Kane West

What's Going on Friday?

Friday’s NYC-area shows include Genesis, Taking Back Sunday & Straylight Run, Hot Mulligan, The Menzingers, Kool Keith, Advance Base, and more

Yelle released new singles, announces North American tour

French pop artist Yelle hasn’t released an album since 2014’s Complètement Fou, but things are stirring in her world. She’s released two new singles recently, and has just announced a North American tour for the fall.

Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley talks new LP, Kane West remix, tour & more in BV interview

Saint Etienne are gearing up to release Home Counties, the UK trio’s ninth album and first in five years…

Kero Kero Bonito released mixtape, remix EP and brand new single, making US debut at SXSW (dates, stream)

London trio Kero Kero Bonito‘s music pays tongue-in-cheek homage to the shiny plastic future of J-pop, rapping and singing about food, playing videogames, the merits of cats vs dogs and other light conversation…

PC Music taking over BRIC House in Brooklyn for showcase; throwing one at SXSW too

What is PC Music? A label, a scene, a subgenre, a red herring? It may be all of these things at once. The shadowy operation and its bewildering brand of hyper-pop have been everywhere in the past few months, from UK broadcasters like Rinse FM to the XL Records roster to Boiler Room broadcasts, and its influence seems to be growing on a daily basis…

PC Music throwing SXSW showcase w/ AG Cook, SOPHIE, QT, Hannah Diamond, GFOTY, Felicita, Kane West & more

It’s entirely possible that the musicians on PC Music aren’t purposely critiquing our culture. There’s an enigmatic nature to the label that makes it easy to overanalyse without having a specific voice to speak for the music…

Tiny Mix Tapes' Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014

Tiny Mix Tapes posted their Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014, and as TMT lists usually are, it’s a pretty eccentric one with a lot of stuff that wasn’t making everyone’s list this year…

FACT's Top 50 Albums of 2014

The best-of 2014 albums lists continue with FACT, who always put out an interesting list and this year is no exception. You’ve got a few of the year-end list regulars like FKA twigs, Angel Olsen, Ariel Pink, Grouper, YG, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib and Shabazz Palaces, but also a handful of obscurer rap, electronic and experimental c…