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Gorilla Vs Bear's favorite albums of 2017
Long-running music blog Gorilla Vs Bear’s year-end lists are always pretty different from your average Best Albums list, albeit in a way that fits in with its trippy dreampop tastes. Their 2017 top spot goes to Yaeji for her pair of 2017 EPs…
Blue Hawaii announce fall tour
Blue Hawaii has just announced a slew of tour dates in support of their upcoming second album Tenderness…
Blue Hawaii prep new LP 'Tenderness' (listen to "No One Like You")
Electronic pop duo Blue Hawaii have announced their new album, titled Tenderness, which will be out on October 6 via Arbutus Records. The band say it’s a concept album, dealing with themes of online communication and relationships
Gorilla vs Bear's favorite albums & songs of 2014
Gorilla vs Bear posted their lists of their favorite albums (35) and songs (100) of 2014. Though the albums list does have some of the stuff you always see (like The War On Drugs), it’s mostly got a lot of unique choices like Recycle Culture, Korallreven, Yumi Zouma, Beverly, Panda Bear‘s EP and more, and the #1 is pretty unique too…
Zola Jesus playing free Urban Outfitters show at Le Bain on Friday with DJ Dodger Stadium (who are here for CMJ)
Zola Jesus at Webster Hall last night (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Zola Jesus concluded the US leg of her tour at Webster Hall last night (10/19), and she’s got another (much smaller) NYC show happening later this week…
Jon Hopkins releasing 'Asleep Versions' EP, touring, playing FIXED 10th Anniversary in NYC (dates, streams)
Jon Hopkins has a new EP, titled Asleep Versions, which will be out via Domino on November 11. As the title implies, it four somnambulistic versions of songs from last year’s acclaimed Immunity…
CMJ 2014 adds a ton of more artists
Olga Bell at Rough Trade in May (more by Chris La Putt)
NYC’s annual CMJ Music Marathon (Oct. 21-25) already announced one batch of artists and they’ve now revealed many more, including some whose shows were previously announced like A Place to Bury Strangers, DIIV, James, and m…
tix on sale: Swans, Cymbals Eat Guitars, James, Thee Oh Sees, Mark Lanegan, Angel Olsen, SBTRKT & more
Tickets for the Lucinda Williams show at Beacon Theatre go on sale beginning today at 9 AM.
Tickets for the Swans show at Warsaw go on sale today at 10 AM…
Festival Nrmal returns in 2014, now happening in Monterrey and Mexico City (line-ups)
Festival Nrmal is back again for 2014 and has expanded to now include an all day concert in Mexico City on March 1 in addition to the multi-day fest in Monterrey (March 5 – 9)…
Rioux made a new mix (stream it), planning new LP
One of the more interesting upcoming producers in the NYC electronic scene this year was Rioux, whose Supersymmetry EP and “Spirit Calling” single are both excellent doses of psychedelic dance music and highly recomme…
