Sweeping The Nation — "That rock'n'roll, eh?" Our documentation of how we see the years of this decade in retrospect continues into 2014, the year Alex Turner made a stand for... something at the Brits. We were somehow unsurprised to find Radio X were still callin... more info

Consequence of Sound — Chapters include: Introductions, Mr. Sandman, Bring Me a Tweet (5:15), Smith's Grove Archives (30:25), September Girls (1:04:00), Buds and Bobs (1:36:00), And One of Them Was Annie! (2:14:25), One Good Scare (2:18:35), Michael Myers Was 21 (2:24:00),... more info

Sweeping The Nation — As of this weekend, an enormous crater opens up in the bedroom-insular, open air-spectacular world of indiepop as the Chance the Gardener of indie majordomo of all he surveyed Sean Price winds up his Fortuna Pop! label with a long London weekend enti... more info

Nialler9 — The music industry showcases continue to roll on with Eurosonic in Gronigen in Holland and SXSW in Austin Texas coming up in January and March respectively. As part of the second wave of announcements for SXSW, Rusangano Family, Girls Names, Enemies,... more info

Nialler9 — Skip to day: Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon Ticket giveaways: Friday: BLOG PARTY: Dear Desert, September Girls, Bitch Falcon, Carriages, Dip & Diskotekken @ The Sugar Club John Bramwell (I Am Kloot) @ Button Factory How to enter ticket c... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (photo by @joerussophoto) Veteran UK alt-rock band James are in town this week, having played Webster Hall on Tuesday (10/21) as part of CMJ. In addition to songs off their 13th album, La Petite Mort, the Manchester band played crowd... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt PINS @ Cameo / September Girls, CYMBALS, J. Fernandez @ Cake Shop Before and after his visit to Puddles Pity Party, BV photographer Chris La Putt hit some CMJ shows on Tuesday (10/21). In the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield; words by Andrew Sacher and Bill Pearis Girlpool / Nai Harvest / September Girls / Ultimate Painting The CMJ week day party action picked up on Wednesday (10/22) and Ludlow St is still a safe bet,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, Irish band September Girls will be making their first trip to NYC next week for CMJ and they've added a few shows since the last time we posted. Here's their updated schedule (many of their shows are... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Irish band September Girls released their debut album, Cursing the Sea, back in January via UK indie label Fortuna Pop. Here's what I wrote then:Let's just get this out of the way: Yes, it's another "______ Girls" band... more info