Newtown Radio is a freeform Internet radio station with a studio in

Bushwick, Brooklyn Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by the neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens, to the northeast; Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Williamsburg to the northwest; ...

, New York. Newtown was founded in 2009 by Mark Brinda, Tariq Abdus-Sabur and Colin Ilgen in a former brewery It features around the clock programming by blogs, artists, and labels. Several Newtown programs have attracted media attention, including: WTBS, ''I Have Always Found You Extremely Attractive'', ''Disco Juice'', ''Cock Talk'', and' ''Level Radio''. Artists who have appeared on Newtown include:

Laurel Halo Laurel Anne Chartow (born June 3, 1985), known professionally as Laurel Halo, is an American electronic musician currently based in Los Angeles, California. She released her debut album '' Quarantine'' on Hyperdub in 2012 to critical acclaim; it ...

, Real Estate, Lower Dens, Small Black,

Beach Fossils Beach Fossils is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2009. They are currently signed to Bayonet Records, having previously been signed to indie label Captured Tracks. The group's live band currently includes founder D ...

, The Drums,

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are an American indie pop band from New York City. The band was formed by Kip Berman (vocals, guitar), Peggy Wang (keyboards, vocals), Alex Naidus (bass), and Kurt Feldman (drums) in 2007. Their current lineup i ...

, Dirty Beaches, Dom, Amen Dunes, PC Music, Regal Degal, Weyes Blood, Minks, Widowspeak,

Connan Mockasin Connan Tant Hosford, better known by the stage name Connan Mockasin, is a New Zealand musician, composer and record producer. Described as "a psych-funk oddball...a contrarian", Mockasin played a role in the contemporary crossover of Psychedeli ...

, Sky Ferreira, DIIV,

Mac DeMarco McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV; April 21, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He has released five full-length studio albums: his debut '' 2'' (2012), '' Salad Days' ...

, Craft Spells, Destruction Unit, Jacuzzi Boys, Oh Land,

Chelsea Wolfe Chelsea Joy Wolfe (born November 14, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Her work blends elements of gothic rock, doom metal, and folk music, folk. Growing up in Northern California with a country musician father, Wolfe began ...

, Nardwuar, Gardens & Villa,

Perfect Pussy Perfect Pussy was an American rock band from Syracuse, New York. The band consisted of vocalist Meredith Graves, guitarist Ray McAndrew, drummer Garrett Koloski, bass guitarist Greg Ambler and keyboardist Shaun Sutkus. The band was known for ...

, Wampire, Pillar Point, Mood Rings, Light Asylum, Dog Bite, TEEN, Tashaki Miyaki, The Bunker, PAN, Ron Morelli (L.I.E.S.), Traxx, Florian Kupfer, Jackson Lee, TX Connect, Adam X, Tornado Wallace, Shawn O'Sullivan, Nao Katafuchi, Legowelt, Professor Genius, Galcher Lustwerk, and Alvin Aronson,

Showcases

In 2011, Newtown's Northside festival showcase at

Shea Stadium William A. Shea Municipal Stadium ( ), typically shortened to Shea Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.Autre Ne Veut Arthur Ashin (born 20 April 1982), known professionally as Autre Ne Veut, is an American singer-songwriter and musician from New York City. The name Autre Ne Veut is taken from an inscription in French on a 15th-century British dress ornament th ...

, and Steve Summers was reviewed positively in The New York Times by

Jon Caramanica Jon Caramanica (born 1975) is an American journalist and pop music critic who writes for ''The New York Times''. He is also known for writing about hip hop music. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York, Caramanica received his bachelor's degree ...

. In 2015, in conjunction with PopRally, the planning committee at

The Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of arc ...

(MoMA), Newtown co-curated four summer concerts in the MoMA Sculpture Garden, featuring: Galcher Lustwerk and DJ Willy Burns, Lower Dens and DJ Stadiums & Shrines, Regal Degal and DJ Michael McGregor,

Tei Shi Valerie Teicher Barbosa (born 4 October 1989), best known by her stage name Tei Shi, is a Colombian and Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer based in New York City. She released her first singles and music videos in 2013, also perfor ...

and DJ Lomé.

Video

Newtown has also produced video sessions of rising

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artists published through

Noisey ''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. It was founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, and its founders later launched the youth media company ...

/VICE.

References

External links

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