Fresh and Onlys

Spearheaded by Heidi Alexander (The Sandwitches), the latest planetary Earth Girl Helen Brown EP features John Dwyer (OSEES), Bjorn Copeland (Black Dice), Bart Davenport, Tim Cohen (Fresh & Onlys), Emmett Kelly, and more.

Listen to new songs by Arca, Hannibal Buress & Chrome Sparks, Braids, Jess Williamson, Disheveled Cuss, Self Defense Family, Elephant Stone, The Dears, Woolen Men, and more.

Written mostly on piano and recorded on vintage gear, the Miles says the album was written with vinyl's format in mind, with louder songs kicking off each side before moving toward more intimate, quieter songs.

In 2009, Castle Face released The Fresh & Onlys' debut album, one of two they'd release that year. It was culled from dozens of songs Tim Cohen and Shayde Sartin recorded (with help from Wymond Miles) in off-hours from their jobs at Amoeba Records in San Francisco...

The Fresh & Onlys' fifth album, House of Spirits, will be out June 10 via Mexican Summer. (Pre-order yours.) You may have already heard the fuzz-and-harmonied "Bells of Paonia" but the San Francisco quartet have shared a couple more since...

Mexican Summer's 5th Anniversary celebration is this weekend (October 11 & 12) happening at Pioneer Works in Red Hook. The shows will happen inside and outdoors and Friday (10/11) features Ariel Pink, Tamaryn, The Fresh & Onlys, Mike Wexler, Bobb Trimble's Flying Spiders, and Home Blitz; Saturday (10/12) has Spiritualized, No Joy, Connan Mockasin (first US show), a reunited Lansing-Dreiden, Co-La, Lilacs & Champagne, Happy Jawbone Family Band, folk cult hero Linda Perhacs (first NY show), Quilt, Weyes Blood and Soldiers of Fortune. Tickets ar...

The Fresh & Onlys are back with a new EP titled Soothsayer, which is out September 24 via Mexican Summer. (That's the cover art above.) T...

Real Estate @ Crest Hardware, Dec. 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) As mentioned, the closing night concert of the Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge Festival is happening May 19 at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Phillip Glass, Van Dyke Parks and Friends...

Tim Cohen of Fresh & Onlys/Magic Trick in Big Sur in 2011 (more by Natasha Ryan) The Fresh & Onlys are in town this week, playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday with Quilt and tickets are still available. If...

Grimes @ Pier 84, August 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * The Weeknd @ Terminal 5 * Just Blaze, DJ Soul @ Santos * Pet Bottle Ningen @ The Stone * Nouvelle Vague @ Irving Plaza * 2:54, Jangula @ Mercury Lounge * Al Green @ The Capitol Theatre * Lez Zeppelin @ Highline Ballroom * Counting Crows @ Roseland Ballroom * Tin Horses, Baked @ Death By Audio * CMA Songwriters Series @ Joe's Pub * Milo Greene, Lucius @ Bowery Ballroom * Silent Drape Runners @ Magic Futurebox * Langhorne Slim & The Law @ Brooklyn Bowl * Gabe Kahane, Shara Worden, Brooklyn RIder @ Carnegie Hall * Disclosure, Jim-e Stack @ Mercury Lounge * Pamelia Kurstin with Pete Drungle @ Barbes * Bitch Magnet, Moss Icon @ (le) poisson rouge * Poison Dartz, Robin Vote, Eartheater @ Zebulon * Grimes, Myths, Mykki Blanco @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Mia Riddle & Her Band, Balene, Paul Jefferson, CBX @ Union Pool * Lazer Cake, Junior Prom, Rocket & The Ghost @ Cameo Gallery * Ratking, Sinkane of Yeasayer, Physical Therapy DJ set @ Puma Store * THEESatisfaction, Mykki Blanco, Wishes, DJ Mursi Layne @ Grasslands * The New Trust (members of Velvet Teen), Des Ark, Active Bird Community @ Cake Shop * He's My Brother She's My Sister, Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles @ Knitting Factory * The Hate My Day Jobs, Lost Boy?, Queen Orl...