Amy Linton

DOWNLOAD: NYC Popfest Mix (Zip) DOWNLOAD: Pet Milk - Cherry Outline (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Gold-Bears - Record Store (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sea Lions - All Right (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Go Sailor - Windy (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Soda Shop - Farewell (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Days - Simple Thing (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Days - Downhill (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fan Modine - Julu Road (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Kids on a Crime Spree - Sweet Tooth (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans - Secrets (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans - Anyone's Ghost (the National) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Silver Swans - Mother of Pearl (MP3) This week is the fifth-annual NYC Popfest which happens Thursday - Sunday (May 19 - 22) at a variety of NYC and Brooklyn venues, playing host to around 30 bands from around the world...

DOWNLOAD: Crystal Stilts - "Shake The Shackles" (MP3) "We are also playing tomorrow night with Crystal Stilts, German Measles and The Mad Scene (Hamish from the Clean, Girl from Yo La Tengo)...

DOWNLOAD: Cinema Red & Blue - "Same Mistakes" (MP3) Ripley Johnson of Wooden Shjips/Moon Duo (more by Abby Braden) Wooden Shjips will be at ATP NY this weekend (hand-picked by Jim Jarmusch)...

DOWNLOAD: Taken By Trees - Watch the Waves (MP3) "On set with Cults at their video shoot. Video will be amazing." - The Willowz Will McLaren w/ Cults @ Ridgwood Masonic Temple (more by Jessica Amaya) Will McLaren, guitar player in Cults, is also a member of longer-running band The Willowz...

DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats - Hey You (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats - Super (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats - Let's Go (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Summer Cats - TV Guide (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Black Tambourine - For Ex-Lovers Only (MP3) As previously reported, Australia is invading America (and NYC) this month -- musically speaking -- and another battalion has been added to their ranks: Melbourne's Summer Cats...

Influential indie label Slumberland Records turned 20 in 2009 and celebrated this landmark with two big birthday shows -- one in Washington DC (where it got its start) and one in Brooklyn (where much of Slumberland's current roster reside)...