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Win Tix For Northside Festival's Guided By Voices, Wavves and Surfer Blood Show

Posted 6-9-11 by
Tags: Guided By Voices, Surfer Blood, The Babies, Wavves

The Northside Festival is next week and the event's organizers have kindly given The Alternate Side a handful of tickets to give away for their great show with Guided By Voices, Wavves, Surfer Blood and The Babies at McCarren Park on June 18.  That's just a taste of some of the eclectic and excellent  bands playing venues throughout Brooklyn from June 16-19.

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Theophilus London, Surfer Blood, Sharon Van Etten Added to Northside Festival

Posted 4-27-11 by
Tags: Beirut, Guided By Voices, Sharon Van Etten, Surfer Blood, Theophilus London, Wavves

Theophilus London, Sharon Van Etten, Surfer Blood, Dom, Twin Sister, Frankie Rose & The Outs and the Stateside debut of Iceage have been added to the ever-growing lineup for the Northside Festival this June. Previously announced headliners are Guided by Voices  and Beirut.

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SXSW Lineup Includes Bright Eyes, Surfer Blood, Bombay Bicycle Club, Chromeo, Friendly Fires, Owen Pallett And Scores More

Posted 1-18-11 by
Tags: Bombay Bicycle Club, Bright Eyes, Chromeo, Friendly Fires, Owen Pallett, Surfer Blood

Throngs of musicians, fans and music industry types will descend on Austin, Texas from March 16-20 for SXSW and the overwhelming list of bands includes Bright Eyes, Surfer Blood, the much buzzed-over Anna Calvi, Bombay Bicycle Club, Friendly Fires, Chromeo, Owen Pallett, Toro Y Moi, Gold Panda, The Kills, The Twilight Sad, The Joy Formidable and scores more.

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Phoenix, Surfer Blood, Four Tet, UNKLE, Ghostface Killah, POBPAH Set For CMJ Music Marathon

Posted 9-22-10 by
Tags: Everything, Four Tet, Ghostface Killah, Neon Indian, Phoenix, Surfer Blood, The Drums, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

An international flock of bands is slated to come to New York from October 19-23 for the CMJ Music Marathon and the officially announced bands and artists include Phoenix, Surfer Blood, The Drums, School of Seven Bells, Ghosface Killah, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, UNKLE, Four Tet, Greg Dulli and scores more. Get ready for bedlam.

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Surfer Blood Heads To The Major Leagues

Posted 9-10-10 by
Tags: Surfer Blood, The Drums

According to frontman JP Pitts, the Florida band will make the leap from indie label Kanine to major label Warner Brothers for their followup to 2010's Astro Coast.

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The Drums And Surfer Blood Co-Headline A North American Tour

Posted 7-26-10 by
Tags: Surfer Blood, The Drums

Unquestionably, two of the most buzzed-over bands of the year are The Drums and Surfer Blood. The two groups, with roots in Florida, will hook up for a co-headlining North American tour kicking off in Philadelphia on September 10.

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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Matt and Kim, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists For Siren Festival

Posted 5-5-10 by
Tags: Beach House, Broken Social Scene, Frightened Rabbit, Harlem, M.I.A, Matt and Kim, Surfer Blood, Ted Leo, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Pharmacists

Brooklyn's Coney Island will be a rock 'n' roll mecca on July 17 thanks to the return of the Village Voice's Siren Festival, celebrating its tenth anniversary with a lineup that includes The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Matt and Kim, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Surfer Blood and Harlem.

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