All of the core members of Gamblers are originally from Long Island or Queens, making them one of the “rare Brooklyn bands that are actually from…
Find Your Beach: How to Tell Beach Slang From Beach Fossils
Now that it’s officially summer, we’re in for three-plus months of beach reads, beach bods and, of course, beach bands. After that explosion of nautically themed…
Shows: Forecast Predicts Raining Men; Enigmatic Band Releases New Tracks
Welcome back to IRL. Here’s to hoping you had a good one being equal parts proud to live in a country where you don’t have…
Jon Fine Talks Glory Days of Indie Rock as Recounted in Your Band Sucks
In a matter of a few years, Jon Fine, formerly of the band Bitch Magnet, went from an indie rock lifer cavorting from Williamsburg warehouse party…
Exploding in Sound: An Indie Label That’s Blowing Up, You Hear?
Even with our handy-dandy guide to CMJ, it’s hard to know where to head this week — but one thing’s for sure: we’ll be at Silent Barn…
Good Shows: Feminist Punk, Norwegian Soul and, Um, ‘Intensindie’
Here’s what’s good in live music this week. Leeds-based indie rock outfit Kaiser Chiefs have hopped the pond to promote their new album, Education, Education,…
Kaiser Chiefs at Webster Hall
This Leeds-based indie rock outfit have hopped the pond to promote their new album, Education, Education, Education & War. The band is famous for rocking…
The Jezabels at Bowery Ballroom
You may not have heard of alt-rock Aussies The Jezabels, but they’re kind of a big deal down under. They’ve toured with Imagine Dragons, Garbage,…