Brooklyn Vegan — Nap Eyes hail from Halifax, Nova Scotia and make frayed, somewhat shambolic indie rock that, at times, recalls bands like The Clean, The Modern Lovers or even '90s-era Halifax bands like The Inbreds or Jale. The band's 2014 album,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis If "New Zealand music" conjures something in your mind that is not Lorde (or Split Enz/Crowded House), it's probably the bands of Flying Nun Records like The Clean, The Verlaines and The Bats whose shamboic, jangly guitar... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — When Galaxie 500 broke up in 1991, Dean Wareham signed to Elektra where his friend Terry Tolkin was doing A&R. He made a five-song demo with Mercury Rev's Jimmy Chamberlain and The Clean's Hamish Kilgour playing drums... all songs... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Twerps' new album, Range Anxiety, will be out next week via Merge/Chapter Music and it's one of my favorite 2015 records (so far). This is rambly/shambly indie rock in the grand tradition of The Clean, Galaxie 500,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Robert Scott's resume is pretty impressive, logging time in two of NZ label Flying Nun's best bands, The Clean and The Bats. He also makes time for solo records, and will release his third, titled The Green House?, which... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Peter Gutteridge @ Palisades 9/1/2014 (via @brooklynvegan instagram) We are greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Peter Gutteridge today. Peter was a Flying Nun original, a founding member of The Clean, The Chills and of course his own... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis North American fans of '80s/'90s kiwi pop have had it good lately. The Clean are touring in support of Merge's great (and affordably-priced) Anthology box set; Flying Nun has set up American offices and have reissued LPs... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by P Squared Photography; words by Bill Pearis Ira Kaplan w/ The Clean @ Glasslands 8/22/2014 New Zealand indie rock icons The Clean are on tour in North America and just played two NYC shows, both of which had... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Will Butler @ Rough Trade 8/21/2014 (via @ArcadeFiretube) Folks who went to Rough Trade on Thursday (8/21) to see The Clean's sold-out show and got there early were treated to a surprise: an opening solo set from fellow Merge artist... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Arcade Fire in Austin in April (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Arcade Fire, The Unicorns, Dan Deacon @ Barclays Center Arcade Fire's massive... more info