Pop Levi MP3: Pop Levi – “Never Never Love” Fri. Aug. 01 Los Angeles, CA The Echo / Club Underground w/ Friendly Fires Fri. Aug. 08 Los Angeles, CA The…
Vivian Girls MP3: Vivian Girls – “Where Do You Run To” As recounted in songs by Comet Gain and Walker Kong, the Vivian girls are the seven sisters who featured…
Au It’s flanked at one of its ends by the blissful bombast of a 20-plus person vocal chorus, and concludes some forty minutes later in the hushed strains of a…
TOBACCO MP3: TOBACCO – “Truck Sweat” On F***ed Up Friends, his first solo album, TOBACCO explores a darker, starker and altogether more badass dimension of his complex vision. With his…
The Physics of Meaning MP3: The Physics of Meaning – “Aeroplanes and Hurricanes” The Physics of Meaning is a chamber rock band from North Carolina, spearheaded by multi-instrumentalist songwriter Daniel…
Faunts MP3: Faunts – “M4 (Part II)” Hauntingly beautiful and defiantly hopeful, Faunts create perfect music for the twilight hour between wake and sleep. High Expectations/Low Results, their remarkably assured…
Fight Bite MP3: Fight Bite – “Widow’s Peak” Fight Bite formed in late 2007, as the necessary conclusion that founding member Leanne Macomber arrived at while brokenheartedly searching for an…
These United States MP3: These United States – “West Won” Sick, tired, torn, and frayed, These United States let no dust settle under their soles this spring as they made…
Grampall Jookabox MP3: “The Girl Ain’t Preggers” Asthmatic Kitty Records is pleased to announce the signing of Indianapolis-based artist Grampall Jookabox. The label will release his second album, Ropechain on…
Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire The music of Mount Eerie has taken many forms (see: The Microphones) but it is always made by Phil Elverum. Lost Wisdom…
Willoughby Willoughby’s debut album I Know What You’re Up To is the product of LA’s Gus Seyffert. All songs on the album were performed and produced by Seyffert, with a…
Restiform Bodies MP3: “Bobby Trendy Addendum” Seven years later, the beast stirs. In the gap that followed Restiform Bodies’ genre-crushing self-titled LP (and companion piece, SunHopFlat), much did happen, and…
Parenthetical Girls MP3: Parenthetical Girls – “A Song For Ellie Greenwich” When we last updated you on Parenthetical Girls, they had just signed to Tomlab, were about to tour with…
Alexander Tucker MP3: “Veins To The Sky” On Sept. 16th ATP Recordings will release the third album from Alexander Tucker, Portal. The album is available on CD and LP, featuring…
WHY? Mount Eerie, TOBACCO and Tussle to open select dates MP3: “The Hollows” It’s been a busy and interesting year for WHY?, since the release of their acclaimed album Alopecia…
Podington Bear After just releasing 10-CD box set, incredibly prolific Bear gives away two new albums for FREE to celebrate Download the Lost Album and Remixes, Vol. 1 for FREE…
Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez MP3: “Mostly A Friend” Wham City’s Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez will release his debut solo album Why Is Bear Billowing? on Aug. 19, after playing a few solo…
Donovan Quinn MP3: “Holy Agent” Donovan Quinn has been surrounded by music his entire life. The son of Dave Carter, bassist & vocalist for legendary 60’s psychedelic group Country Weather…
Duchess Says Please pay attention, fans of: The Gossip, Glass Candy, X Ray Spex, YYYs, Be Your Own Pet, The Kills, Delta 5, Mika Miko MP3: “Ccut Up” Montreal’s Duchess…
Pop Levi MP3: “Never Never Love” Video: “Never Never Love” Also check out this unique two-part YouTube live video of the song “Semi-Babe”, open each of these in separate windows,…
Willoughby “Frankenstein” MP3: “Story” Willoughby’s debut album I Know What You’re Up To is the product of Gus Seyffert, a Los Angeles based musician who has performed around the world…
Imaad Wasif MP3: “Oceanic” “Oceanic” Imaad Wasif’s new album is Strange Hexes and his new band is Two Part Beast. The songs that came to form Strange Hexes were written…
Alias MP3: “Well Water Black” (Feat. Yoni Wolf of WHY?) In August of 2007, after 8 years of innovating in Oakland, Alias went home. To snow and real seasons, to…
The Dead Science MP3: “Throne of Blood (The Jump Off)” Seattle-based The Dead Science has created a majestic, ornate and soaring collection of postpunk avantpop on this, their third full-length…
Of Great & Mortal Men: 43 Songs For 43 Presidencies MP3: “James Monroe: The Last Cocked Hat” feat. Marla Hansen A Musical and Sadly Hilarious History of the American Presidency…
Matt Bauer MP3: “Don’t Let Me Out” In 1968 a young woman was found dead along a dirt road near Eagle Creek, north of Georgetown, Kentucky. For thirty years, she…
Sebadoh MP3: “Soul and Fire” (acoustic demo) Released roughly halfway through their recording career, Bubble & Scrape captured Sebadoh as a band in most profound transition. Since inception, Lou Barlow,…
Roedelius/Story MP3: “As It Were” For Ohio-based Tim Story, American neo-classical composer and expert in synth-assisted exploration, this collaborative project is a lifelong dream. His partner in the sublime is…
Parenthetical Girls Tomlab is thrilled to announce the signing of Parenthetical Girls (sometimes referred to as (((GRRRLS))) ), an experimental pop group from Portland, Oregon, for the worldwide release of…
Lucky Dragons The eighteenth release by Los Angeles-based Lucky Dragons details the continuing pursuit of a humble and ecstatic, drippy and explosive, smoldering and upset music for our experience in…
Lewis & Clark Lewis & Clarke is the nom de plume of Lou Rogai and current collaborators Eve Miller, Russell Higbee (also of contemporary groups Rachel’s and Man Man, respectively),…
Stars Like Fleas After quietly releasing a number of highly-praised, mostly hand-traded cult releases over several years, Stars Like Fleas re-emerged recently with new clothing, sonic plastic surgery, and a…
Indian Jewelry Dear Spirit, It may have been a while since you last heard from INDIAN JEWELRY. In 2006, several members of the INDIAN JEWELRY songwriting and performance team found…
Wed. 3/12 Noon to 6pm Force Field PR & Terrorbird Media present: Emo’s Main Stage 12:00 – 12:30 – These United States 12:45 – 01:15 – Evangelicals 01:30 – 02:00…
Awesome Color MP3: Awesome Color – “Eyes of Light” – http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/kits/mp3/eyes_of_light.mp3 Awesome Color is a power trio updated for the 2060’s, noise provocateurs and impressionists, ace players with punk rock…
Beach House VIDEO: “Heart of Chambers” – http://profile.imeem.com/ Beach House launches their 2008 tour tonight in, where else? their hometown of Baltimore. The streets of Baltimore and an abandoned train…