Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Big Ups at the Seaport in 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) We recently mentioned that Brooklyn/Boston indie rock label Exploding In Sound Records is throwing an extended weekend of shows in their two hometowns, and now the lineups are... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The annual FREE WBAR-B-Q at Barnard College (presented by the school's radio station) happens TODAY (4/25) with noise-punks Perfect Pussy, dance producer Dubbel Dutch, post-hardcore band Big Ups, ambient musician Thug Entrancer and more. Like in past... more info

Stereogum — At the beginning of the month, we announced that Exploding In Sound and East Coast Basements & Bedrooms (ECB&B) would release a split 7″ featuring Flagland and Washer. Just last fall, Washer accompanied Big Ups on a similar split, and the band plan... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Sick Feeling at BV-RBSS show at Palisades in 2014 (more by Ryan Muir) NYC hardcore band Sick Feeling just keep piling on the shows. They played Baby's All Right with Big Ups yesterday (1/14) (anyone go?), and have a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo:::Cult of Youth @ Bell House, September 2013 (more by Greg Cristman) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Big Ups, Sick Feeling, Flagland, Downies @ Baby's All Right... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Sick Feeling at BV-RBSS at Palisades in 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) LA Southern Lord-signed hardcore band Obliterations (not to be confused with Norwegian Relapse-signed death metal band Obliteration) have announced that they'll return to t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Sick Feeling at BV-RBSS show at Palisades in 2014 (more by Ryan Muir) Last week came the unfortunate news that Ireland's Girl Band had to cancel their NYC shows (visa issues), including the one happening Wednesday... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dublin Ireland quartet Girl Band (all-guys, for the record) have been making a racket since 2011 and have released a handful of 7" singles so far, most recently "De Bom Bom" which came out back in September. That song, like... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Zack Baker Photo: California X at DbA in 2013 (more by Vadislav Grach) Amherst, MA's noisy sludge-punks California X will release their sophomore LP, Nights In The Dark, January 13 on Don Giovanni Records. You may have already heard the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Les Savy Fav were the "super secret headliner" at the eighth to last Death by Audio show on Saturday (11/15) that was already stacked with great local openers who have all frequented the venue -- Yvette, Big Ups and... more info