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Sugarfest 2016

Sugarfest Music Festival August 12-13 to benefit WFDU-FM

10 August 2016

Members of the New York/New Jersey regional music scene are coming together this week to support a college radio station that has been very supportive of local music.

Rose Berlin of SPC ECO

Song premiere: "Bare to Lie" by SPC ECO

8 August 2016

Dean Garcia of Curve returns with “a sci-fi epic with a large dose of unhinged sonic dust.”

The Eastern Sea

Video premiere: "The Fool" by The Eastern Sea

26 July 2016

Two crazy kids get mixed up in love…and other stuff

Valery Trails Photo credit: Colin Hockey

Song premiere: "Fall Around" by The Valery Trails

25 July 2016

Just a nice bit of indie rock for a Monday afternoon.

Stage Republic

Video premiere: "I Got Your Back" by Stage Republic

22 July 2016

This song oozes the romantic, hopeful, and instantly catchy charm of late ‘80s/early ‘90s rock

The Fireworks

Song premiere: "Go So Slow" by The Fireworks

21 July 2016

Think Vaselines, Pixies, Raincoats, but mit a schmear of shoegaze.

Blankus Larry

Video premiere: "Cat Money" by Blankus Larry

20 July 2016

Watch this video or the terrorists win

Jon Reynolds

Song premiere: " '63" by Jon Reynolds

19 July 2016

Activist songwriter travels back to the future

AMFM

Video premiere: "Heroes" by AMFM

15 July 2016

Not a Bowie cover, but catchy

Dario Slavazza Photo by Pat Mazzera

Video premiere: "Subtle Thrill" by Dario Slavazza

14 July 2016

This groovy number is aptly named

Sarah Simmons

Video premiere: "Staring At The Sun" by Sarah Simmons

13 July 2016

This song is an absolute, knockout, scorcher!

Michael J. Hall a/k/a Mucklo

Song premiere: "Double Dealing" by Mucklo

11 July 2016

A head-bopping, bass-driven, slacker-psych groove

Ultan Conlon

Video premiere: "Lonely Avenues " by Ultan Conlon

8 July 2016

This brilliant Irish singer had us weeping in our beer

Grant Earl Lavalley

Video premiere: "Let The Light Shine In" by Grant Earl Lavalley

4 July 2016

A compelling new artist emerges from the Mohave desert

Matt Kidd of Slow Meadow

Album premiere: Slow Meadow Digital Deluxe Edition by Slow Meadow

4 July 2016

The original 11-song record plus four bonus tracks previously available only via a handmade CD/vinyl hybrid disc.

Antlered Aunt Lord Photo by Brigette Adair Herron

Video premiere: "Monopilot" by Antlered Aunt Lord

1 July 2016

Have we found the missing link between The Pixies and The Byrds?

We The Wild

Video premiere: "Ol' Boy" by We The Wild

29 June 2016

Sophisticated post-hardcore, at once brutal and intricate, melodic and roaring

Son Step

Video premiere: "Palmas & Paradiso" by Son Step

28 June 2016

The Philly trio’s latest is a carnival of sound and vision

Robert Harrison of Cotton Mather as photographed by Valerie Fremin

Song premiere: “Life of The Liar” by Cotton Mather

27 June 2016

The first single from the band’s first new album in 15 years!

David Thomas of Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu on tour now, performing songs from 1975-1982

25 June 2016

Concert draws on the music from the two recent box set releases, Architecture Of Language, 1979-1982 and Elitism For The People, 1975-1978

Jon Lindsay Photo by Carolyn Barrett

Video premiere: "Little Queen Drum Machine" by Jon Lindsay

24 June 2016

This one is strange, disturbing — and yet undeniably catchy

Dénudés

Video premiere: "Black Satellite" by Dénudés

23 June 2016

Vivacious and inculcating rock n’ roll from Miami. Play it LOUD.

ODDITY

Album premiere: Settle Down by ODDITY

22 June 2016

The Band Formerly Known As Fletcher returns with a new name and a kick-ass new album

The Fontaines

Song premiere: "Handstand" by The Fontaines

21 June 2016

The new EP is even more joyfully rocking than their debut!

Korgy & Bass Photo by Reed Ricker

Song premiere: "She Said (ft. Coco Columbia)" by Korgy & Bass

20 June 2016

Shimmery and languid future-pop from PDX

Made Of Boxes

Video premiere: "Mountains" by Made Of Boxes

17 June 2016

Get in the car, drive anywhere, nowhere.

Emily Doom

Song premiere: "News Breaks" by Emily Doom

16 June 2016

A new indie label steps out with a genre-bending new band from Philly

The Big Takeover #78

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15 June 2016

Good news! Big Takeover #78 Spring 2016 issue with Savages on the cover is out on the stands!

LOVEYOU

Song premiere: "Outed The Time" by LOVEYOU

15 June 2016

Groovy, dark and swirly indie-pop from LA

Whitney Winston

Song premiere: Sujetame by Whitney Winston

14 June 2016

Sweet beats from way down South — Chile, to be exact

Young Mister

Song premiere: "Anybody Out There" by Young Mister

13 June 2016

Today’s song is both sad and breezy

Flying Circles Photo by Mary Kang

Exclusive album stream: Of Loving Grace by Flying Circles

10 June 2016

Swirling post-punk angularism in a pink and purple fog of drowsy psychedelia

Velvet Crush

Song premiere: "Hold Me Up" [Demo] by Velvet Crush

10 June 2016

A rare and rockin’ glimpse into the creative process behind one of the best albums of the ’90s

The High Violets photo by J Quigley

Video premiere: "Sublime Haze" by The High Violets

8 June 2016

You’ll go nuts for this new video

Todd Carter, The Looking

Video premiere: "The Well" by The Looking

7 June 2016

This video is literally a killer!

California Snow Story

Song premiere: "Railway Station" by California Snow Story

6 June 2016

The Camera Obscura co-founder returns for his first album in nine years

Joel Gleiser and Chris Coyle of Son Step, live at Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Matthew Robert Thompson

Song premiere: "Somehow (feat. John Swana)" by Son Step

3 June 2016

A tune is about outer space crying, among other things.

Libel Photo by Ebru Yildiz

Video premiere: "Not Invited" by Libel

2 June 2016

A study in contrasts from Gotham’s proud Protoglammers!

Dream Cult Photo by Cody Bass

Song premiere: "Convince Me" by Dream Cult

1 June 2016

“From the crazy nights to the shitty breakups, it’s all there.”

Hello, Dollface

Video premiere: "Intuition" by Hello, Dollface

31 May 2016

From southwestern Colorado, An enchanting blend of jazz, R&B, and soul

Typhoid Rosie

Song premiere: "Run Along" by Typhoid Rosie

26 May 2016

Seriously rocking and joyfully catchy indie-pop from an NYC comedienne-turned-singer-songwriter

Frogbelly And Symphony

Video premiere: "Patch Of Blue" by Frogbelly And Symphony

25 May 2016

Crossing the pond and jumping the genres

McDougal

Album premiere: Reaching For Some Light by McDougall

23 May 2016

On his eighth LP, the Portland singer-songwriter pushed beyond the limitations of folk music.

Courtesy Tier

Song Premiere: "Cold" by Courtesy Tier

20 May 2016

Sahara-bluesy guitar snakes around a taut, pulsing groove on this new single by the Brooklyn trio

Matt Kidd (Slow Meadow)

Single premiere: “Lachrymosia” b/w “Some Familiar”

19 May 2016

The first in a series of singles is a wordless ballad themed around the stages of grief

Lake Ruth

Song premiere: "Helium" by Lake Ruth

18 May 2016

Members of Holy Fuck and The New Lines team up for a gorgeous tune