Cats Eyes

As mentioned, Cats Eyes singer Rachel Zeffira‘s solo debut, The Deserters, got its North American release last week (3/12) via Toronto’s Paper Bag Records…

Rachel Zeffira is one half of Cat’s Eyes (the other half being Faris of the Horrors) and, as mentioned briefly, she released her bewitching solo debut, The Deserters, in late 2012 in the UK via her and Faris’ own RAF Records…

Smashing Pumpkins in Chicago in October (more by Jimmy Farabi) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Big Boi @ SOB’s * Brain Cloud @ Barbes * Jessie Ware @ The Box * Darlene Love @ BB King’s * Yo La Tengo @ Maxwell’s * Tony Scherr @ Living Room * Jim Campilongo @ Living Room * Andrew Bird @ The Riverside Church * Jason Lytle of Grandaddy @ Union Hall * Vomitor, Negative Plane @ Public Assembly * Smashing Pumpkins, Morning Parade @ Barclays Center * Wheeler Brothers, Winter Sounds @ The Mercury Lounge * Wyatt Cenac, Sara Schaefer, Nikki Glaser @ Littlefield * Jason Mraz, Fitz & the Tantrums @ Madison Square Garden * Gasoline Heart, Death On Two Wheels @ Knitting Factory * Haybaby, Bad Cello, Butter The Children, LVL UP @ Big Snow * Katy Steele, Teen Commandments, Belly Fire, Beca @ Cameo Gallery * Hillary Barleaux, Catey Shaw, Ann Driscoll, Chloe Sunshine @ Cake Shop * George Michaels (mems Bad Credit No Credit & Not Blood Paint) covering George Michael, Fernando Martinez & Friends a/k/a Holey Moley covering Hole, Sleepies w/ Alyse from EULA cover Pixies, Geek Skull covering The Ramones (Sandy benefit) @ Death by Audio Follow @BrooklynVegan on Twitter…

The Horrors have announced the release of their new LP Skying, out July 11th (August 9th in the US) via XL Recordings. Skying; the group’s third album, will serve as the follow-up to 2009’s excellent Primary Colours…

Cat’s Eyes were supposed to play Bowery Ballroom tonight — their first-ever U.S. show — but ended up canceling their first U.S. shows due to “unforeseen circumstances…

Cat’s Eyes were scheduled to hit NYC, LA and San Francisco this week, but now all three U.S. shows are marked as “Postponed” with a note that “Rescheduled details will be coming soon…

While we wait for the Horrors to follow-up 2009’s excellent Primary Colours, front man Faris Badwan has started another band (he’s adamant it’s not a “side project”), Cat’s Eyes, a duo with Rachel Zewffira, a Canadian opera soprano and classical multi-instrumentalist…

You know they know all the dates already, but they’re gonna force us to go through this anyway. LiveDaily reports:”It looks like The Police reunion tour is a big hit with fans: All eight markets that have gone on sale so far have sold out, according to organizers…