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.
[1] Several Newtown programs have attracted media attention, including: WTBS,[2] I Have Always Found You Extremely Attractive,[3] Disco Juice,[4] Cock Talk,[5] and' Level Radio.
[6] Artists who have appeared on Newtown include: Laurel Halo, Real Estate, Lower Dens, Small Black, Beach Fossils, The Drums, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Dirty Beaches, Dom, Amen Dunes, PC Music, Regal Degal, Weyes Blood, Minks, Widowspeak, Connan Mockasin, Sky Ferreira, DIIV, Mac DeMarco, Craft Spells, Destruction Unit, Jacuzzi Boys, Oh Land, Chelsea Wolfe, Nardwuar, Gardens & Villa, Perfect Pussy, 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, In 2011, Newtown's Northside festival showcase at Shea Stadium BK in Bushwick with Laurel Halo, Autre Ne Veut, and Steve Summers was reviewed positively in The New York Times by Jon Caramanica.
[5] Newtown has also produced video sessions of rising indie artists published through Noisey/VICE.