Thanks in part to Captured Tracks' reissue series (the third and final batch in the series was just released), Martin Newell's Cleaners from Venus may be at their highest profile in the cult band's 30+ year career...
Love holiday music but sick of hearing "Christmas Wrapping," "All I Want for Christmas (is You)" and "Feliz Navidad"? Were you just thinking, "I wish there were more low-fi sleezoid punk and pop Christmas songs that occasionally feature references to weed...
Still underway as I type this, the two-day Captured Tracks Festival happening this Labor Day Weekend at The Well in Bushwick featured a very special set on Sunday by a label supergroup dubbed Shitfather, featuring Cole Smith (Diiv), Dustin Payseur (Beach Fossils), Jack Tatum (Wild Nothing) and Mac DeMarco...
Cadence Weapon @ MHOW, June 2012 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
Some of you may recall that before he became known as Cadence Weapon, Rollie Pemberton spent time as a music critic, having penned a number of reviews for Pitchfork in the early '00s...
Peter of HWGM @ Brooklyn Bowl, 9/18/2012 (more by Sarah Gainer)
Here We Go Magic's A Different Ship has made a few Best of 2012 lists, including ones from The Fly, Q, Johnny Beach of Bowery Presents and Freelance Whales...
For those not following along, Largehearted Boy brings us this list of interesting CD releases every week....
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's sophomore album, Some Loud Thunder, sees its official release date today...
DOWNLOAD: The Walkmen - The Rat (MP3)
Ferraby Lionheart playing BV CMJ day show (more)
The Walkmen, Broken West (formerly the Brokedown), and Ferraby Lionheart (who we first saw during CMJ) are going out on tour in March...