Nialler9 — Members of Au Revoir Simone, Apache Beat, Chairlift, Class Actress, This Frontier Needs Heroes, Acrylics and Spider get together to do an all-girl acapella cover of Nirvana’s ‘Come As You Are’. It’s a Brooklyn party. more info

NME - The Daily Download — There's something of the sleeper hit in Two Door Cinema Club. While they haven't broken significant ground - yet - this tune has been knocking around the back of my mind for months since I saw them at Club NME Hamburg back in March. It's got the p... more info

NME - Radar — I got to New York City at 11am on Tuesday Morning. By 12.45 I had completed my two main objectives for the week: eaten a cob salad from Fabien's on Bedford Avenue, and eaten a Pay Day (Pay Day's are the best candy bar in the world: salted peanuts coa... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — Friday night marked our fourth time seeing Amanda Blank this year and definitely the most polished yet! We had quite the busy Friday night, stopping by Terminal 5 to see Gossip, MEN and Apache Beat deliver a spectacular show before heading up to ... more info

Tastes Like Caramel — MEN at Terminal 5, 10.9.09 Friday night I unexpectedly ended up at Terminal 5 for Gossip, Apache Beat and MEN before heading over to The Museum of Natural History for Amanda Blank’s gig later that night.  I’d never seen any of the acts on... more info

5 Acts — Tomorrow night Apache Beat is opening up for The Gossip at 9:30 Club here in DC, and I've got a pair of tickets to give away. Honestly, I can't believe this show isn't sold out yet. For your chance to win, email me at 5actsblog(at)gmail(dot)com with... more info