
Brooklyn's indie-soul crew Ava Luna kicked off the year right with a national tour in support of Twin Sister , and the release of their latest full-length, Ice Level . The tight and compact 8 track album continues on with the sort of post-punk/R&B vibe the band has been known for, and you can stream the whole record from their bandcamp site right now. Way back in 2010, we invited the band to headline our first AON Volume show, along with Gay Blades , Weekends [...]

Swans at The Brooklyn Masonic Temple (10/08/10) Photo : Chris Becker Jul 25 Wed The Stationary Set Buy Tickets Amex presale begins: Wed, 06/27/12 12:00 PM Mercury [...]

The Gay Blades are planning a 2 song EP to be released this month . You can now grab the lax b-side "Just Kids" below MP3 // JUST KIDS

The Gay Blades will be releasing a new 4 track EP in the near future.

Their forthcoming EP was recorded by Peter Wade at Wondersound Studios. Watch 'Rock & Roll (Part 1)' here. Like The Gay Blades on Facebook. Follow The Gay Blades on Twitter. Purchase The Gay Blades items via Insound. MP3: The Gay Blades - Just Kids
Here's an appropriately named song for the day, Happy End of The World Everyone!!! Woohooooo!!!!!!!!! James Dean Wells of The Gay Blades and several members of Those Mockingbirds have covered REM's "It's The End Of The World As We Know It."

As many of you know, the world is gonna end on Saturday (at least that's what one Harold Camping is saying). Those Mockingbirds and James Dean Wells from The Gay Blades
The Gay Blades recently sat down with UnderTheGun for an acoustic performance of "Mick Jagger" from their latest full-length Savages . The video was entirely shot and lit...with iPhones.
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Video , Exclusive Gino DePinto for AOL Since releasing the album ' Savages ,' New York's the Gay Blades are doing the old post-album release tour in "a fantastic, sweaty, adventurous way -- coast to coast in a 2002 Dodge Conversion van, trying to make friends," singer/guitarist Clark Westfield proudly told Spinner. The day after rallying a SXSW crowd with some megaphone freestyling and [...]

Yesterday, The Axis of Audio , which includes Consequence of Sound , Antiquiet , Some Kind of Awesome , Rock It Out! Blog , and Twenty Four Bit , alongside Knuckle Rumbler , made SXSW history by debuting what will no doubt remain an annual tradition. Set at the The Rumbler Lounge, aka Peckerheads on 6th, the incredible inaugural lineup featured unique and stellar performances by each act on the bill. From Hollerado's Menno Versteeg setting up shop in the middle of the audience to Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender nearly getting her head cut off, things [...]

On the most festive day of South by South West week in Austin, TX, St. Patrick's Day, The Deli Magazine will team up with GAT5 , Do512 , Twin Villain , and Volnado.com to contribute to the thirty bands performing at this year's "Brooklyn BBQ" at Hotel Vegas-Volstead Lounge located in the heart of the music and arts district of downtown Austin (1500 E. 6th Street). Some of New York's best artists, The Gay Blades (in the picture, rocking out as usual) Black Taxi , Invisible Days , Dream Diary [...]

On the most festive day of South by South West week in Austin, TX, St. Patrick's Day, The Deli Magazine will team up with GAT5 , Do512 , Twin Villain , and Volnado.com to contribute to the thirty bands performing at this year's "Brooklyn BBQ" at Hotel Vegas-Volstead Lounge located in the heart of the music and arts district of downtown Austin (1500 E. 6th Street). Some of New York's best artists, The Gay Blades (in the picture, rocking out as usual) Black Taxi , Invisible Days , Dream Diary [...]
NYC Trash Pop auteurs The Gay Blades have lined up a string of March tour dates that includes 4 shows during the Annual SXSW Music Festival. The duo, consisting of Clark Westfield (guitar/vocals) and Puppy Mills (drums/vocals), will be out in support of their most recent release, Savages (4Never/Triple Crown Records) which USA Today describes as, “an eclectic mix of punk and alt-rock” and Beyond Race calls, "…undeniable catchy pop perversions." The Gay Blades recently unveiled their latest music video (‘Rock N’ Roll Part 1’) which can be viewed here: [...]

As David Lynch would say , “Good Day Today”: Now that we’ve revealed where everybody in Austin should be on Thursday during the week of SXSW, here’s a little (read: huge) event for the weekend… Our friends at Antiquiet , Consequence of Sound , Rock it Out Blog! , and Some Kind of Awesome have formed some kind of a blog Voltron (note the rad poster by Skwerl above) with TwentyFourBit and the awesome folks at Knuckle Rumbler for a free day party on Saturday, March [...]
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With a lovefest that could only have ignited courtesy of the internet, Some Kind of Awesome, Antiquiet , TwentyFourBit , R ock It Out! Blog and Consequence of Sound have joined forces under the moniker Axis of Audio to throw an [unofficial] SXSW 2011 party of epically awesome proportions. That's right, friends! If you'll be in Austin and want to catch the big event, mark your calendars for Saturday, March 19th 2011 from 12pm - 8pm at The Rumbler Lounge, located at 402 E. 6th Street [...]

You need a reason to go to South by Southwest this year? How about a party held by the Rock it Out! Blog and four of the best music sites on all of the interwebs?! RiO!B, Consequence of Sound , Antiquiet , Some Kind of Awesome and TwentyFourBit have joined forces to become the Axis of Audio and we're celebrating with a party on Saturday, March 19th at the Rumbler Lounge at 402 E. 6th St. in Austin, Texas. And just look at that lineup! The newest exports [...]

By now, you have over a hundred reasons to attend Austin, TX's South by Southwest , but here's one more. On Saturday, March 19th, Axis of Audio , which includes Consequence of Sound , Antiquiet , Some Kind of Awesome , Rock It Out! Blog , and Twenty Four Bit , alongside Knuckle Rumbler will launch what will undoubtedly be a monumental extravaganza. The Greenhornes , A Place to Bury Strangers , and an exclusive performance by Astronautalis & P.O.S. will top the party's inaugural [...]
Ben Franklin Record Release Show for Urgency! With performances by The Gay Blades, The Press, & I Am The Heat! The band recorded four songs for this release, but decided to just go with two for the 7″, as that would ensure the best audio kwality. The A-side is “Urgency,” the B-side is “No Pleasin’ [...]
NYC Trash Pop auteurs The Gay Blades have lined up a string of March tour dates that includes four shows during the Annual SXSW Music Festival. The duo, consisting of Clark Westfield (guitar/vocals) and Puppy Mills (drums/vocals), will be out in support of their most recent release, "Savages" (4Never/Triple Crown Records) which USA Today describes as, "an eclectic mix of punk and alt-rock" and Beyond Race calls, "...undeniable catchy pop perversions."