Random Compassion Fest - Danbury Green on SUNDAY July 20

Big big big show in Danbury CityCenter on Sunday starting at noon. A ton of awesome bands are joining forces to raise money for Ann's Place, a support center for cancer patients.

Mark Mulcahy with Violent Mae @ Hygienic Art ON SATURDAY

Mark Mulcahy is gonna rock the park on Saturday in New London, with Violent Mae to open!

Empty Flowers: An Interview With Lead Vocalist Christian McKenna

Empty Flowers play the type of indie rock that doesn't get made much these days. It's loud, passionate, and rough around the edges, yet still tuneful and catchy. On their sophomore record "Five", which came out earlier this via The Path Less Traveled and Atomic Action, you can hear a band coming into their own, refining their craft and becoming a cohesive unit.

ESTROGEN HIGHS @ BEST VIDEO on AUG 14

Garage rock barn burners Estrogen Highs are playing at Best Video in Hamden on Wednesday, and you should get down with supporting great local music as well as well as a great venue/video store!

Get down with the Blues Explosion on July 17 at the Spaceland Ballroom

Most times when a band takes a short hiatus to focus on other activities and then returns the results usually aren't pretty, but in the case of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, their return to the stage in 2008, after a three year lay off, and subsequent return to record after an almost 8 year gap, signaled the continuation of the work they began in the 1990's and continued up until the start of the new millennium.

ATRINA / BEASTY / FEROCIOUS FUCKING TEETH @ Anna Liffey's 6/13

Like a few other high caliber local acts, ATRINA are going on tour this summer! Their brief New England tour kicks off Thursday @ Anna Liffey's in New Haven with tourmates BEASTY and local double-drum monsters FEROCIOUS FUCKING TEETH!

The Devil In The Flesh: Integrity plays Hartford on May 23

Integrity is one of those bands that people either love or hate. There is no middle ground for this band, which is basically a vehicle for lead man, Dwid Hellion, to express the darkness that exists within him.

Coliseum bring their passionate post hardcore sound to New Haven

From their earliest recordings, up to their latest one, no one could have predicted the musical trajectory of Louisville's Coliseum. On early albums such as "Goddamage" and "No Salvation", they were more of a straight up crusty hardcore band, while they took a slight left turn with the spooky post-punk vibes of 2010's "House With A Curse". Soon followed, the "Parasites" EP, and in 2013 on their most recent record, "Sister Faith", released late last month, they have undergone yet another transformation, yet still retaining all of their power and passion.

Gun Outfit bring their dark, captivating indie rock to BAR

At one point, indie rock band Gun Outfit was based out of Olympia, Washington, but the weather proved too much for their principle members Dylan Sharp and Carrie Keith (guitar, vocals, both) that they both decided to head for warmer climes, and landed in Los Angeles a few years back.