Terminal 5 on April 21, Sharon Jones is playing the Apollo and has a new album coming out, and Ringo Starr will grace us with his … More

• Retribution Gospel Choir Brings the Rock to NYC

  By: Devorah Klein | 1 Comment | Feb 2, 12:29pm ET

  Alan Sparhawk of Low has released a new album with his other band, Retribution Gospel Choir, called 2, on Sub Pop. I interviewed Alan a few weeks ago about the album, and now the Duluth, Minnesota-based group is on tour. They played Mercury Lounge last night, and boy did they … More

• Beach House Celebrated "Teen Dream" at The Bell House

  By: Devorah Klein | 1 Comment | Jan 28, 10:59am ET

  Baltimore group Beach House released their third album, Teen Dream, (first on Sub Pop) this week and celebrated with a show at The Bell House in Brooklyn.

  Singer/organ player Victoria Legrand and guitarist Alex Scally were joined by a drummer, who added a lot to the show. They played mostly from … More

• Ava Luna Release Show with Marnie Stern and Suckers TONIGHT

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Jan 22, 2:06pm ET

  Ava Luna is an awesome band out of a Brooklyn that is poised to make a big impact. They have just released an EP called Services on CDR with Cooling Pie and digitally with with B-more label Environmental Aesthetics.

  Image: Ava Luna
  The sound is doowop-synth-dance. Yes, you read that right. It’s … More

• Franz Nicolay Leaves The Hold Steady

  By: Devorah Klein | 1 Comment | Jan 21, 11:58am ET

  Franz Nicolay, the keyboardist for quintessential New York band The Hold Steady is leaving the group, he announced on his website (thanks Pitchfork). He has been with the band for five years, since their breakout hit record Separation Sunday. Nicolay will be plenty busy though. He often takes part in … More

• Joanna Newsom, David Byrne, and More On Sale

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Jan 20, 11:58am ET

  There’s a few shows on sale midweek. Stay tuned for Friday’s on-sale announcements, which includes another Hot Chip show at a much smaller venue. These shows are on sale now:

  Stories In High Fidelity: An evening of storytelling with David Byrne, Alan Light, Dan Kennedy, and Jason Gordon. Plus a special … More

• Interview: Low and Retribution Gospel Choir's Alan Sparhawk

  By: Devorah Klein | 1 Comment | Jan 14, 4:33pm ET

  Retribution Gospel Choir, one of two bands helmed by Alan Sparhawk (the other is Low) has a new album coming out on Sub Pop on January 26, called simply 2 (this is their second album in case you didn’t pick up on that. Their first single is “Hide It Away” … More

• Rural Alberta Advantage Played Mercury Lounge

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Jan 11, 12:13pm ET

  Alberta, Canada’s Rural Alberta Advantage was in town and played MAxwell’s Thursday night, opened for Passion Pit at Terminal 5 on Friday night, and then played two headlining shows at Mercury Lounge on Saturday night: one early and one late. Their debut album Hometowns was one of my favorites of … More

• Of Montreal, Wilco, Alkaline Trio, and More On Sale

  By: Devorah Klein | Comment | Jan 8, 11:58am ET

  Blast off into the new year with tons of great shows coming up, including Mos Def, Alkaline Trio, Of Montreal, and Liars. These tickets are on sale now:

  BET’s 106 & Park, Mario, Fabolous, with Mishon and Pretty Ricky at Gramercy Theatre on January 8. Tickets
  GZA at Gramercy Theatre on January … More