Love as Laughter

King Khan  at The Bell House, Nov. 2011 (more by Keith Marlowe) The full House of Vans 2012 free show schedule is up. The Greenpoint/Williamsburg space has already housed The Rapture and Tanlines this year, and we knew about the 7/12 show with H20, 7 Seconds and Tournament, but here’s the rest of the summer’s line-up, brought to you by the folks at FYF and the sneaker people:July 12: H20, 7 Seconds, Tournament July 26: King Khan & The Shrines, Nicky Da B, The Everymen Aug 2: Washed Out, Chairlift, Lemonade Aug 16: Cursive, Titus Andronicus, Love As Laughter, Joyce Maynor Aug 29: Turbonegro, Baroness, Doomriders, NightbirdsThe parties are free with RSVP (which hasn’t been posted yet). O…

DOWNLOAD: Sonny & the Sunsets – I See the Void (MP3) Sonny & the Sunsets are back with a new album, Longtime Companion, which will be their first for Polyvinyl…

“I went to Pettyfest 2009 at Bowery Ballroom night, which was sick. Lots of drunk and stoned people shouting along to the hits and some great performers– Nicole Atkins, Adam Green, Steve Schiltz, Antony Ellis, members of The Strokes and The Killers…

DOWNLOAD: Richard Buckner – “Gauzy Dress in the Sun” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Richard Buckner – “Emily Sparks” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Richard Buckner – “Born in to Giving It Up” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Arbouretum – “False Spring” (MP3) Modern troubadour Richard Buckner will play a Friday, March 20th NYC show at Mercury Lounge with Arbouretum, Ruby Throat, and Lia Ices (tickets on sale) before heading out an April/May US tour in support of three previously out-of-print, Merge-reissued CDs…

DOWNLOAD: USA for Affluence – Cash for Christmas (MP3) The star-studded video is below…

DOWNLOAD: Citay – On the Wings (live on WFMU) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Citay – First Fantasy (MP3) “WFMU presents . This compilation previews 21 of the thousands of tracks that’ll be freely available under Creative Commons licenses when the fully interactive Free Music Archive website launches later this year…

DOWNLOAD: Sera Cahoone – Only As The Day Is Long (MP3) Handsome Furs, SXSW 2008 The Sub Pop showcase was one of the greatest official lineups at SXSW this year (Friday, March 14, 2008)…

Kid 4077 – otherwise known as Nile Marr, the 15-year-old son of Smiths legend Johnny Marr – took to the stage at Bar Amp in Sale for his first live solo performance…

Modest Mouse @ Primavera in Barcelona, June 1, 2007 (CRED)Modest Mouse was formed in 1993 in Issaquah, Wash. After years of acclaim for its independent recordings, it broke through to a mass audience with the edgy but upbeat hit single “Float On” in 2004…

Man Man are playing a bunch of their own shows from April 1st to 15th. Then on the 25th they’re going on tour with Love as Laughter and Modest Mouse – April 29 & 30 at United Palace in NYC…