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In a move that hearkened back to the website's earlier days, Pitchfork slammed New York buzz band Diet Cig with a 5.1 review. Then came the Twitter outrage...

Eleanor Friedberger took time off from writing and recording her new album to appear in artist Sara Magenheimer's film False Alphabets, that was made through SoHo gallery Recess Art...

Thuston Moore at Bowery Ballroom, Aptil 2013 (more by Greg Cristman) Have you been to Summer Thunder at Union Pool yet? Outside of our own shows at the venue (with Heavy Blanket/Love as Laughter and with Inter Arma/Anicon/Pyrrhon), the FREE weekly (21+) series has been hosting great shows every Saturday afternoon...

NYC band Drowners (formerkly known as The Drowners), who we were recently talking about, have signed to Frenchkiss Records..."In April, they signed to NY label Frenchkiss...

Brisbane, Australia's Emma Louise will be playing a bunch of shows during CMJ (less than two weeks away) but if you want to catch her earlier than that, she's making her NYC debut at Rockwood Music Hall tonight (10/5) with an early 7:30 set (it's also free)...

As mentioned previously, Brooklyn's Suckers' have a new album, Candy Salad, which is now out on Frenchkiss. The band plays a record release party tonight (May 1) at Glasslands with openers Acrylics, Turn to Crime and Papertwin...

Bloc Party at Terminal 5 in 2009 (more by Faith-Ann Young) After rumors of Bloc Party kicking out frontman Kele Okereke circulated and were denied, Kele posted a note to the band's website stating that they've signed to Frenchkiss...

Devin @ Hotel Vegan - SXSW 2012 (more by Tim Griffin) Celebrating his new LP, Romancing, out tomorrow (4/10) via Frenchkiss (which is streaming in full at Spinner), Brooklyn retro rocker Devin is headlining Mercury Lounge tonight (4/9) with opener, Young Rival...

Suckers at Terminal 5 in 2010 (more by Matthew Eisman) Brooklyn psych poppers Suckers are set to release the followup to their 2010 debut, Wild Smile, on April 24 via Frenchkiss...

DOWNLOAD: Crocodiles - "Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)" (MP3) Noisy-shoegaze band Crocodiles, previously a duo but now a 5-piece, will welcome Endless Flowers on June 5th via Frenchkiss Records (and June 4th overseas via Souterrain Transmissions)...