Your Favorite Enemies

Alex Henry Foster & The Long Shadows debut "Lavender Sky" video

The song itself is gorgeous and cinematic and brings to my mind artists like Hammock and Asche & Spencer, with heaping helpings of Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky.

CMJ 2015 initial artist lineup

The 2015 CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 13-17, and today the initial list of artists was revealed. A bunch of these are NYC shows we’ve posted about (browse our “CMJ” tag), but highlights include Car Seat Headrest, Cheatahs, Destruction Unit, Dent May, Dilly Dally, Doomsquad, Drinks, Eternal Summers, Evans the Death, Ex Hex, Expert Alterations, Ezra Furman, Frankie Cosmos, Hooton Tennis Club, Kamasi Washington, Kero Kero Bonito, Mercury Rev, Nai Harvest, Neon Indian, Panda Bear, Perfect Pussy, Protomartyr, S, Shannon and the Clams, Slim Twig, Stealing Sheep, The Album Leaf, The Dirty Nil, The Men, The Wonder Years, Titus Andronicus and Wil…

Trail of Dead played 2 NYC shows with Your Favorite Enemies and Boyfrndz (pics from LPR)

…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead brought their tour with Your Favorite Enemies and Boyfrndz to NYC for two shows over the weekend…

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead going on 20th anniversary tour, playing two NYC shows (dates)

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, who released a new album and toured their ‘Source Codes & Tags LP in 2014, are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year and have just announced a tour in celebration…

2012 M for Montreal Festival: full line-up (Death Grips, A Place to Bury Strangers, Of Monsters & Men, Mac DeMarco + more)

The seventh annual M for Montreal festival happens next week (November 14 – 17) in its namesake Canadian city. Previous years, M4M has featured mainly Montreal (and other parts of Canada) artists, being showcased to a group of “international delgates” (talent buyers, journalists, music supervisors, tour agenents and other industry types) in a tightly controlled set of shows, this year’s fest expands its scope with nearly 100 performer at 16 venues, giving it more of an actual festival feel than an industry conference that has music showcases the public could by tickets to…