STREAM: “Cheap Style” –Noisey [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/157179252&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] Self-proclaimed dirty doo-wop, Modern Vices are Alex, Peter, Thomas, Patrick, and Miles. They hail from Chicago. Noir in tone, their…
TREAM: “Tomorrow’s Only Yesterday” –FADER [media]<iframe width=”420″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/x0bE0A8cVNY” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>[/media] Fresh off of the release of their eighth official album, With Light and With Love, Woods are pleased to announce a…
S/T debut album out July 15 via Underwater Peoples [media]<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/rRJ1EOlBFTE” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>[/media] San Francisco quartet Melted Toys announce their self-titled debut album, out July 15 viaUnderwater Peoples. Mixed by Rusty Santos, (the engineer behind the controls…
ANAMANAGUCHI 06/20 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre 06/22 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge BETA FRONTIERS 06/18 Toronto, ON – Smiling Buddha (Buzz Records @ NXNE)* *…
Panda Bear (of Animal Collective) just wrapped up a brief North American tour where he previewed new material from his forthcoming solo album for Domino. This Fall he’ll return to…
[media][/media] Photo by Mark Goethals Brooklyn synth-pop trio share new single “Arco” from their forthcoming Vox Humana EP. Stream the track over at Refinery29, or on SoundCloud. Papertwin has been playing music together…
Launching US tour this month Cavalo out now on Easy Sound VIDEO: Rodrigo Amarante – “Hourglass” – http://youtu.be/fsr7cGVlpAQ Still from “Hourglass” video This is my first solo record. It was made…
STREAM: “For Those Who Stay” (Teen Daze Remix) – [media][/media] Kingston, Ontario’s PS I Love You are set to release their third studio album, For Those Who Stay on July 21st (UK) 22nd…
VIDEO: White Fence – “Lazy Days” (Gram Parsons / FBB Cover) AV Club / YouTube It’s the 21st century man – we’re way past the feudal phase! Yet, somehow, some…
Since 2007, French electro-popper Yelle has risen to be a leading lady in the world of European pop music. With a keen interest in fashion and feel for popular culture,…
VIDEO: “The End” (Dir. by Matthew Reed) – NPR [media]<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/aJ1UIqy8GpQ” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>[/media] London four-piece CYMBALS have shared a new video for ‘The End’ via NPR, the seven minute-plus centre…
STREAM: “Tambourine Light” [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/150961178&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] Fresh off of the release of their eighth official album, With Light and With Love, Woods are pleased to announce a new…
ALBUM STREAM: Ride The Black Wave – Pandora California places a distinct sonic stamp upon the music born with in its boundaries. Owens had his Bakersfield, Parsons his Joshua Tree,…
U.S. tour dates expanded ALBUM STREAM: ‘Dalliance’ Photo by Sara Rachele Next week Atlanta-based noise pop band Gold-Bears will release the follow up to 2011’sAre You Falling In Love?. Their sophomore album Dalliance will be…
Self-titled LP due on Easy Sound on Aug. 5 STREAM: “Lose It All, All The Time” – AV Club / SoundCloud In January of 2014 I decided to sit down…
VIDEO: “Life Among The Savages” – SPIN / YouTube Today Papercuts shares the first video from its new album, for the title track, “Life Among The Savages” which you can watch here. The…
STREAM: “Horseshoe” – [media][/media] / Noisey VIDEO: “Horseshoe” – YouTube “As life-affirming as music gets” – The Herald “He records like Billy Childish and mixes like the Blue Nile” – Darren…
New York shows announced VIDEO: “Alkaline” Photo by Mark Goethals Brooklyn trio Papertwin share the video for their recent single “Alkaline.” Directed by Clare Wadsworth, the video was inspired by performance artist, Issa…
To The Recently Found Innocent is due on Drag City July 22 VIDEO: White Fence – “Lazy Days” (Gram Parsons Cover) – AV Club / YouTube The Onion AV Club’s Pioneering series focuses…
VIDEO: “Streaker” (NSFW) (Dir. by Eric Wareheim) – Vimeo [media]<iframe src=”//player.vimeo.com/video/91776291″ width=”500″ height=”281″ frameborder=”0″ webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/91776291″>TOBACCO “Streaker”</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/ericwareheim”>Eric Wareheim</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>[/media] TOBACCO’s third official full-length, Ultima…
Debut album ‘Weird Sister’ out now via Slumberland Records [media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/105133358&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] Cardiff-based noisepop five-piece Joanna Gruesome will return to the States in August for a week of East/West…
‘Family Crimes’ out July 8 via Woodsist STREAM: “Leave The Family” Photo by Jason Quever California psych-pop duo The Skygreen Leopards announce their forthcoming album Family Crimes on Woodsist, set for release on July 8. Stream the album’s…
Hour of the Dawn out May 13 on Hardly Art ALBUM STREAM: La Sera – Hour of the Dawn – http://pitchfork.com/advance/426-hour-of-the-dawn/ Photo by Jake Michaels As La Sera,…
STREAM: Ultima II Massage – Pitchfork TOBACCO can’t have nice things. On his third album, the Pennsylvania snake-synth-charmer deepens his approach to aural depravity. Ultima II Massage widens a jagged swath through…
SoftSpot on tour now STREAM: “Crosswinds” (feat. Sean Nicolas Savage) Illustration by Jonathan Campolo Brooklyn trio SoftSpot shares a reinterpretation of their song “Crosswinds,” from their recently released sophomore album MASS. Stepping away from…
Pre-order the album here Papercuts is the moniker of San Francisco singer/songwriter/producer Jason Quever. On Life Among the Savages, Quever’s dreamy mixture of baroque pop, storytelling lyrics, and detailed production work is…
STREAM: “Father Sister Berzerker” – [media][/media] / FADER Today TOBACCO shares “Father Sister Berzerker,” the 3rd single from the forthcoming Ghostly LPUltima II Massage via FADER. TOBACCO has a limited run of East…
Rodrigo Amarante announces U.S. tour dates Cavalo out May 6 on Easy Sound ALBUM STREAM: Rodrigo Amarante – Cavalo – http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/arts/music/pressplay.html Photo by Eliot Lee Hazel This is my first solo record. It was made…
[media]<iframe width=”100%” height=”450″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/117697573&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true”></iframe>[/media] [media]<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/EMZvA0ALrSo” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>[/media] “‘Forever’ is lush, easygoing, 39 balmy minutes in paradise.” – Pitchfork “Recaptures that sad-eyed, happy-footed disco-Beatlemania that made of Montreal’s…
Louisville band to release debut EP in June on Polyvinyl STREAM: “Conspirator” – IMPOSE / [media][/media] From the increasingly fertile DIY scene of Louisville, KY, emerges White Reaper – an…
VIDEO: “Streaker” (ft. Notrabel) (NSFW!)- Vimeo Today TOBACCO shares the EXTREMELY NSFW (don’t say we didn’t warn ya) video for “Streaker” (Ft. Notrabel), directed by Eric Wareheim. It’s the 2nd single…
Tickets on sale this Friday Apr. 25 at Noon PST at folkyeah.com Woodsist Fest is pleased to announce its second year at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, CA featuring a special performance by…
‘Dalliance’ out June 3 STREAM: “For You” Photo by Sara Rachele Atlanta-based noise pop band Gold-Bears announce the follow up to 2011’s Are You Falling In Love?. Their sophomore album Dalliance will be released on June 3 via Slumberland Records. Stream the…
via Noisey Hour of the Dawn out May 13 on Hardly Art STREAM: La Sera – “Running Wild” – [media][/media] Photo by Jake Michaels As La Sera, Katy Goodman turned an aching heart into two marvelous,…
On tour now VIDEO: “Highnote“ Directed by Dean Tzenos of Odonis Odonis Toronto’s Odonis Odonis is not the sort of band that can be easily pigeonholed. Their new album ‘Hard Boiled Soft Boiled‘ (out…
STREAM: “Communication Breakdown, Pt. II” – [media][/media] Some years ago, a young collective of extraterrestrials arrived on this planet and happened upon a small college town in Alabama. Home…
