Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Dick Dale at Brooklyn Bowl in 2013 (more by Deneka Peniston) Surf rock guitar legend Dick Dale is going on a Northeast tour this summer, and hitting NYC on August 21 at Brooklyn Bowl (tickets). He also hits Asbury... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Dead Heavens at Saint Vitus in February (more by Amanda Hatfield) Walter Schreifels' new-ish garage/psych band Dead Heavens have had no lack of hometown NYC shows lately, and they've currently got three more coming up. First is their Saint... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield, words by Andrew Sacher Dead Heavens / Cayetana @ Saint Vitus - 2/10/2015 Post-hardcore legend Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools, etc) began a residency for one of his two recently-formed bands, D... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Walter Schreifels & the Dead Heavens at CMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Walter Schreifels has to be one of the most consistently busy musicians in rock. He was a member of a few legendary bands,... more info

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