Also: Belly, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Damien Jurado, Okkervil River, Steve Miller Band/Peter Frampton, Wyclef Jean, The Vaccines, Hiss Golden Messenger, and more NYC-area shows on sale today.
Kirin's new LP features Weyes Blood, Mac Demarco, Owen Pallett, Connan Mockasin, James Chance, Alex Cameron, The Finn Family (Neil & Liam), and more. The new video is really something else.
Onetime Pipette member Rose Elinor Dougall will release her second solo album, Stellular, on January 27 via her own Vermillion records. It's been six years since her solo debut, Without Why, but she's been busy, collaborating with Mark Ronson...
If you're in Los Angeles, you can catch Ablebody tonight for free.
Berlin-based artist Adam Byczkowski works under the moniker Better Person, crafting '80s-style lite balladry that hearkens back to Sade and "Careless Whispers"-era Wham...
With his band Mood Rings currently in a holding pattern, William Fussel has launched a new project, titled Promise Keeper. If you liked Mood Rings' shimmery, sultry single "The Line" chances are you'll like Promise Keeper which is decidedly more on the electro/new romantic soulful pop side (by way of '80s Michael Mann soundtracks)...
Kirin J Callinan invited pals Sean Nicholas Savage and Dev Hynes to test out new material at Elvis Guesthouse on Friday night (4/17). It was done mostly karaoke style, with each of them performing to backing tracks off their ipods, iphones and laptops...
Kirin J Callinan has been sticking around NYC since his tour with Jack Ladder ended. Maybe you saw him at "drunk yoga" last weekend at Baby's...
Heat @ Union Pool during CMJ (more by Amanda Hatfield)
M for Montreal was just here for CMJ, hosting a nine-hour showcase on Friday (10/24) at Arlene's Grocery with Lydia Ainsworth, HEAT, Homeshake, The Muscadettes and more...
"Both talented and righteous, Dev Hynes made sweet soul music AND denounced the police state at #Summerstage/#OKPat15 tonight" - Michael Azzerad
Blood Orange / Sean Nicholas Savage
In the latter half of the set, after dedicating "Chosen" to Michael Brown and two others, Devontè Hynes had to have a say about what's been happening recently in the world...