Common Holly announces new album on Barsuk, shares “Central Booking”
Common Holly also has upcoming tour dates this month and next.
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Active Bird Community releasing ‘Amends’ on Barsuk (stream a track)
Amends should feel right at home on Barsuk -- fans of classic Barsuk-related bands like Nada Surf, Harvey Danger, early Death Cab, Kind of Like Spitting, etc should take note.
Seattle indie rockers Ruler releasing LP on Barsuk (watch a new video)
Ruler's main member Matt Batey has been in the Seattle indie rock scene for years, having played in both Cataldo and Rocky Votolato's band. His new album on Barsuk features members of Telekinesis, Cataldo, and Portugal. The Man.
Swedish folk trio Small Feet on Barsuk, opening on tour for Nick Diamonds (dates, video, album stream)
Swedish folk singer Simon Stålhamre leads the trio Small Feet, and they inked a deal with Barsuk Records for their debut album, From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like The Ocean, which is out...
Why we left Nada Surf off our list of underrated ’90s bands
Nada Surf at Webster Hall in 2012 (more by Eric M. Townsend)
Last week we posted "9 of the best '90s bands you didn't think were the best '90s bands and the awesome stuff they're doing now," and encouraged you guys to leave comments of who you think we should have included and who we should have left off...
Cymbals Eat Guitars announce shows & new LP, give us a taste with “Jackson” (listen) — stream, tracklist & dates
Cymbals Eat Guitars are back and have released a new track into the world. It's called "Jackson" and it's well worth a listen, below. The song comes from LOSE, their latest full length album which will see the light of day via Barsuk Records on August 26...
The Antlers remix Barsuk-signed Big Scary on new EP (listen)
watch Mates of State play a new song (a BrooklynVegan Soundwave Session), part of Barsuk @ Bumbershoot (pics)
Husband-and-wife indie pop duo Mates of State stopped by the Toyota Soundwave tent at Bumbershoot in Seattle to play us a few songs. One of those songs was a new track called "Now We're Gonna Get It" which we caught on video with the help of director Paul Greenhouse...
The Long Winters performing ‘When I Pretend to Fall’ in full at CMJ; John Roderick dueled w/ Dave Hill @ Bumbershoot (pics)
While The Long Winters haven't released an album since 2006's Putting the Days to Bed, the band has never officially broken up, though it's mainly frontman John Roderick at this point...
Bumbershoot this weekend, look for BrooklynVegan & Barsuk in the Soundwave tent (schedule)
Like we did at Firefly, Lollapalooza, and Outside Lands, BrooklynVegan will be taking over 2-3 hours of the Soundwave tent each day at Bumbershoot in Seattle this Labor Day Weekend...