The Fresh and Onlys

Austin Psych Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Austin Psych Fest returns for its 6th year from May 2-4 at the Carson Creek Ranch, and since we last spoke, the festival’s lineup has been expanded to now include The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Panda Bear, The War On Drugs, Graveyard, Mikal Cronin, Bombino, Peaking Lights, Pink Mountaintops, The Fresh and Onlys, Sleepy Sun, The Octopus Project, Bardo Pond, Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band, Morgan Delt, Cosmonauts, Pure X, Guardian Alien, Mark McGuire, Greg Ashley and more…

Austin Psych Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Additional artists have been announced for the 2014 edition of Austin Psych Fest, which goes down from May 2-4 at the Carson Creek Ranch…

Brooklyn label Mexican Summer celebrated its fifth birthday last weekend with Mexican Summer Five Years, a two-day celebration at Red Hook space Pioneer Works featuring much of the label’s roster (and a few friends)…

Mexican Summer’s 5th Anniversary celebration is this weekend (October 11 & 12) happening at Pioneer Works in Red Hook. The shows will happen inside and outdoors and Friday (10/11) features Ariel Pink, Tamaryn, The Fresh & Onlys, Mike Wexler, Bobb Trimble’s Flying Spiders, and Home Blitz; Saturday (10/12) has Spiritualized, No Joy, Connan Mockasin (first US show), a reunited Lansing-Dreiden, Co-La, Lilacs & Champagne, Happy Jawbone Family Band, folk cult hero Linda Perhacs (first NY show), Quilt, Weyes Blood and Soldiers of Fortune. Tickets ar…

Spiritualized at Webster Hall last week (more by Greg Cristman) Last week, we mentioned that Brooklyn label Mexican Summer would be throwing a fifth anniversary party in Red Hook (like Captured Tracks just did in Bushwick)…

Jack “Skippy” McFadden (photo by Mary Crosse) Jack McFadden, a onetime Brooklynite who moved to Austin and currently works as a talent buyer at Emo’s, gave us a list of his favorite music from 2012 including top 10 albums and a Spotify playlist of his favorite songs…

Grimes @ Pier 84, August 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * The Weeknd @ Terminal 5 * Just Blaze, DJ Soul @ Santos * Pet Bottle Ningen @ The Stone * Nouvelle Vague @ Irving Plaza * 2:54, Jangula @ Mercury Lounge * Al Green @ The Capitol Theatre * Lez Zeppelin @ Highline Ballroom * Counting Crows @ Roseland Ballroom * Tin Horses, Baked @ Death By Audio * CMA Songwriters Series @ Joe’s Pub * Milo Greene, Lucius @ Bowery Ballroom * Silent Drape Runners @ Magic Futurebox * Langhorne Slim & The Law @ Brooklyn Bowl * Gabe Kahane, Shara Worden, Brooklyn RIder @ Carnegie Hall * Disclosure, Jim-e Stack @ Mercury Lounge * Pamelia Kurstin with Pete Drungle @ Barbes * Bitch Magnet, Moss Icon @ (le) poisson rouge * Poison Dartz, Robin Vote, Eartheater @ Zebulon * Grimes, Myths, Mykki Blanco @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Mia Riddle & Her Band, Balene, Paul Jefferson, CBX @ Union Pool * Lazer Cake, Junior Prom, Rocket & The Ghost @ Cameo Gallery * Ratking, Sinkane of Yeasayer, Physical Therapy DJ set @ Puma Store * THEESatisfaction, Mykki Blanco, Wishes, DJ Mursi Layne @ Grasslands * The New Trust (members of Velvet Teen), Des Ark, Active Bird Community @ Cake Shop * He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles @ Knitting Factory * The Hate My Day Jobs, Lost Boy?, Queen Orl…

Industrial vets Throbbing Gristle are finally getting around to completing their “reinterpretation” of Nico‘s Desertshore, an idea of member Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson, who has since passed a…

Tuesday, September 4 is the day after Labor Day which means summer is over for all intents and purposes. (Yes, technically it’s not fall till September 21 but still…

The Fresh & Onlys are back with a new full-length record, called Long Slow Dance, which is due out on September 4 via Mexican Summer. It’s their first LP for the label and you can stream its lead single “Yes or No” at the bottom of this post…