11 O’Clock News 07/16/2018

Riot Girl Liz Phair is playing Vans House Party this Friday. July 20th in Brooklyn in support of legendary punk pioneers, Blondie. Blondie guitarist, Chris Stein is releasing a book in November called Point of View:Me, New York City and the Punk Scene and photos from the book will be displayed at the event. More here.

Lovelytheband released a new video for their song These Are My Friends in which we discover their figurative and literal friends. Billboard listed them as one of the top 10 Rock and Alternative bands to watch out for in 2018 and so far, they’ve lived up to that hype. Why do you think we had them at the 95X Big X Cuse? See the video here.

Last week, Young The Giant played their new single, Simplicity on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. According to band members, the song is about how we sometimes lose our true selves to the charade we put on for others to see. You’ll be able to see the real them on September 21st as part of Cayuga Sound Festival in Ithaca. Watch their performance and read more here.

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