The Fresh and Onlys

In 2009, Castle Face released The Fresh & Onlys‘ debut album, one of two they’d release that year. It was culled from dozens of songs Tim Cohen and Shayde Sartin recorded (with help from Wymond Miles) in off-hours from their jobs at Amoeba Records in San Francisco…

Indie labels Castle Face, Famous Class and In the Red (which have all released records and Ty Segall) are teaming up to auction off rare vinyl test pressings to raise money for charity…

As mentioned, Glasslands will be closing out their time on Kent Ave with a New Year’s Eve Party featuring four “special, secret” guests, all of whom have history with the venue…

San Francisco’s The Fresh & Onlys released their new album, House of Spirits, last month via Mexican Summer. You can stream it via Rdio if you haven’t checked it out yet…

Vancouver band The Shilohs make classic guitar pop. Beatlesque is an overused term but there are some clear nods to John, Paul and, especially, George on their new self-titled album which came out last month via Light Organ…

Christines is the new band from Andrew Burr, who moved to NYC when his old band Woven Bones were sputtering out. Where that band was fuzzed-out 8mm garage, Christines are most definitely widescreen…

The Fresh & Onlys‘ fifth album, House of Spirits, will be out June 10 via Mexican Summer. (Pre-order yours.) You may have already heard the fuzz-and-harmonied “Bells of Paonia” but the San Francisco quartet have shared a couple more since…

Boston’s Quilt played early on Elevation, and not a ripple in the water came from their laid-back soft psych. They would be infuriating to see in a club on a Saturday night, but against the scenic backdrop of Carson Creek, they were appropriately pleasant…

There was a while there where The Fresh & Onlys were competing with Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall and Bob Pollard for the title of Most Prolific Band in Indie Rock…

Kurt Vile in Austin in 2013 (more by Glen Brown) There’s already been three lineup announcements for SXSW 2014, and since we last spoke the music schedule was posted, which revealed more artist additions…