Sondre Lerche

and Amanda Hatfield Rough Trade NYC celebrated Record Store Day 2015 will an all-day party featuring live performances and signings. Among the highlights: the first Dresden Dolls show in NYC in five years; Sondre Lerche cut a record live to 78RPM lacquer; and Kim Gordon signed copies of her memoir, Girl in a Band…

The Dresden Dolls‘ albums Yes, Virginia (2006) and No, Virginia (2008) are being getting their first-ever vinyl release for Record Store Day 2015 (Saturday, 4/18) as a a three-LP set, The Virginia Monologues…

Sondre Lerche spends most of his time in Brooklyn these days but was back in Norway last month where he appeared on talk show Trygdekontoret, performing a solo acoustic cover of Big Star’s “Thirteen” (a popular choice recently)…

Sondre Lerche celebrated the release of his very good new album, Please, last night (9/23) at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom. Unlike most North American tours where he’s gone out solo, Sondre’s got a rhythm section with him this time (jokingly referred to them as the merch table guys), and Teeny and Lizzy of tourmates TEEN provided backing vocals and keyboards on a few tracks…

Sondre Lerche is slated to welcome his new album, dubbed Please, on September 23 via his own Mona Records imprint. It was made in the midst of a divorce with his wife of eight-years, and you can take a listen to its slightly biting lead single “Bad Law” at the bottom of this post…

Sondre Lerche‘s new album, Please, will be out September 23. That’s the cover art above and if you haven’t listened to single “Bad Law” yet, you can do so below…

Divorce is a painful thing, I’m told, but it has often been the fuel for some great music (Shoot Out the Lights, Rumors, and Blood on the Tracks come to mind)…

Sondre Lerche was originally supposed to play two shows at Rough Trade on Feb 21 & 23, but with the ongoing (though hopefully soon resolved) sound issues there, the show ended up getting smooshed into one bigger show at Baby’s All Right last night (2/20). Op…

Sondre Lerche and Kato Ådland‘s score for Norwegian thriller The Sleepwalker (some may know it as Søvngjengeren) is out now and you can stream the very dreamy “You Sure Look Swell” below and listen the the whole thing via Rdio…

Jherek Bischoff began his guest-filled two-night stand at St. Ann’s Warehouse last night (1/8), and if you weren’t sure what to expect, it turned out to be a pretty extravagant affair…