City Slang

“Matador won’t be putting it out. It’s too political (which I think especially now music SHOULD be) and the sound is not exactly mainstream,” EMA wrote. It’ll be out on City Slang worldwide.

EMA at Coachella 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Erika M. Anderson’s official debut album as EMA, Past Life Martyred Saints, came out back in 2011 (one of our favorites of that year), and she’s now set to release its followup, The Future’s Void, this spring on her new label homes of Matador and Cit…

Archers of Loaf (more by Josh Darr) today in NYC * Anthony Jeselnik @ Caroline’s * Matt Singer @ Littlefield * Questlove @ Brooklyn Bowl * Guards, Kuroma @ Mercury Lounge * The Bacon Brothers @ City Winery * Urban Guerilla Orchesta @ BB King’s * The Bad Plus @ Blue Note Jazz Fest * Punch Brothers, Jesca Hoop @ Town Hall * Miike Snow, Penguin Prison @ Terminal 5 * Twin Shadow, Terrible Living @ Glasslands * Ryuichi Sakamoto, Aya Nishina @ The Stone * Now vs…

Yo La Tengo @ the Bell House in September (more by David Andrako) All eight Yo La Tengo Hanukkah shows are sold out, and frankly, even catching a free Yo La Tengo show during CMJ can’t compensate for missing one of those shows, so I won’t pretend this is good news for those that got shut out of Maxwell’s, but this is good news nonetheless…