Head to Williamsburg & Greenpoint for Brooklyn’s Northside Festival, showcasing music from the one-and-only borough – and much more, Thursday to Sunday, June 12th to 15th:
THURSDAY, JUNE 12th
Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway – QRO venue review
Panache Booking
8:30 PM – Big Ups
9:30 PM – Juan Wauters
10:20 PM – Homeshake
11:00 PM – Walter TV
12:00 AM – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
1:00 AM – Hunters
Bar Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave – QRO venue review
Rocker Stalker
7:30 PM – Great Woods
8:15 PM – Sucker
9:00 PM – The Freaky Baby Daddies
9:45 PM – Slim Wray
10:30 PM – Courtesy Tier
11:15 PM – The Venetia Fair
It’s not Northside without QRO favorite Courtesy Tier (QRO album review).
Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave – QRO venue review
Javotti Media
6:00 PM – Talib Kweli
10:30 PM – ?uestlove (DJ set) *popped11
Talib Kweli (QRO photos) comes to Brooklyn Bowl with a full-fledged nine-piece band!
Though he’s only doing a DJ set, ?uestlove of The Roots (QRO album review) is one of the few artists who you’d actually go see do a DJ set, as he revives his ‘Bowl Train’ DJ set at Brooklyn Bowl.
Cameo, 93 North Sixth St – QRO venue review
Terrorbird Media/Carpark Records/Kanine Records/Insound
5:30 PM – Piers (formerly Gondola)
6:30 PM – Dog Bite
7:30 PM – Chandos
8:30 PM – Herzog
9:30 PM – Las Rosas
10:30 PM – Saint Pepsi
11:30 PM – TEEN
12:30 AM – “Valerie”
Europa, 98 Meserole Ave – QRO venue review
Pitchfork
8:30 PM – Vilkacis
9:15 PM – Yellow Eyes
10:00 PM – Planning For Burial
10:45 PM – Hull *cmj09
11:40 PM – Pallbearer
Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave – QRO venue review
PopGun Booking/Lazerpop
8:30 PM – BADBADNOTGOOD
8:30 PM – Ian Isiah
8:30 PM – Mursi Layne (DJ set)
11:30 PM – Neon Indian (DJ set) *sxsw10
11:30 PM – Chrome Sparks (DJ set)
11:30 PM – Lemonade (DJ set)
The Toronto trio BADBADNOTGOOD (QRO photos at a Toronto festival) are known for incorporating hip-hop into their music, and have collaborated with the Odd Future (QRO live review) likes of Tyler, the Creator (QRO album review) and Frank Ocean.
Alan Palomo, a.k.a. Neon Indian (QRO live review), does a DJ set at Northside.
The Grand Victory, 245 Grand St
What Blog?
8:00 PM – Nature Cruise
8:45 PM – The Meaning of Life
9:30 PM – Sunset Hearts
10:15 PM – Owel
The Gutter Spare Room, 200 North 14th St
Mecca Lecca Records
8:00 PM – Rice Cultivation Society
8:45 PM – Unicycle Loves You
9:30 PM – Carl Creighton & Ajnabi
10:15 PM – SWF
11:00 PM – NØMADS
Johnny Leather’s Mecca Lecca Records takes over The Gutter Spare Room.
House of Vans, 25 Franklin St – QRO venue review
Vans/FYF
8:00 PM – Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
8:00 PM – Mac DeMarco *leguesswho12
8:00 PM – Benjamin Booker
The ‘Screaming Eagle of Soul’, Charles Bradley is one of the many great soul singers to emerge from Brooklyn’s DapTone Records, which also brought the world Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (QRO album review) and Budos Band (QRO album review), but Bradley more than stands on his own, from festivals (QRO photos at a festival) to topping the bill at the one-and-only Apollo Theater (QRO photos)!
Some artists toil in obscurity for years, even decades, but Mac DeMarco (QRO photos at a festival) is only just old enough to drink, and already has his debut full-length, Mac DeMarco 2.
Bradley, DeMarco and Benjamin Booker play a special free RSVP show at House of Vans (with free drinks!).
Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave – QRO venue review
Palladia/VH1
9:00 PM – Kevin Morby
9:45 PM – Syd Arthur
10:45 PM – Winner of VH1 & You Oughta Know’s “Make a Band Famous” contest
11:20 PM – Fort Lean
After VH1 & You Oughta Know’s ‘Make a Band Famous’ contest winner comes a band you ought to know, Fort Lean (QRO photos at a festival in Brooklyn).
Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St
8:45 PM – Lucas Brode
9:15 PM – Girls & God
9:45 PM – Hannibal Montana
10:30 PM – INFiNiEN
11:30 PM – Ishmael
Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North 6th St – QRO venue review
8:00 PM – Sharon Van Etten
8:00 PM – Shilpa Ray *northside09 x3
While there’s a ton of stripped songstresses out there, one of the nicer ones is Sharon Van Etten (QRO photos at a festival), who evoked the sad strains of Appalachia on her debut, Because I Was In Love (QRO review), while 2011’s Epic (QRO review) made her the Brooklyn ‘it girl’ (QRO photos in New York), and 2012’s Tramp (QRO review) has gotten her get even more acclaim – and attention (QRO photos). She’s even had a star-studded show in NYC (QRO photos), where she had special guests like Thurston Moore (QRO live review) of Sonic Youth (QRO live review) & Aaron Dessner of The National (QRO spotlight on). She comes back to Northside (QRO photos at Northside ‘09) behind her latest, Are We There.
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St – QRO venue review
8:00 PM – Lynette Williams
9:00 PM – TBA
10:00 PM – Hiromi Suda
11:00 PM – Radio Jarocho
Shea Stadium, 20 Meadow St – QRO venue review
Ipsum
8:30 PM – Washer
9:15 PM – Mannequin Pussy
10:00 PM – Flagland
10:45 PM – Slothrust
11:30 PM – Gringo Star
Watch out for the multi-talented seventies party that is Gringo Star (QRO photos). Hailing from Atlanta, Gringo (QRO interview) made a strong impression in 2008 with debut All Y’all (QRO review) and songs like the title track (QRO video) & “Holding On To Hate” (QRO video). An even stronger impression was made live (QRO live review) and at festivals (QRO photos at a festival), where seemingly everyone in the four-piece plays everything (QRO photos at a festival). However, since then the (QRO spotlight on) band has kind of declined into more generic garage-rock with 2011’s Count Yer Lucky Stars (QRO review) and last year’s Floating Out To See.
The Silent Barn, 603 Bushwick Ave
The Deli Mag
7:00 PM – Dead Tenants
7:45 PM – No Shoes
8:30 PM – BOYTOY
9:15 PM – Vomitface
10:30 PM – Lost Boy?
10:50 PM – Big Ups
11:40 PM – Weird Womb
Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Ave – QRO venue review
Audiofemme
7:00 PM – Napolean
7:45 PM – Chimes
8:30 PM – Gingerlys
9:00 PM – Diamond Bones
10:00 PM – Happy Lives
11:00 PM – CTZNSHP
The Trash Bar, 256 Grand St
8:00 PM – Advaeta
9:00 PM – Video Daughters
10:00 PM – Alien Trilogy
11:00 PM – Couch Slut
Union Pool, 484 Union Ave – QRO venue review
8:30 PM – Retail Space
9:10 PM – Eastern Midwestern
9:50 PM – Laura & Greg
10:30 PM – Luke Temple (w/ Jim White, from the Dirty Three)
Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave – QRO venue review
Scenic
7:00 PM – Titus Andronicus
7:00 PM – Eagulls *sxsw14 x2
7:00 PM – Low Fat Getting High
Straight outta Jersey comes Garden State pridesters (QRO live review in New Jersey) Titus Andronicus (QRO photos at a festival), who were hitting all fifty hard (QRO photos out-of-state) even before (QRO photos at a festival) the release of their Civil War-inspired The Monitor (QRO review) – though 2012 Local Business (QRO review) was a big of a retread. But they’re not afraid of playing in New York XXX or outdoors (QRO live review outdoors).
Lean in to the post-punk of Leeds’ Eagulls (QRO photos at a festival).
FRIDAY, JUNE 13th
50 Kent
6:45 PM – Julianna Barwick *sxsw10
7:30 PM – Woods *sxsw09
8:30 PM – The War On Drugs
Like their name implies, Brooklyn’s Woods traffic in outdoor, ‘woods-y’ sounds, but add some freak to that folk with electronica (QRO photos at a festival), most recently with With Light and With Love.
Claimed to be “Best New Music” by Pitchfork for their 2011 album, Slave Ambient, The War On Drugs are often known for the jauntily confections of atmospheric guitars and rolling drums (QRO live review). The Philly outfit (QRO photos) later saw member Kurt Vile spin-off for his own successful career (QRO live review), and followed up Slave with March’s Lost In the Dream (QRO mp3 review).
Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway – QRO venue review
BrooklynVegan
8:30 PM – Motion Studies
9:15 PM – Little Big League
10:00 PM – Operators
Bar Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave – QRO venue review
Whatever Blog/DJ Mojo
8:30 PM – Sharkmuffin
9:15 PM – Vulture Shit
10:00 PM – Whiskey Bitches
10:45 PM – J.A.C.K.
11:30 PM – White Mystery
Catch the wild White Mystery (QRO mp3 review), from over in Chicago.
Black Bear, 468 16th St
Aputumpu
8:00 PM – Sun Looks Down
8:35 PM – Annie Rosie
9:10 PM – Bugs in the Dark
9:50 PM – EULA *cmj12
10:30 PM – Zula
11:10 PM – Osekre and the Lucky Bastards
11:50 PM – Gone Quite Mad
12:40 AM – The Teen Age
Somewhere between irresistible dance beats and unforgettable no wave guitar lies EULA (QRO album review).
Brooklyn Night Bazaar, 165 Banker St
7:30 PM – Jonathan Toubin
7:30 PM – The Vandelles
7:30 PM – Nick Waterhouse *leguesswho12
In 2011 indie DJ extraordinaire Jonathan Toubin was put in the hospital by a hit-and-run, but his musical friends (like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs – QRO album review) got together for a series of benefits (QRO photos) to pay for his medical expenses, and now Toubin – and his Soul Clap & Dance Off – is back!
Raw, rhythmic and exciting rhythm ‘n’ blues from California comes in the form of Nick Waterhouse. Debut album Time’s All Gone mixes classic R&B with modern day influences.
Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave – QRO venue review
11:00 PM – Animal Collective (DJ set) *primavera11
The acclaimed & experimental Animal Collective (QRO live review) do a late night DJ set at Northside.
Cameo, 93 North Sixth St – QRO venue review
Buzz Chips/Pancakes & Whiskey
6:15 PM – The Great Void
7:15 PM – Psychic Twin
8:15 PM – Brothertiger
9:15 PM – Ejecta
10:15 PM – Nite Jewel *fyeah12
Los Angeles’ own Ramona Gonzalez, a.k.a. Nite Jewel (QRO photos at a festival), mixes lo-fi with alt-dance & electronica.
Europa, 98 Meserole Ave – QRO venue review
Noisey
7:00 PM – Ka
7:00 PM – Weekend Money
The Flat, 308 Hooper St
Noise Love
8:30 PM – Water
9:15 PM – Dead Waves
10:00 PM – Suicide Dolls
10:45 PM – Clouder *sxsw14 x2
Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave – QRO venue review
PopGun Booking
8:15 PM – Prince Rama (DJ set)
9:00 PM – Dutch E Germ
10:00 PM – Omar Souleyman
Klingande
Speakerbot
Salinger
Celebrate the Arab Awakening at Northside with Omar Souleyman! The Arab/Kurdish musician (QRO photos at a festival) hails from northeastern Syria, a hotbed of today’s brave resistance to the (hopefully) next Mid-East dictator to fall. Thankfully Souleyman’s traditional Middle Eastern music – much of it recorded live at local weddings – has already traveled the world.
The Grand Victory, 245 Grand St
Dutch Sounds
8:30 PM – I AM Oak
9:30 PM – MTT
10:30 PM – traumahelikopter *leguesswho12 x3
Dutch energetic garage band traumahelikopter combines lo-fi psychedelia and punk.
The Gutter Spare Room, 200 North 14th St
9:30 PM – Skull
10:15 PM – Syphlitic Lust
11:00 PM – Villians
Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave – QRO venue review
Palladia/VH1
8:00 PM – Roya
8:45 PM – Perfect Pussy *nyc13 x2
9:30 PM – Shilpa Ray *northside09 x3
11:45 PM – HOLYCHILD
12:45 AM – High Highs
Catch the frenetic noise-punk of Perfect Pussy (QRO photos) – if you dare!
Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St
Personal Injury Records
8:00 PM – Psychic Twin
8:00 PM – Harvey Sid Fisher
8:00 PM – Limited
8:00 PM – Sateen
8:00 PM – Ziemba
Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North 6th St – QRO venue review
9:00 PM – Drowners
10:15 PM – Albert Hammond, Jr.
You probably still know Albert Hammond, Jr. from his day job as guitarist for this century/millennium’s first hit alt-rock band, The Strokes (QRO album review), but he’s also forged his own successful solo career (QRO photos solo at a festival), most recently last July’s AHJ EP.
Pet Rescue, 346 Morgan Ave
Heart Bleeds Radio
9:30 PM – The Teen Age
10:15 PM – My Teenage Stride
11:00 PM – The Planes
11:45 PM – Shark? *savannahstopover14 x2
Check out QRO favorites Shark? (QRO photos at a festival), along with not-actually-teenagers My Teenage Stride (QRO photos at Northside ’11) and The Teen Age (QRO photos at Northside ’13).
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St – QRO venue review
8:00 PM – Monica Lionheart
9:00 PM – Sorcha Richardson
10:00 PM – Mount Sharp
11:00 PM – Beat Radio
Rough Trade NYC, 64 North 9th St - QRO venue review
Gothamist/Impose Magazine
9:00 PM – Amanda X
10:00 PM – Tweens
11:00 PM – Marnie Stern (solo)
There’s a whole generation of great female guitarists coming out of New York these days, and one of the most-praised is Marnie Stern (QRO photos at a festival), who plays solo at Northside.
Saint Vitus, 1120 Manhattan Ave
Pitchfork
8:30 PM – Frankie Cosmos
9:30 PM – Pleasure Leftists
10:30 PM – Hop Along
11:30 PM – Perfect Pussy
Catch the frenetic noise-punk of Perfect Pussy (QRO photos) – if you dare!
Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Ave – QRO venue review
The Deli Magazine
7:00 PM – Cassandra Jenkins
7:40 PM – Belle Mare
8:20 PM – GRAPH Rabbit
9:00 PM – Weyes Blood
9:45 PM – Dear Georgiana
10:30 PM – Bridget Davis + The Viking Kings
11:15 PM – Great Caesar
12:00 AM – Such Hounds
The Trash Bar, 256 Grand St
8:00 PM – Tiers
9:00 PM – Tyburn Saints
10:00 PM – Dead Leaf Echo
Union Pool, 484 Union Ave – QRO venue review
Western Vinyl Records
8:15 PM – Christopher Tignor
9:00 PM – Nat Baldwin
9:45 PM – Grooms *northside09
10:30 PM – Glass Ghost
11:15 PM – Ava Luna
Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave – QRO venue review
Captured Tracks/Scenic
Beach Fossils
Craft Spells
Juan Wauters *nxne14 x2
Axxa/Abraxas
Donovan Blanc
Mike Sniper (DJ set)
Relax for the relaxed indie-rock of New York’s Beach Fossils (QRO photos outdoors), even if their garage-rock (QRO photos) on last year’s Clash the Truth (QRO review) wasn’t that impressive.
SATURDAY, JUNE 14th
Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway – QRO venue review
Heart Bleeds Radio/Noise Love
2:45 PM – Big Quiet
3:30 PM – Let’s Be Loveless
4:15 PM – The Living Kills
5:00 PM – Crazy Pills
5:45 PM – Eastern Hollows
Bar Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave – QRO venue review
The Battering Room
1:00 PM – traumahelikopter *leguesswho12 x3
1:00 PM – The Party Faithful
1:00 PM – Loose Buttons
1:00 PM – Two Seconds to Midnight
Dutch energetic garage band traumahelikopter combines lo-fi psychedelia and punk.
The Grand Victory, 245 Grand St
The Post Meridian Folk Singer
2:00 PM – Diana Chittester
2:00 PM – Joshua Garcia
2:00 PM – Andy Shernoff
McCarren Park, 776 Lorimer St
2:00 PM – Thee Oh Sees
2:00 PM – The Blind Shake
2:00 PM – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard *austinpsych14 x2
Hailing from The O.C. (the name was original ‘Orange County Sound’, then ‘OCS’, then – well, you get the idea…), John Dwyer formed Thee Oh Sees (QRO photos at a festival) to put out his experimental, instrumental home recordings, but over seven records has morphed into a full band and a wild live show (QRO photos at a festival). Thee Oh Sees come to Northside (QRO photos at a festival) behind the new Drop.
Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St
Shorewave Records/Greenpointers
1:00 PM – Half Moon
1:30 PM – The Meaning of Life
2:15 PM – David Pollack
3:00 PM – Haybaby
3:45 PM – What Model Citizens
4:30 PM – Such Hounds
5:15 PM – Honey Wild
6:00 PM – Cosmonaut
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St – QRO venue review
4:00 PM – The Rosewood Girl
5:00 PM – Caitlin Harnett
6:00 PM – Bell’s Roar
Space Ninety 8, Bedford Ave between North 5th & 6th St
1:30 PM – Eleanor Friedberger
4:30 PM – Eagulls
Lean in to the post-punk of Leeds’ Eagulls (QRO photos at a festival).
Space Ninety 8 Stage, Bedford Ave between North 5th & 6th St
1:00 PM – Piers
1:00 PM – Neighbors
1:00 PM – Your Friend
1:00 PM – traumahelikopter
1:00 PM – Teen Girl Scientist Monthly
Dutch energetic garage band traumahelikopter combines lo-fi psychedelia and punk.
Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Ave – QRO venue review
Rocker Stalker
1:00 PM – Jake Levine (of The Howler Weary)
1:45 PM – MACH22
2:30 PM – The Bushwick Hotel
3:15 PM – Courtesy Tier
4:00 PM – The Venetia Fair
4:45 PM – PussyWolf
5:30 PM – Graveyard Lovers
It’s not Northside without QRO favorite Courtesy Tier (QRO album review).
50 Kent
6:45 PM – Malang Jobarteh
7:30 PM – Ratking *fff13
8:30 PM – Beirut *northside11
Harlem hip-hop act Ratking (QRO photos at a festival) come to North-by-Northeast behind April debut So It Goes.
While Zach Condon began his instrumental outfit Beirut (QRO photos at a festival) as a solo project (QRO photos at a festival), he’s since developed it into a full band (QRO photos at a festival), featuring just about every instrument you’ve ever heard of (QRO photos at a festival), most recently on 2011’s The Rip Tide (QRO review).
Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway – QRO venue review
Sacred Bones Records/Ad Hoc
11:30 PM – Uniform
12:00 AM – Container
12:45 AM – Pharmakon
1:30 AM – Lust for Youth
Bar Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave – QRO venue review
Heart Bleeds Radio
7:00 PM – Clouder *sxsw14 x2
7:00 PM – MiniBoone
7:00 PM – Old Monk
7:00 PM – Haybaby
7:00 PM – The Meaning of Life
7:00 PM – The Planes
A QRO favorite from all the way back when we hosted a Northside showcase (QRO recap), MiniBoone always deliver (QRO live review).
Brooklyn Night Bazaar, 165 Banker St
T-Presents/The Bunce Group
Baths *primavera11
American Royalty *pacific11
8:00 PM – Beacons
Young Will Wiesenfeld (QRO photos at a festival) was able to record & release debut Cerulean in only two months, after adopting the moniker of Baths (QRO photos) – and comes to Northside off of last year’s follow-up, Obsidian.
Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave – QRO venue review
Wild Honey Pie
8:00 PM – Yellerkin
9:00 PM – Canon Logic
10:00 PM – Step Rockets
11:00 PM – Body Language
12:00 AM – MisterWives
1:00 AM – E-603
Cameo, 93 North Sixth St – QRO venue review
FreeWilliamsburg
6:15 PM – Oliver Duncan
7:15 PM – Lydia Ainsworth
8:15 PM – White Prism
9:15 PM – Monogold
10:15 PM – Javelin *bigears10
Cousins Tom Van Buskirk & George Langford remix natural & world sounds as Javelin (QRO photos at a festival).
Cameo, 93 North 6th St
UNO Records
12:00 AM – Gobby (DJ set)
12:45 AM – Feral
1:30 AM – Kuhrye-oo (Live)
2:00 AM – special guest
3:00 AM – CFCF (DJ set)
4:00 AM – Aquarian
Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave – QRO venue review
Turbotax®/Percussion Labs
11:30 PM – Nooka Jones
1:00 AM – Contakt
2:00 AM – Braille
3:00 AM – C-Sick
The Grand Victory, 245 Grand St
PaperCup Records
7:30 PM – BLUFFING
8:15 PM – Weekender
9:00 PM – Little Racer
9:45 PM – The Teen Age
10:30 PM – BOYTOY
PaperCup Records takes over The Grand Victory with acts BOYTOY, The Teen Age, Little Racer, Weekender, and BLUFFING (QRO photos of Teen Age, Weekender & more at a PaperCup Records party).
The Gutter Spare Room, 200 North 14th St
Whatever Blog
8:00 PM – Gypsy George
9:00 PM – Brambling
10:00 PM – Whale Belly
11:00 PM – Pep
Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave – QRO venue review
Palladia/VH1
11:45 PM – MTT
12:30 AM – Torn Hawk
1:15 AM – Mas Ysa
Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St
7:00 PM – Adam Brodsky
7:45 PM – Jake Falby
8:30 PM – Sun Castle
9:15 PM – Alien Trilogy
10:00 PM – Napoleon
10:45 PM – Happy Lives
11:30 PM – Sons of an Illustrious Father
Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North 6th St – QRO venue review
8:00 PM – Courtney Barnett *dottodot14
8:00 PM – Benjamin Booker
Melbourne’s Courtney Barnett won fans like Rolling Stone and The New York Times after her CMJ 2013 performance (QRO festival recap), with funny, rambling lyrics and a deadpan delivery.
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St – QRO venue review
8:00 PM – Shenendoah & The Night
9:00 PM – Catfox
10:00 PM – Belle Mare
11:00 PM – Karen & The Sorrows
Saint Vitus, 1120 Manhattan Ave
Pitchfork
8:30 PM – Couch Slut
9:15 PM – Pyrrhon
10:00 PM – Pharmakon
10:45 PM – Youth Code
11:30 PM – Marissa Nadler
Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Ave – QRO venue review
The Deli Magazine
7:00 PM – Space Meow
7:45 PM – nicholas nicholas
8:30 PM – Psychic Twin
9:15 PM – Zula
10:00 PM – Leverage Models
10:50 PM – Twintapes
11:45 PM – Wolvves
12:40 AM – oddlogic
The Trash Bar, 256 Grand St
8:00 PM – Yours Are the Only Ears
9:00 PM – Mitski
10:00 PM – eskimeaux
11:00 PM – Small Wonder
Union Pool, 484 Union Ave – QRO venue review
Woodsman
8:15 PM – Chalk and Numbers
9:00 PM – My Teenage Stride
9:45 PM – Lushes
10:30 PM – Literature
11:15 PM – Ski Lodge
Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave – QRO venue review
Scenic
The Dead Milkmen *fyeah11
The definition of humorous punk, The Dead Milkmen are another welcome return in the twenty-first century, having come back in 2008 (QRO photos at their only show that year, a festival). They’ve kept it up since then, including 2011’s The King In Yellow – expect Punk Rock Girls (and boys) out in force.
SUNDAY, JUNE 15th
Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway – QRO venue review
Exploding In Sound Records
3:00 PM – Washer
3:40 PM – BLUFFING
4:20 PM – Flesh Wounds
5:00 PM – Ovlov
5:40 PM – Bueno
6:20 PM – Mattress Financial
Bar Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave – QRO venue review
Heart Bleeds Radio/Noise Love
2:45 PM – Big Quiet
3:30 PM – Let’s Be Loveless
4:15 PM – The Living Kills
5:00 PM – Crazy Pills
5:45 PM – Eastern Hollows
The Grand Victory, 245 Grand St
Hardcore Matinee
2:00 PM – Violent Bullshit
McCarren Park, 776 Lorimer St
4:15 PM – Hunters
5:15 PM – The Range
6:30 PM – CHVRCHES *sasquatch13
Scottish electro-pop outfit CHVRCHES (QRO live review) have gotten very big very fast, before & after the release of debut full-length The Bones of What You Believe (QRO review) – but are fronted by the tiny Lauren Mayberry (QRO photos at a festival).
Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St
Frenchkiss Label Group
1:30 PM – Comfy
2:15 PM – Johnny Aries (of the Drums)
3:00 PM – Penicillin Baby
3:45 PM – Dinowalrus *cmj12
The Silent Barn, 603 Bushwick Ave
The Deli Magazine
2:40 PM – Piers
3:20 PM – Haybaby
4:00 PM – Hey Anna
4:40 PM – Whiskey Bitches
5:20 PM – Shark? *savannahstopover12 x2
6:00 PM – Steel Phantoms
6:40 PM – Pre War
Check out QRO favorites Shark? (QRO photos at a festival).
Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Ave – QRO venue review
Paper Gardens Records
1:00 PM – Yellerkin
2:00 PM – Mystery Lights
3:00 PM – ARMS
4:00 PM – Sunflower Beams
5:00 PM – Friend Roulette
While QRO first got to know Todd Goldstein as guitarist in the gone-to-soon Harlem Shakes (QRO spotlight on), he’s more than made his own musical career in solo project-made-full ARMS (QRO album review).
Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway – QRO venue review
Exploding In Sound Records
7:00 PM – Leapling
7:40 PM – Celestial Shore
8:25 PM – Flagland
9:10 PM – Baked
9:55 PM – Heliotropes *savannahstopover14
10:40 PM – Creepoid
11:25 PM – Krill
12:10 AM – Guerilla Toss
Heliotropes (QRO photos at a festival) evolved from a Craigslist ad to a full-fledged act with last year’s A Constant Sea.
Bar Matchless, 557 Manhattan Ave – QRO venue review
BB Queen
7:45 PM – Grand Pantry Men
8:30 PM – Big Muff Radio
9:15 PM – Sofa Club
10:00 PM – Journalism
10:45 PM – Slonk Donkerson
11:30 PM – Life Size Maps
Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave – QRO venue review
8:00 PM – Alvvays
9:00 PM – Eleanor Friedburger
Brooklyn Night Bazaar, 165 Banker St
The Bunce Group/Blackened Music Series
10:00 PM – Watain
Kosmodemonic
Cameo, 93 North Sixth St – QRO venue review
White Iris
6:00 PM – Cathy
7:00 PM – Ludwig Persik
8:00 PM – Incan Abraham
9:00 PM – Ski Lodge
10:00 PM – Rathborne
11:00 PM – White Rabbits *spotlighton
A long-time QRO favorite (QRO spotlight on), White Rabbits (QRO interview) brought a dance hall saloon hootenanny with their debut Fort Nightly (QRO review) and songs such as “The Plot” (QRO video) & “Kid On My Shoulders” (QRO video). They took the party on the road, opening for the likes of Spoon (QRO live review), and their Britt Daniel-produced follow-up in 2009, It’s Frightening (QRO review), saw them impressively rise to a whole new level of skill on pieces like “Percussion Gun” (QRO video) & “The Company I Keep” (QRO video). 2012 saw them shift again – and pull it off again – with Milk Famous (QRO review) and “Temporary” (QRO video), and this show should see debut some brand-new tracks. So who knows what White Rabbits (QRO interview) we’ll see, but we know it’ll be a great one (QRO live review).
Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave – QRO venue review
PopGun Booking
Swearin’
Radiator Hospital
9:00 PM – Bent Shapes
9:30 PM – Flesh Wounds
The Gutter Spare Room, 200 North 14th St
8:00 PM – The Cowmen
9:00 PM – GYMSHORTS
10:00 PM – Appomattox
11:00 PM – Bad Behavior
Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave – QRO venue review
Palladia/VH1
8:00 PM – My Midnight Heart
9:00 PM – Corbu
10:00 PM – Laurel
Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St
GODMODE
Courtship Ritual
Fasano
Shamir
Soft Lit
Fitness
Montreal Sex Machine
Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North 6th St – QRO venue review
9:00 PM – I Am Oak
9:45 PM – Golden Teacher
10:30 PM – Dan Croll *counterpoint14
Dan Croll (QRO photos at a festival) got notice early (including winning a one-on-one with Sir Paul McCartney!), and comes to Northside off this year’s full-length debut, Sweet Disarray.
Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St – QRO venue review
9:00 PM – Montgomery Streets
10:00 PM – Wyatt
11:00 PM – HARROW
Rough Trade NYC, 64 North 9th St - QRO venue review
POP Montreal
10:00 PM – The Barr Brothers *sxsw14
Brothers Andrew & Brad Barr have been performing in a variety of bands, including The Slip (QRO live review), Surprise Me Mr. Davis (QRO photos), and Land of Talk (QRO spotlight on), but they’ve since been breaking out all on their own as The Barr Brothers (QRO photos at a festival).
Shea Stadium, 20 Meadow St – QRO venue review
Camper’s Rule
8:00 PM – Everything Forever
8:45 PM – Spirit Plate
9:30 PM – Juniper Rising
10:15 PM – Starlight Girls
11:00 PM – Shilpa Ray *northside09 x3
The Silent Barn, 603 Bushwick Ave
The Deli Magazine
7:20 PM – Stargazy
8:00 PM – Late Cambrian
8:45 PM – Empty Chairs
9:30 PM – Life Size Maps
10:15 PM – Celestial Shore
11:00 PM – Half Waif
Spike Hill, 186 Bedford Ave – QRO venue review
The End Records
8:00 PM – Contact
8:45 PM – Ruby The Hatchet
9:30 PM – gods
10:15 PM – NightBitch
11:00 PM – The Golden Grass
The Trash Bar, 256 Grand St
Candy Apple Red
8:15 PM – Riot Fox
9:00 PM – Bound & Buried
9:45 PM – The Vampirates
10:30 PM – Gameday Regulars
11:15 PM – Midnight Foolishness
Union Pool, 484 Union Ave – QRO venue review
1.21 Gigawatts
9:00 PM – Dead Sexy Sheila
9:45 PM – Dances
10:30 PM – Honduras
11:15 PM – Team Spirit
Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave – QRO venue review
Brooklyn Night Bazaar/The Bunce Group
8:00 PM – Odonis Odonis
9:00 PM – TBA
10:00 PM – Fuck Buttons *fff09
The eclectic, expansive electronica of U.K.’s Fuck Buttons (QRO live review) comes to Northside XXX (QRO photos outdoors). The duo of Andrew Hung & Benjamin Power (QRO live review) finally have some new material in this year’s Slow Focus, their first since 2009’s Tarot Sport, which was their follow-up to prior year’s debut Street Horrrsing (QRO review).
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