Casper and the Cookies

Pylon Reenactment Society releasing new single (listen), touring

Pylon singer Vanessa Briscoe Hay has been keep her old bands flame alive with PRS that features members of Athens, GA’s vibrant indie rock scene. This is the first original music they’ve released.

Athens Popfest: 2016 lineup & tickets

This year’s lineup includes Daniel Johnston, Deerhoof, Elf Power, His Name is Alive, the original lineup of Love Tractor, Bunnygrunt, Dressy Bessy, and more.

Casper & the Cookies released a new LP and video, on tour, playing NYC with Doug Gillard (dates, streams)

Casper & the Cookies are local legends in Athens, Georgia. Main man Jason NeSmith, who was in of Montreal circa Satanic Panic in the Attic, has been using variations of the Casper moniker for nearly 20 years, and the Cookies have been in existence since 1999…

Doug Gillard readies new solo album (stream a track), playing two NYC release shows and opening for GBV

Doug Gillard‘s CV is impeccable, having logged time in Guided by Voices, Nada Surf, My Dad is Dead, just to name three. With those groups he was more of a background player, but he’s a more than capable frontman and songwriter on his own…

watch Elephant 6 members pay tribute to Bill Doss @ 40 Watt

A memorial service for Olivia Tremor Control’s Bill Doss, who passed away on July 30, went down at the 40 Watt in Athens on August 4th. Friends and family, like Jeff Mangum, Julian Koster, Robert Schneider, Bryan Poole, Jason NeSmith, Derek Almstead, and Eric Harris, gathered to tell stories and perform songs in tribute to their Elephant 6 brother…

Casper & the Cookies is here - new album & 2009 tour dates

(and Andrew Frisicano) DOWNLOAD: Casper & the Cookies – Little King (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Casper & the Cookies – Pete Erchick Bicentennial Service Area (MP3) Casper & the Cookies @ NYC Popfest (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Casper & the Cookies are now out on tour this July. The band’s NY…

NYC Popfest (2009) - night 4 pics & video from Cake Shop

NYC Popfest ended last Sunday with a marathon of a show in the basement of Cake Shop on the Lower East Side. We already posted the pictures of The Drums (with a short summary of that day), and you can browse pics from the first three nights of NYC Popfest HERE…

NYC Popfest - 2009 lineup, The Radio Dept. included

DOWNLOAD: The Radio Dept – Freddie and the Trojan Horse (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Radio Dept – Why Won’t You Talk About It? (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Radio Dept – The Worst Taste in Music (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Liechtenstein – Stalking Skills (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cats on Fire – Letters from a Voyage to Sweden (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Burning Hearts – I Lost My Color Vision (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Computer Perfection – The Fool is Hurt (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship – Hidden Ghost Balloon Ship (Zip) DOWNLOAD: The Icicles – La Ti Da (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pants Yell – Magenta and Green (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Smittens – Stop the Bombs…