For Toro Y Moi’s Chaz Bundick, 2011 has seen the release of his acclaimed sophomore album, Underneath the Pine, remix work for Tyler, the Creator, and Cut Copy, a split…
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Cassettes Won’t Listen recently released his highly anticipated full-length album, EVINSPACEY, via his artist collective, Daylight Curfew. Along the way he’s given us a free mixtape download (presented by This…
Video: Your Sympathy To celebrate the upcoming release of Euphoria, Slumberland Records is making a very special edition of Devon’s new album that will pair a color vinyl copy of…
Youth Lagoon Twenty-two year old Trevor Powers, whose musical venture is called Youth Lagoon, has had a long year. Not because he’s been endlessly touring or pursuing some wild dream,…
MP3 :: “You Ain’t Going Nowhere” (Dylan cover) The Moondoggies have not slowed down since the release of their critically acclaimed album, Tidelands, in 2010. In fact it’s been the…
In order to afford their fans a sneak peek of their forthcoming record, Trust Now, before its release date, Prince Rama have launched a video series in which their musical…
Unknown Mortal Orchestra first dropped into the world in late 2010 as a bandcamp account carrying a single called “Ffunny Ffrends.” “Ffunny Ffrends” was everything you imagined it might be…
Neon Indian returns this fall with Era Extraña, and now Alan Palomo shares the single “Fallout” with you at www.neonindian.com . Era Extraña, is the follow-up to the 2009 debut…
UK band Yuck recently made its debut appearance at Chicago’s Pitchfork Festival and is currently on tour on the West Coast with openers and Fat Possum labelmates Unknown Mortal Orchestra….
To say that Widowspeak is a Northwest band is to tell a half-truth. After all they formed in a Brooklyn apartment thousands of miles to the east, and their guitarist…
After a slew of critically acclaimed singles and well-received shows both here and in the UK, the quartet of Roxanne Clifford, Patrick Doyle, James Hoare and Marion Herbain, otherwise known…
On their third album (and Polyvinyl debut) Share the Joy, Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls continue to sharpen and refine their transcendent mix of garage thrash, girl-group warmth and infectious pop hooksmanship….
In 2008, Stalley made his mixtape debut, Goin Ape, with fellow Ohio-native Terry Urban. 2009 followed with the release of the new mixtape MadStalley: The Autobiography, and a newfound reputation…
Two Winners Receive Free 3-Month Radio Subscriptions and Park The Van Prizes New Orleans indie-pop group Generationals just launched a remix competition for two of the standout tracks from their…
MP3: “Cruel/Kind” “Nothing gold can stay.” Even as he tried to capture it in verse, Robert Frost appreciated the ephemeral nature of beauty. And so does Grant Olsen. Yet a…
After spending the bulk of the past year on the road in support of last November’s excellent Sports LP on Slumberland Records, Weekend are gearing up again to bring their…
“My Own Face Is F Word” from Meetle Mice “Spring” from Silly Hat Vs. Eagle Hat For the past year or so, Dan Deacon has been working closely with director…
VIDEO: “How Can You Luv Me” (Yours Truly Session) Unknown Mortal Orchestra first dropped into the world in late 2010 as a bandcamp account carrying a single called “Ffunny Ffrends.”…
Summer festivities include: Fleet Foxes, Woodisist Festival, Explosions in the Sky, John Waters, Gillian Welch, Philip Glass conducts the score to Dracula + more The story begins in the 1960s,…
Fresh off a small run of sold-out solo dates, WHY? mastermind Yoni Wolf is rounding up his main men for a rare, unplugged-style national tour previewing songs from their much…
MP3: “My Heart” After his last time touring the United States in support of 2009’s Dear John (Loney Dear’s fifth album and Polyvinyl debut), Emil Svanangen returned home to Sweden…
Neon Indian is the brainchild of Alan Palomo, who’s 2009 debut record Psychic Chasms not only earned the 20 year-old a spot on numerous year-end lists, but assisted the forming…
Band set to debut new material at Pitchfork Music Festival MP3: “Saturday Love” (Alexander O’Neal & Cherrelle cover) For Toro Y Moi’s Chaz Bundick, 2011 has seen the release of…
MP3: “Cool Vapors” Jacuzzi Boys have shared “Cool Vapors,” the first track from their forthcoming Glazin’LP, which premiered on Pitchfork this morning. A preorder is now available for the first…
MP3:“Eyes Closed” Patricia Hall and her boyfriend Ian Hicks have been enchanting one another with song since the spring of 2009. Their first meeting was an audition. Ian was looking…
STREAM: “Montana” The Year of Hibernation due Sept. 27 Twenty-two year old Trevor Powers, whose musical venture is called Youth Lagoon, has had a long year. Not because he’s been…
STREAM: “Dark Into Light” & “Spin It Around” LOS ANGELES, July 7, 2011 – New musical collaboration AM & Shawn Lee are announcing tour dates supporting Thievery Corporation. Their debut…
MP3 – “Misery” Big Troubles were formed by a group of kids who had been friends since high school, playing in bands, listening to records and coming of musical age…
MP3: “Come On Over” UK band Veronica Falls recently announced that it has signed with Slumberland Records for the US for its debut LP, due Sept. 20. Today the band…
The group Parenthetical Girls recorded a song entitled “Careful Who You Dance With,” and several other people remixed said song. This is an EP of those remixes by other people….
MP3: Came Up (Feat. S.L.A.S.H.) Huntsville, Alabama’s G-Side are ushering in a new era of Southern rap. Two of the hardest-grinding MCs in the business, ST 2 Lettaz and Yung…
Band to play shows with Interpol, Mogwai and more! Raised under the burning sun of the Mojave desert, Vasquez channels both his punk upbringing and Afro-Cuban heritage to sculpt decidedly…
Today the London-based band Fanzine unleashed a self-released four track EP. Each of the four tracks was also premiered simultaneously on four of the most influential UK blogs – Transparent,…
MP3: “Sunshine / Pretty Girls The Unnatural Helpers have been banging around Seattle for a few years now as the perennial hobbyhorse of singer / drummer / songwriter / sole…
STREAM: “Dark Into Light” & “Spin It Around” LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2011 – L.A.’s indie pop artist AM and London’s cinematic tune-smith Shawn Lee have signed a record deal…