Free week rolls on tonight with our humble offering at the 29th Street Ballroom. Five local bands for the glorious price of free - should be the perfect capper to a hilarious day of reading about the fallout from the Iowa caucus. Grimy indie-poppers Literature will headline our showcase. The band just released their debut LP, Arab Spring, which you can grab for whatever you care to pay for it on their bandcamp. The ten songs are catchy, pop-punk nuggets, distorted and besmirched by low-fidelity that would be right at home on Slumberland Records circa 1995. The album got a Twitter recommendation from Kip Berman of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, who likened the sound to an amalgam of the Buzzcocks and Exploding Hearts. more ›

It was a rough long weekend. If you're looking for a distraction from the drought, fires, or just the return to work, the hodge-podge group of bands playing at Hole in the Wall might serve up the respite you need. Local favorites Leatherbag and Wiretree are joined by Brooklyn's JP and the Gilberts at tonight's show. more ›

Wiretree - The Shore from Eric Power on Vimeo.

Gorgeous animation by Eric Power to support Wiretree's catchy tune, "The Shore." more ›

For a band that’s only been active for a couple of years, Yellow Fever have already changed their name, lost, then added, then lost again a handful of members, and played their catchy and intriguingly minimal songs at venues all over the country. more ›

Rarely do bands actually have release shows on the day their album is released, which is usually a Tuesday and isn’t always conducive to partying and general merrymaking. In many ways, Tuesday is the worst day of the week. Friday seems too far and you don’t have the Monday blues as an excuse for slacking at work. Perhaps this is why the people who pick days picked Tuesday to be album release day, to give everyone a reason to wait for this not-so-pleasant day. And maybe, this is why Austin’s Jude/Ross decided to hold their album release at the Mohawk on this day. more ›

SureFire Media + Promotion is doing its bit to make good on its promise to bring a breath of fresh air to Antone’s, and this Thursday, the booking and publicity agency presents a four-pronged assault of local pop at the 5th St. venue. That’s not all -- they're giving away a couple of pairs of tickets to the show featuring Tacks, The Boy Disaster, Golden Bear, The Mercers, and Wiretree. Follow the jump for a chance to win! more ›