Country Music Journal

shows artists <3 blog contact Country Music Journal We could not be more excited for this year’s Country Music Journal festival, in which our lovely city plays host to literally thousands of country artists! We decided to stray a bit out of the genre for our showcases and parties, hope it’s OK! While I’m still … Read more

Popgun Presents Launches Popgun PR

We are super excited to announce the launch of PopGun PR, an independent public relations and marketing company born from the crack team here at PopGun Presents. We are opening our experience in event and concert promotion to individual artists and bands for full PR representation within the true budget of a developing indie project. … Read more

Burnt CD: January 2011

Here’s a rad sampling of what to expect from our upcoming shows in January.  Happy New Years, btw! Quilt (Record Release Party!) – 11/09 New Releases From Gem Club, Gardens & Villa Sells Van How To See Zomby Live, True Womanhood Shares Single Fanfarlo shares “Replicate” single and video, show 10/30 at Glasslands – with … Read more

Interview: Oneida

words by Ivan Krasnov (@ivankrislov) Oneida’s unrelenting propulsion through the likes of krautrock, psychedelia, noise and all-around experimentation has lasted for more than 15 years. This becomes especially admirable when one keeps in mind that such sonic efforts have all been within the context of a ‘rock band’. Yet Oneida’s explorations are uniquely their own, … Read more

Interview: Balam Acab

words by @alancholesterol In the summer of 2010, Alec Koone’s Myspace page was discovered by Robin Carolan during the genesis of his label Tri-Angle Records, and weeks later the debut EP See Birds emerged, much to the delight of the blogosphere and the world of electronic music. This period was the zenith of the infamous … Read more

Interview: King Khan & The Shrines

words by @alancholesterol When Arish Ahmad Khan is performing rock and roll music, it might not be obvious to all, but there is healing going on. On one hand, there’s the driving psychedelic soul music providing salvation for a batshit audience. But you’ve also got the charismatic frontman himself, cleansing his own soul of personal … Read more

Interview: Balkans

Balkans is the project of four little rocker dudes from Atlanta who really caught our attention on their last trip up here to in New York, live and on the record. Sure the south is a breeding ground for guitar bands, but this raucous quartet stands out from their similarly tagged ‘garage’ peers by trading … Read more

Interview: Pat Jordache

Pat Jordache is the moniker of multi-instrumentalist Pat Gregoire, a guy who has maintained a consistent presence in indie music for at least half a decade. If you’re not familiar with his name, that’s ok because you probably just know pretty much all of his other bands: Islands, Sister Suvi, tUnE-yArDs. Yeah I know right, … Read more

Interview: High Places

LA via Brooklyn based duo High Places is Mary Pearson and Rob Barber, two multi-instrumentalist who have worked together since 2006 yeilding some really uncanny collaboration–a relationship that shines throughout their songbook of coming up three LPs and mezmorizing live performances. With a well-tailored spot on the always imaginative Thrill Jockey roster, High Places has … Read more