St. Vincent Force Field PR, a publicity company based in Los Angeles, CA and Aero Booking, based in Seattle, WA will team up this year for the first time to…
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Deer Tick Thu. Oct. 18 2pm – 7pm Cake Shop 152 Ludlow St. NYC This event is FREE and open to the public. No guest list. No RSVP. No badges…
WHY? EP to feature contributions from Boards of Canada, Islands, Xiu Xiu, Dntel, Dump and Half-Handed Cloud WHY? thaws from the icebox with “The Hollows,” the lead single taken from…
Dan Deacon’s skull DAN DEACON 09-12 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix *# 09-13 Montreal, Quebec – La Tulipe *# 09-14 Boston, MA – Avalon Ballroom *#^ 09-15 New York, NY –…
Dirty Projectors MP3: Dirty Projectors “No More” http://www.scjag.com/mp3/do/nomore.mp3 Dirty Projectors is the project of Dave Longstreth, with a rotating cast of characters supporting him. The band will release its fourth…
Blitzen Trapper It’s already been a busy month for the men of Blitzen Trapper – they just wrapped up a tour with The Hold Steady, self-released their third album, Wild…
Paul Duncan PAUL DUNCAN MP3: “Red Eagle” http://www.home-tapes.com/mp3/redeagle.mp3 The Hometapes label released Above The Trees, the third album from Paul Duncan, on May 1, 2007. The album features Duncan exploring…
Papercuts San Francisco’s Papercuts (aka Jason Quever) will issue its second album, Can’t Go Back on March 6 on the Gnomonsong label. Gnomonsong is owned and operated by Devendra Banhart…
Panther Charlie is Panther, and Panther is some mutant form of Charlie. Churning out shattered pop hits that few have the ears to comprehend, Portland, OR’s Panther is a one-man…
Panda Bear Animal Collective member Panda Bear (a.k.a. Noah Lennox) boldly returns with his long-awaited third solo record Person Pitch (street date: March 20, 2007 on Paw Tracks). Years in…
Sebadoh The classic Sebadoh line-up of Lou Barlow, Eric Gaffney and Jason Loewenstein has re-united and will tour the US for the first time in 14 years in the spring…
Dosh Anticon recording artist Dosh will be hitting the road in Jan. and Feb. of 2007, and he has also announced the release of a new self-released EP, Triple Rock,…
The Little Ones The Little Ones have designed a special Holiday screen saver as their Christmas gift to you – once you install it, it will begin a countdown to…
Shapes and Sizes Shapes and Sizes have just announced a 2006 U.S. whirlwind winter tour. The band will begin their epic tour in early December with visits to the Midwest…
Danielson Famile Celebrated music doc by JL Aronson to be released in select U.S. theaters this winter following successful festival run (top awards received at the Chicago Underground Film Festival…
The Blow FRIDAY, NOV. 3 IRVING PLAZA (17 Irving Place, New York City) FORCE FIELD PR PRESENTS: 09:00 – SHAPES AND SIZES 10:00 – THE BLOW 11:00 – THE APPLES…
Peter Walker Peter Walker released a seminal experimental acoustic guitar record, Rainy Day Raga in 1967 on Vanguard. After one other release in 1969, he sort of disappeared, and contemporaries…
Architecture in Helsinki Force Field PR is pleased as punch to announce its very first CMJ Showcase- FRIDAY, NOV. 3 IRVING PLAZA (17 Irving Place, New York City) FORCE FIELD…
The Little Ones Los Angeles five-piece The Little Ones have signed a worldwide deal with Astralwerks. The band will now specifically call Astralwerks home in the Americas and Heavenly Recordings…
Chris Garneau Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Chris Garneau has signed with the Berkeley label Absolutely Kosher and will release his debut full-length, Music For Tourists, on Jan. 23, 2007. He was brought…
Ecstatic Sunshine Despite polarized histories (Matt Papich played in various noise and grindcore bands in Lancaster PA, while Dustin Wong became heavily involved in 8-bit music and the construction of…
The Blow Khaela Maricich and Jona Bechtolt are The Blow. They live in Portland, OR. Khaela used to live in Olympia and used to play with people like The Microphones…
Peter and the Wolf The Worker’s Institute label is proud to announce the signing of Austin, Texas’ Peter and the Wolf. After hearing a self-released CD-R, the Los Angeles-based independent…
Beach House Beach House, a duo from Baltimore, and Over the Atlantic, a duo from New Zealand, will join forces this Fall in a trek together across the US. Both…
Fat Jon & Styrofoam The highly anticipated collaboration between Fat Jon (Five Deez) and Morr Music artist Styrofoam. It could be the first collaborative album in history between a Belgian…
Josef K Domino Recordings US will release Entomology, an anthology from the Scottish post-punk quartet Josef K, on November 7, 2006. This is the third installment in Domino’s “The Sound…
+/- New York City band +/- {Plus/Minus} has signed with the Berkeley label Absolutely Kosher and will release Let’s Build a Fire, its first release for the label and third…
Architecture in Helsinki Australian pop ensemble Architecture in Helsinki are returning to the US again this Fall, beginning with a string of dates on their own and then meeting up…
Swan Lake Call them what you will (a certain word that rhymes with “Uber Soup” is probably coming to mind for a lot of you), but the three members of…
WovenHand With hypnotic urgency, David Eugene Edwards (formerly of 16 Horsepower) returns with his third full-length release under the moniker WovenHand to again woo listeners into his enchanting and layered…
Asobi Seksu New York quartet Asobi Seksu is gearing up for a very busy Fall, which will keep them out on the road for the majority of September and October….
Shapes and Sizes Asthmatic Kitty’s Canadian import Shapes and Sizes hit the road with their beautiful fractured art-pop visas in hand. They will be touring in support of their self-titled…
Dosh Minneapolis native Dosh (full name = Martin Dosh) is set to release his third full-length, The Lost Take on the anticon label on Oct. 17. The album features eleven…
The Places Amy Annelle is the primary member and songwriter of The Places, she will be releasing her third official full-length, Songs for Creeps on her own High Plains Sigh…
Au Revoir Simone Brooklyn all-female trio Au Revoir Simone are featured on MTV’s You Hear it First this week, along with their friends Dirty On Purpose. The piece explores the…
The Weird Weeds Austin, TX band The Weird Weeds will release its second full-length, Weird Feelings, on the Sounds are Active label on August 22. The band will launch a…