We're hosting another show during CMJ this year. This time around we'll be settling in at The Rock Shop in Park Slope. Upstairs the venue has a nice deck, a little kitchen, bar, and pool table... and downstairs the bands will be playing in the live room from noon to 6 p.m. The show is FREE and no CMJ badges are required for entry. More details to come, but for now you can RSVP here. more ›

Last week not only did we have the pleasure of seeing The Black Angels perform a few songs, but they were inside of the gorgeous Angel Orensanz building at the time. This was prior to their secret show later that evening in the space, and the very talented Adam and Daniel at Foglight Films caught their private, sun-soaked performance for us all on video. Enjoy! more ›

As previously mentioned, we're taking our Gothamist House series on the road, or rather, into some of our favorite New York City locations. First stop: the New York Public Library's Schwarzman Building on 5th Avenue (once home to the old Croton Reservoir). We brought The Walkmen over there earlier this month to film them performing a couple of songs in the midst of the marbled halls of the iconic building. Special thanks to the NYPL for hosting us, and to Foglight Films for working all sorts of magic. Enjoy! more ›

On top of inviting bands over to our office, or the lovely Florida Keys NYC studio (where we recently filmed The Hold Steady), we're starting a new series of videos for our Gothamist House collection which will be filmed in iconic, or abandoned, or hard to access areas and buildings in New York City. Our first shoot was yesterday, where we went with the whole iconic thing, and filmed at the New York Public Library's main branch on 5th Avenue. more ›

In March we gave you a little preview of a session we recorded in our offices with Henry Wolfe (as part of our Live At Gothamist House series), and now that he's back in town for three shows, we're releasing the rest. Enjoy your own little private mini-concert below (and after the jump)—then see him live during his NYC run, where he'll be backed up by a full band. Tonight Wolfe & Co. will be at Littlefield in Brooklyn, on the 20th he'll be playing Mercury Lounge in Manhattan, and on the 21st he'll hop over to Governors Island. more ›

This past Tuesday afternoon The Hold Steady came by to perform a few songs for our Live at Gothamist House series. This time we departed our HQ and went over to Ridgewood, Queens—where we watched, filmed and recorded the band on a gorgeous roofdeck-equipped recording studio called Florida Keys NYC. We'll post all of the videos, as well as an interview and downloadable MP3s of the live recording we did, at a later date—but for now, here's one video of them performing "The Weekenders" off their new album Heaven Is Whenever. The band just embarked on a long tour, and won't return to play in the city until October (when they'll be at the Beacon Theater). more ›

Harper Blynn (formerly Pete and J) have been picking up new fans everywhere they go—including Sissy Spacek and Victoria from Twilight, aka Rachelle Lefevre, who recently Twittered from one of their shows: "Saw an amazing band tonight called Harper Blynn. They have an album dropping in May & are based in NYC. U need to check them out!" Well now's your chance, they not only stopped by our office this week to play a couple of tunes, but they've got an April residency going on at the Living Room. See them tonight (or next Wednesday), where on top of their own set they'll also play the role of backing band for Schuyler Fisk. more ›

Last we checked in on Kaki King was back in 2008, when she was about to release her album Dreaming Of Revenge. Now she's just released her 5th album, Junior, which has sent "the first and only female Guitar God" back on the road. Prior to all of this, you may have seen her busking in the subway system, which she began doing during her time at NYU. more ›

Snowden played at our very first Movable Hype show back in 2004, and we've remained loyal fans since then. Recently Jordan Jeffares (the young man you see front and center) moved from Atlanta to Brooklyn, put the finishing touches on songs for a new EP, Slow Soft Syrup (out now!) and is now working on the next full-length album. This all came after a year of constant touring around their last LP, Anti Anti, and a struggle to part with their label. more ›

Click through for more on Henry Wolfe, Passion Pit, Joanna Newsom and the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. more ›

Click through to read about Kidrockers, Cruel Black Dove, Bridges & Powerlines, this year's Gothamist House, and a CMJ Fail at Brooklyn Bowl. more ›

It was nearly three years ago that we booked Cincinnati band Bad Veins for one of our Movable Hype shows, after hearing just a few rough demos—and now, at long last, their much-anticipated debut full length is here! The duo, Benjamin Davis and Sebastien Schultz, just ended their first tour in support of the album, but they'll be heading back on the road shortly (you can catch them next month at the Bell House). Last week, prior to their Mercury Lounge show, they stopped by our offices to play a few songs (and drink some beer, of course)—enjoy the videos from that below, where Ben also tells us all about Gossip Girl, Irene and what it's like to finally have the album out there. more ›

Click on the images for more about this Week in Rock; this week features Kanye at Webster Hallt, Spank Rock at Siren and on the Williamsburg Bridge, and a Gothamist House (at CMJ) announcement! more ›

This morning Third Eye Blind, or 3EB if you prefer, played at Central Park for Good Morning America's summer concert series, but yesterday lead singer Stephan Jenkins was in our very own office performing a more intimate set. Despite his bike being stolen the day before after riding it from Bowery to midtown, he still had a smile on his face. The band is releasing a new album, titled Ursa Major, in August, which includes a duet with original indie darling Kimya Dawson. Yesterday he played us some of the old and new (which you can watch below), including one song about being in love with a lesbian—no word on if it's about MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who he has said he has "an overwhelming and tragic crush on." more ›

Just a quick reminder that Gothamist House is open again today (3 to 8 p.m.)! We've really enjoyed spending so much time this week and in absolutely gorgeous Gowanus venue, so come join us at the Bell House for the final show, which includes sets by: Hayes Peebles, The Muggabears, The Depreciation Guild, PWRFL Power, The Forms and Neckbeard Telecaster. All of the details you need are right here. Bonus: 2-for-1 drink specials (we've been ordering up some bloody mary's made with McClure's Pickles)! Whole Foods reusable grocery gift bags are still being doled out, with items from: Babeland, Embittermints, the Humane Society, Gotham Girls Roller Derby, RightRides, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Penguin and Insound, and Brooklyn Tattoo's owner even donated some "Brooklyn Love" pins and stickers. And for the gamers, there's a FaceBreaker video game demo in there for you. And be sure to take a gander at the artwork on display from Sam Horine, Paula DiGioia and Shai Dahan. See you there! more ›

Every year at CMJ, there's one band that toiled around the day parties and smaller showcases the year before, only to triumphantly return with a major headlining gig. That award this year goes to Crystal Castles, who headlined a sold-out, packed to the brim Webster Hall Thursday night to an enthusiastic crowd. Without trying to sound too obvious, the popularity suits these guys well. It's not necessary the most accessible, easy listening band out there, and would be a tough sell at a scattershot, brightly lit afternoon party. But when the band controls the environment, with all attention properly directed on them, they create quite a scene, Lead "singer" Alice Glass shrieks and hollers over the 8-bit bleeps and bloops, and while her contribution musically can be a bit off-putting, she is quite the show woman. The crowd was completely entranced, providing the necessary feedback a band like this needs to put on a stellar show. A bit of a told ya so for their naysayers from last year's fest. more ›

The Physics of Meaning played our Gothamist House show on Wednesday, and have been one of our favorite bands this CMJ by far. They're a self-described "chamber rock band" from North Carolina headed up by Daniel Hart, a multi-instrumentalist who you may recognize from another lil band called St. Vincent. This week another band, Wild Sweet Orange, interviewed them for us--today you can check out the latter at our show (they play at 4:30 p.m.), and tomorrow put yourself in front of the Physics of Meaning at their final CMJ show at Rehab. more ›

It's your daily reminder: Come on over to Gothamist House! We're open and we've got delicious Bloody Mary's (2 for 1!) being poured with McClure's Pickles. Coming up next are sets by Reggie Watts, Fatula, Marnie Stern, Bad Veins and Twi the Humble Feather. There are still gift bags left as well, so come and get 'em! Tip for tomorrow: we'll have free PBR all day long. More details here. more ›

A few hours ago we opened the doors to Gothamist House. So far there have been some great sets by Emmy the Great, Gabriel Kahane and Bell, with more to come from Nat Baldwin, Physics of Meaning, Pattern is Movement and Extra Life. We'll be open every day through Saturday from 2:30 to 8 p.m. We're located at The Bell House, at 149 7th Street in the beautiful Gowanus section of Brooklyn (map), and you can take the M, R or F train to the 4th and 9th stop. more ›

Charlie Looker has created music under many names, and with some familiar names as well (you can hear him on the Dirty Projectors "Rise Above" album). Now, as Extra Life, Looker creates what Stereogum calls "a mesmerizing form of avant-rock raga." Today he plays at our Gothamist House show, and we highly recommend coming to check the set out. This week one of the artists showing work at our House, Paula DiGioia, interviewed Looker for us. more ›

This year we're bringing some art into Gothamist House. We'll have oil pastels by Paula DiGioia, photographs from Sam Horine, and painted skateboard decks from Shai Dahan (he even made us a Gothamist one, pictured above). more ›