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watch the video for Chris Stamey's "Lovesick Blues"
As one half of the songwriting core of The dB’s, Chris Stamey has been the off-kilter ying to Peter Holsapple’s twangier yang. Following The dB’s 2012 comeback LP, Falling Off the Sky, Chris Stamey will release Lovesick Blues on February 5…
Clinic employ Daniel Lopatin for remix LP, touring this spring (dates, streams)
Masked Liverpudlians Clinic released their seventh album, Free Reign, at the tail of of last year. Daniel Lopatin (of Ford & Lopitan) has remixed the entire record, put the songs in reverse order and the results will be released digitally in March as Free Reign II…
Fear of Men releasing 'Early Fragments' compilation, playing NYC after SXSW (dates, streams)
Makers of winsome, jangly pop, Brighton, UK’s Fear of Men have released a steady stream of collectible 7″ singles since forming two years ago…
Doldrums streaming new track; Moon King finish new album, playing NYC in March
DOWNLOAD: Doldrums – Anomaly (MP4)
Doldrums @ MHOW, Oct. 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Doldrums (aka Toronto’s Airick Woodhead) releases his new album, Lesser Evil, on February 26 via Arbutus Records…
Wire revisits unrecorded material for new LP (stream a track); new book about them due soon too
Wire @ MHOW, 4/5/2012 (more pics by Dana Yavin)
Art punk legends Wire will release Change Becomes Us in March 25 with a vinyl release for Record Store Day in April…
Foxes in Fiction releasing new 7", playing NYC (dates, stream)
Foxes in Fiction (aka former Toronto resident Warren Hildebrand who now lives in NYC) has a new single coming out on French label Wool Recordings next month which is a collaboration with likeminded lo-fi artist Benoît Pioulard and you can stream one of the tracks below…
Brandt Brauer Frick ready 'Miami' (stream a track featuring Jamie Lidell)
German neo-classical-meets-techno trio Brandt Brauer Frick are set to release their new album, Miami, on March 11. Unlike last year’s instrumental Mr…
Darlings releasing 'Perfect Trip,' playing shows (dates, stream)
Brooklyn’s Darlings are self-releasing their new album, Perfect Trip a couple weeks (January 29) which is loaded with catchy, sneary guitar pop…
Cloud Cult are ready for 'Love,' going on tour (dates, stream)
Cloud Cult at Bowery Ballroom in 2008 (more by Chris La Putt)
Minneapolis art pop collective Cloud Cult (led by Craig Minowa) are set to release their ninth album, Love, on March 5 via Craig Minowa’s own Earthology Records…
Interpol's Sam Fogarino releasing solo LP as EmptyMansions (stream a track)
Paul Banks isn’t the only Interpol member with a solo itch to scratch. Drummer Sam Fogarino has announced his solo project EmptyMansions and will release his debut, snakes/vultures/sulfate, in April…
