Amanda Palmer coined the term and genre "Brechtian punk cabaret" for her band The Dresden Dolls so that critics wouldn't describe them as Goth. After two albums with the Dolls and a live show that has earned a reputation for doubling as a circus act, she is just beginning her first tour on her own. Her upcoming solo album sports the Twin Peaks-inspired title "Who Killed Amanda Palmer?" and will be released in September alongside a book with same title that is a collaboration between Palmer and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman. Tonight Amanda brings her unique brand of theatricality into town with a show at Spiegelworld. She talked to Gothamist last week about blogging, opening herself up to new collaborations, and what Britney Spears's next tour should look like. more ›

Tilly and the Wall is best known as the indie rock band that has a live tap dancer onstage performing the bulk of their percussion. After three well-received albums on Conor Oberst's Team Love label and a live show that has earned them a reputation as one of the more exciting acts to see on the indie circuit, they've proven themselves as more than a novelty act. Tilly will be playing two shows in New York, tonight at the Music Hall of Williamsburg and tomorrow at the Bowery Ballroom. Keyboardist Nick White took some time to talk to Gothamist as the band was heading up to New York yesterday. more ›

Portland, Oregon resident M. Ward (or "Matt", as his friends call him) is an enigmatic good 'ol fashioned singer/songwriter. Appearing detached and independent from the world he connects to through music, he seems to come to us from another time and place. Without pretense he delivers songs with a voice that hangs in the air, enchanting an audience of listeners who are always left wanting more. An old soul with a guitar and the ability to tell a story through song, his live show is not one to be missed. Tomorrow night he plays Town Hall for the first time. more ›

Bad Veins had only played five shows before they played our Movable Hype show last week, and we hope you caught them. With a megaphone, guitars, keys, a telephone microphone, drums and a reel to reel named Irene...the two members in this band manage to sound like a full rock orchestra. more ›

Watch their video for Three Full Virginias, here. And check them out at one of their upcoming shows in December: Southpaw on 12/3, the Friction party at Sin-e on 12/13, Mercury Lounge on 12/22. more ›

One of the bands playing our Movable Hype show tonight, The Subjects, met at a New York City high school. Two of them students, two of them teachers...and their band name came from an argument about grammar. We love them already. more ›

Maybe it was recording and releasing four albums in the late 80s and early 90s while playing no shows. Perhaps it was signing to 1995's hottest indie label, Matador, as a 37 year-old Dayton inhabitant who refused to move to New York or another major media center. Or the fact that, despite commonly held opinion that prohibits giving fans too much of what labels think they want, Robert Pollard has been self-releasing LPs, EPs and singles in addition to his "normal" releases for over a decade. more ›

Despite Fugazi's "indefinite hiatus", Ian MacKaye has been as busy as ever; in addition to recording a new album for his current group, The Evens, he’s been producing albums for other D.C. bands, touring, doing Q&As, managing the Dischord label and, as always, personally responding to all his mail. The Evens second album, called "Get Evens", is being released today. The duo features MacKaye on vocals and baritone guitar and Amy Farina on vocals and drums. more ›

The Undisputed Heavyweights have got themselves quite a name to live up to, and check out that URL: Better Than Elvis?! This we've got to see. more ›

So, what have you guys been up to for the last...10 years? more ›

A couple of years ago, while leaving a show at Irving Plaza, one of the many people handing out cd's - handed us a cd. It wasn't in any fancy packaging, wasn't eye catching for any reason, and we held on to it and listened later that night. The band was called The Epochs, and we had a new rule about listening to cd's handed to us on the street. more ›

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We've already declared our love for The Big Sleep here. Last week they released their debut full length, and prior to that they released the rock on so many unsuspecting folks - that pretty much everytime we've read about them it was by someone who accidentally caught a set. more ›

We first heard of Apes and Androids when we saw the video for their song "Radio". The tune was catchy and we felt the same sort of dance in our pants feeling we felt when we first saw Ghostland Observatory. We then made them our Band of the Week, so clearly their mechanical rockbot had climbed into our subconscious. Tonight they play at Sin-e, and we hear it's going to be insane. Good insane. Robotic rock opera-tastic. more ›

Goes Cube are rock. Their enthusiastic hard and fast interpretation of the genre has been compared to Nirvana, leading New York's rock scene into a much more hopeful future. Their live show will make your brain shake, your body move and your soul scream. Lucky for us, their set translates well in the studio, and they just finished recording their new release, Beckon The Dagger God. more ›

Femme Generation is a hard band to describe. Indie-pop-rock-synth dance music is what we would say upon listening to their song "Semper Fi Little Guy". It's more complex than even that however, with listens to their entire catalog. With harmonies, chants and noises we don't even recognize, the music never stays at the same tempo or pace. They can slow it down just as fast as they speed it up. One thing is for sure though, their live performance is an amazing one. We've heard reports from the front lines of past shows, and you better be ready to dance when they close out our Movable Hype show tomorrow night. more ›

Project Jenny/Project Jan first caught our attention with the Chinatown Bus song, of course. Their experimental take on pretty much every genre of music will make even the most reserved person in the crowd dance. Rock and hip hop blend with projections in their mixed media dance party. more ›

We heard of Takka Takka way before this guy in the back...okay, that may not be true. We've been fans for a little while now though (they're way better than this Roy Lichtenstein painting) and after checking out their live show we knew we had to book them for our next Movable Hype. more ›

Mr. Brownstone is a Guns N' Roses cover band (or, if you prefer, "the worlds drunkest GnR tribute band"). more ›

Wolfmother more ›

Nick Zinner, Yeah Yeah Yeahs more ›

Two Gallants more ›

Stars of Track and Field more ›

Ladytron more ›

Brendan Benson more ›

Overnight more ›

Happy Friday the 13th! Get out there and tempt fate this weekend... more ›

Slowlands more ›

Grizzly Bear more ›

The Strugglers more ›