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Zula released debut album, announce tour (dates & LP stream)

Brooklyn’s Zula just released their debut full length, This Hopeful, a 9-song collection of contemporary-sounding psychedelic pop, this week (10/29) via Inflated Records, who have put out singles for Speedy Ortiz, Memoryhouse, and Oberhofer…

Carnivores collaborated w/ Cole Alexander & Bradford Cox, touring, playing NYC on Halloween (dates, video & LP stream)

DOWNLOAD: Carnivores – “Pillow Talk” (ft. Bradford Cox) (MP3) Carnivores are a garage rock band from Atlanta, and they’ve already got the ins with the big hitters in the ATL garage rock scene, including Black Lips — whose frontman Cole Alexander sings on “Sinking In Your Automobile” from their newest record, Second Impulse — and Deerhunter — whose singer Bradford Cox appears on their non-album track, “Pillow Talk” (MP3 above) and whose former bassist Josh Fauver released their record on his Army of Bad Luck la…

Thursday CMJ daytime shows (Jacco Gardner, Bent Shapes, TV Girl, The Bots, Keren Ann, Saint Rich, Palehound, Krill & more)

NOTE: We’ve also announced our Friday & Saturday BV shows Jacco Gardner @ Mercury Lounge in March (more by PSquared Photography) One of the best parts about CMJ is the day shows that are often free and give you a chance to see live music and grab a bev on your lunch break (or call in sick)…

Thurston Moore, Ava Luna, Loren Connors, Charles Gayle Trio and more playing 2013 Spy Music Festival

The Spy Music Festival is back for a third year of experimental sounds, going down over two nights next month: September 7 at Spectrum, and September 8 at 285 Kent…

Doldrums, Pictureplane & more playing "Out in the Streets" Fest at Ridgewood's Vander-Ende Onderdonk House

Doldrums @ MHOW, Sep. 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Doldrums, Pictureplane, Ava Luna, Rush Midnight, Heliotropes and more at the Out in the Streets Music Music & Arts Fest will happen on August 17 & 18 in the backyard of the historic Vander-Ende Onderdonk House in Ridgewood Queens…

Julian Lynch and The Luyas going on co-headlining, collaborative tour, including Northside Fest show (dates)

Experimental folk artist Julian Lynch released his pretty and strange new album, Lines, digitally last month and it gets its vinyl release via Underwater Peoples next week (4/30)…

White Fence streaming new LP, added to Northside Fest line-up (Mac DeMarco, Nu Sensae, Kylesa, Torche & more too)

As mentioned, White Fence‘s new album, Cyclops Reap, is out this week on John Dwyer’s Castle Face label. Tim Presley doesn’t seem to be running out of songs and this is another quality batch of paisley-scented psychedelia…

Leapling released 'Losing Face' (stream it), playing shows

Brooklyn’s Leapling released their Losing Face EP back in January via Father/Daughter. On it, the band merges pastoral pop with more motorik/Krauty rhythms, making for a very appealing listen…

Bill Baird (ex-Sound Team) releasing solo album, playing shows (dates, video)

Some of you may remember Sound Team, who caused a mid-’00s music blog stir with their 2006 album, Movie Monster. The Austin band broke up a year later but but bassist Bill Baird kept busy with his Sunset project who have released five albums…

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…
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