Stereogum — Walter Schreifels is a very rare beast: A New York hardcore legend who was around for the music’s legendarily thugged-out CBGB-matinee early days but who’s stayed musically relevant since then. Schreifels was a crucial part of the legendary Goril... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Quicksand at FFF 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Walter Schreifels has had a busy year, playing with two new bands, as well as getting in a few Gorilla Biscuits shows. Now his '90s-era post-hardcore band Quicksand have announced that they'll... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Gorilla Biscuits @ FFF 2014 The next band up was New York hardcore OGs Gorilla Biscuits. I caught their set at the festival and their FFF Nites show at the very tiny Mohawk Indoor later that... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Self Defense Family / Walter Schreifels & the Dead Heavens "We're competing with Obits," Self Defense Family lead singer Patrick Kindlon proudly declared last night on stage at The Acheron. "You don't know them? They're ex-m... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Obits at Union Pool in 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro) Because of CMJ, we're doing 'What's Going On' slightly different this week. Each day there's a handful of day shows which are listed first, followed by the night shows. With... more info

Stereogum — The former Thursday frontman and current United Nations/No Devotion singer Geoff Rickly founded the Brooklyn label Collect Records, and Texas Is the Reason’s Norman Brannon runs it. But those guys aren’t the only punk rock fixtures involved in th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Cecilia Alejandra Earlier today we mentioned that post-hardcore veteran Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Quicksand, Rival Schools, etc) would be playing the Iron Pier CMJ showcase (BV co-presents) with hi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It's very possible that Self Defense Family are the most prolific band in post-hardcore at the moment. This year alone they've released the Try Me LP, the I Tried To Make Something You Would Enjoy single, the Two Genuine... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Conor Oberst @ Voodoo Fest 2013 (more by Dana [distortion] Yavin) Walter Schreifels @ Rock Lottery 2014 (more by Greg Cristman) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Conor... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Walter at 2013 Rock Lottery (more by Greg Cristman) Post-hardcore veteran Walter Schreifels has been pretty busy lately, having played reunion shows with Quicksand and Gorilla Biscuits in the past few years, and keeping his solo project alive too. He... more info