If you can’t get to Zola Jesus (above) on Tuesday, you have a second chance for her progressive electro-goth on Wednesday. This time she’ll be at Le Poisson Rouge in the Village. Show starts at 8pm, and tickets are $15adv/$18dos. Exitmusic I’m most anticipating the Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar, and Secretly Canadian CMJ Showcase at Union
It’s about to be that time of year again, when NYC is completely immersed in music for five days straight for the CMJ Festival. There are films too, but the amount of music takes ultimate precedence. With almost 900 bands announced, it’s quite difficult to decide who to see. We at BestNewBands.com are here to
San Francisco’s all-female post-punk trio Grass Widow will be at Warsaw in Greenpoint tonight, along with influential antecedents The Raincoats. No Bra, who kind of sound like the soundtrack to a gothic porno, are also on the lineup. Seeing The Raincoats, who were somewhat of pioneers paving the way for bands like Electrelane, and now
Photo by Tyler James BestNewBands.com is giving away a pair of tickets for Canon Blue’s show at Glasslands this Saturday, August 20th at 8pm! To enter: follow us on Twitter @BestNewBandscom and retweet our Canon Blue show announcement to enter, and we’ll choose a lucky winner to receive 2 tix to this dreamy show!
Friday night is another free show at the breezy South Street Seaport, and I can’t think of a better sign that heading to Pier 17 after getting off work on a Friday night is exactly the right thing to do than the fact that it’s Weekend playing with The Wake, starting at 7pm. To me,
The dreamy lo-fi group Memoryhouse from Ontario is playing Glasslands Friday night, along with High Highs, North Highlands and Wonder Bear, starting at 8:30pm. Memoryhouse is the ambient bedroom project of composer Evan Abeele and photographer Denise Nouvion, but according to their tumblr, they now have a five piece band line-up! Wait, there’s more –
Tonight at 9pm, the Music Hall of Williamsburg as a great lineup: Kurt Vile and The Violators, followed by J Mascis. Unfortunately but not surprisingly, this show sold out a few days ago, but if you managed to grab tickets, good work. I first heard about Kurt Vile a couple years ago, but it was