Jorge Elbrecht

The pedigree behind the boards is impressive, working with Guy Fixsen (My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, Wire) and Jorge Elbrecht (No Joy, Frankie Rose), plus cover art by 4AD design alum Timothy O’Donnell.

Frankie’s currently on tour with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and has NYC & LA release shows later this year.

Kirin’s new LP features Weyes Blood, Mac Demarco, Owen Pallett, Connan Mockasin, James Chance, Alex Cameron, The Finn Family (Neil & Liam), and more. The new video is really something else.

It’ll be out in June via Slumberland and Grey Market, the new label that just released No Joy’s ‘Creep’ EP.

Montreal’s loudest shoegazers flirt with dance music on “Hellhole,” which is not a Spinal Tap cover. Or is it?

There are still loud, layered guitars and ethereal harmonies, but No Joy’s focus is sharper here, and lead single “Califone” one of their catchiest songs to date.

The cassette is a teaser for the Brooklyn shoegaze band’s new album, due out next year.

Tamaryn is back with a new dancier/synthier direction and album, titled Cranekiss, that is out August 28 via Mexican Summer. For it she collaborated with Weekend’s Shaun Durkan on the songs (he’s in her new live lineup too) and Jorge Elbrecht of Violens produced…

Jorge Elbrecht‘s (Lansing Dreiden, Violens) metal band Coral Cross recently released its debut seven inch on Mexican Summer and played the cool-looking Pioneer Works down in Red Hook…

and Andrew Sacher It’s been a while since we’ve done one of our video roundups, but there were just too many good videos this week to pass up the opportunity…