Freak Slug — aka Manchester-based performer Xenya Genovese — saw the release of her debut full-length release, I Blow Out Big Candles, earlier this month.
The video here is for "Spells."
She plays two shows in Brooklyn this weekend (Baby's All Right and Union Pool), though both are sold out.
In May 2023, Malin suffered a rare spinal stroke that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
Malin, a partner in several local establishments, including Niagara, 96 Tears and the Bowery Electric, plans to return to the stage for the first time since early 2023 on Dec. 1-2 at the Beacon Theater, billed as "the largest hometown show of his career."
He will perform a set with his band. Then special guests, among others, Jim Jarmusch, the Hold Steady, Fred Armisen, Lucinda Williams, Rickie Lee Jones, Jakob Dylan, Butch Walker, J Mascis, Adam Duritz and David Immergluck of Counting Crows, will join him on stage.
The Times just published a feature on Malin here.
The Vermont-based Thus Love is back with album No. 2, titled All Pleasure, a euphoric post-punk collection of tracks such as the self-titled single in the video above. (And we'd put "Birthday Song" as one of the best of 2024.)
Local duo Beau — Heather Goldin and Emma Jenney — just saw the release of their third album, Girl Cried Wolf.
The video here is for the track "Messy."
The longtime friends and native New Yorkers started writing music together at age 13 in Washington Square Park.
Per their bio: "If in some alternate universe there is a place where The Ronettes, Joanna Newsom, Thom Yorke and Karen O meet, then that is the birthplace of Beau."
Fans of shoegaze-dream pop can check out the recently released debut record by the Los Angeles-based Mo Dotti.
The video here is for "Whirling Sad," a track the band says was inspired by "vintage Lush, the sweeter side of My Bloody Valentine, and SST-era Dinosaur Jr."
The new music video from local band Midnight Machines has a timely Olympics connection: the clip for "Burning Me Down" features two professional fencers and members of Team USA, Kasia Nixon and Jess Savner. Savner will compete this week in the Paris Games in the Pentathlon event.
Krikor Daglian (who has contributed photos to EVG) and Krisana Soponpong are Midnight Machines, who find inspiration from a range of artists, including LCD Soundsystem, CHVRCHES, The Rapture, Phoenix, Christine and the Queens, Bloc Party and Daft Punk.
"The song is about the complex theme of desire and whether it's better to stay safe in a situation you've known or 'burn it all down' by chasing after something new and exciting," said director Charlie Gillette. "While the lyrics explore the intricate emotions of longing and passion, I wanted to transform the abstract notion of desire into a tangible and exhilarating narrative, portraying a compelling duel between two master fencers."
You can check out the video, which was filmed in April, right here...
