On Saturday, Man In Gray celebrates the release of their first full-length album, I Can’t Sleep Unless I Hear You Breathing, with a show at

Congratulations to Takka Takka, who recently signed with Ernest Jenning. The label will be issuing an expanded version of the band’s LP, We Feel Safer At Night, that will include tracks from their recent Talk Faster EP. This as the band heads into the studio to work on a follow-up full-length.
mp3: “We Feel Safer At [...]

From the New York Times:
In a move that has greater symbolic significance than mere real estate hopscotch, Galapagos Art Space, the pioneering bar and performing arts space that helped put Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on the cultural map, is moving a few neighborhoods down the East River, to Dumbo.
Galapagos, which has played host to a broad array [...]

When The Secret Life Of Sofia took the stage at Pianos a couple of weeks ago for the first time in six months, it was with a set of mostly new material. But they started off with a recognizable — and much welcome — song from their self-titled EP called “Diamond Face.” We’ll have video [...]

This weekend Man In Gray celebrates the release of their first full-length album, I Can’t Sleep Unless I Hear You Breathing, at Union Hall.

Wednesday, May 30th
The Art Of Shooting
@ Cakeshop / 8pm
152 Ludlow Street
New York, New York
Friday, June 1st
Mistakes
@ Galapagos / 8pm
70 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, New York
w/ Coltrane
The Problem
@ The Delancey / 9pm
168 Delancey Street
New York, [...]

Every time we hear The Muggabears‘ “Dead Kid Kicks,” the riff gets stuck in our heads for about a week. It’s from their recently released Night Choreography EP and they played the hell out of it —along with the rest of their set — at Pianos a couple of weekends back:

(download better quality video playable [...]

Soft Communication has a short story inspired by a new song from The Song Corporation. Thankfully, it’s accompanied by an mp3 of the song — “A Novel Idea,” from their upcoming album Pirates! — so you’re not left completely scratching your head. Go read and download.

Man In Gray’s first full-length album, I Can’t Sleep Unless I Hear You Breathing, isn’t officially out until June 19th and their release show isn’t until June 2nd, but you can hear the whole album tonight at The Delancey. The band is having a free listening party featuring door prizes, cheap drinks, and music before [...]

A couple of weeks ago we pointed out that the Unsacred Hearts were playing a now-unfortunately-rare live show. It was the one year anniversary party for Ruined Music and it was great to see the Hearts back on stage. Here’s a video from that night of “Point Of Pride,” the first track off In Defense [...]

Tuesday, May 22nd
Man In Gray
@ The Delancey / 7:30pm
LISTENING PARTY!
UPSTAIRS / NOT A LIVE SHOW
168 Delancey Street
New York, New York
Free admission
$3 PBRs all night
2 for 1 well drinks from 8pm-9pm
First chance to hear Man In Gray’s
first full-length album
I CAN’T SLEEP UNLESS I HEAR YOU BREATHING
Free BBQ for first 25 people who arrive and have
RSVPed on [...]