Papercuts

Papercuts prep new LP, share "Laughing Man," touring with Beach House

’Parallel Universe Blues’ will be the first Papercuts album for Slumberland and it’s out in October.

sunshine psych duo Sugar Candy Mountain releasing '666' LP (listen)

Joshua Tree, California’s Sugar Candy Mountain make sunshine psych, that seems to pull equally from ’60s acts like The Free Design and modern purveyors like Tame Impala and The Flaming Lips.

The Mantles announce 'All Odds End' LP, share "Doorframe"

San Francisco’s The Mantles will release their new album, All Odds End, which will be out October 16 via the reliable Slumberland Records…

Papercuts touring, playing two NYC shows (dates, streams)

Papercuts released their fifth album, Life Among the Savages, back in May. If you dig rainy day baroque pop, Papercuts (the moniker of San Francisco’s Jason Quever) do it very well and the new record’s quite good…

Papercuts releasing fifth album in May (stream a track)

Papercuts, the nom de plume of San Francisco’s Jason Quever, will release his fifth album, Life Among the Savages, on May 13 via Easy Sound/Memphis Industries…

San Francisco Noise Pop fest lineup (Real Estate, Throwing Muses, Bob Mould, Cold Cave, Mikal Cronin & more)

We mentioned earlier that Real Estate would be playing the 2014 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco, where they’ve actually got two shows at The Independent: February 28 with Dream Boys, and March 1 with Dominant Legs…

NYC Thanksgiving Weekend events (Lauryn Hill, Television, Dean Wareham, Phosphorescent, Ab-Soul, Joey Badass, more)

and Andrew Sacher Lauryn Hill at Rock the Bells 2011 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) A day of being grateful for what they’ve got, overeating and subsequent afternoon naps, Thanksgiving is the start of a long weekend for many folks, but one that usually doesn’t have the most options for things to do — or bands to see…

Dean Wareham released his first solo record, reviewed the new Mazzy Star LP, playing shows (dates, stream)

Dean Wareham has been making records for almost 30 years — with Galaxie 500, Luna and as half of Dean & Britta — but this week marks the first release purely under his own name…

Sondra Sun-Odeon readies debut LP (stream a track), playing NYC release show

Sondra Sun-Odeon will release her debut LP Ætherea on November 20. Just like the album title suggests, the NYC vocalist/songwriter creates somber yet ethereal compositions that bring to mind moody, late-60s/early-’70s UK folk, as well as more recent artists like Jesse Sykes or Damien Rice…

What's going on Thursday?

EMA @ the Great Escape in Brighton, England (more by Tim Griffin) today in Chicago * EMA, Ami Dang @ Empty Bottle * Cibo Matto, The Tony Castles @ Lincoln Hall * Yourfeetstoobig, Xylos, Magic Key, Clip Art @ Beat Kitchen * Matisyahu, Toots & the Maytals, Lukas Nelson, Promise of the Real @ Congress Theater Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was nominated for an Emmy…
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