synthpop act Cellars releasing Ariel Pink-produced LP (watch the “Nighttime Girl” video)
She'll play Communion NYC's April takeover of Rockwood Music Hall after hitting SXSW.
Junior Prom
Darwin Deez played Baby’s All Right (pics), expands tour including another NYC show (dates…
Darwin Deez previewed songs off his forthcoming third album, Double Down, at Baby's All Right last week (8/26). He and the band, who still take breaks for some choreographed dance moves every few songs, played new singles "Time Machine" and "Kill Your Attitude" in between ol…
Darwin Deez releasing ‘Double Down’ in September, playing Brooklyn this week, touring this…
Darwin Deez will release his third album, Double Down, via Lucky Number on September 18. It finds him in pretty much the same danceable guitar pop mode as his 2009 debut, scaling back a bit from 2013's more lush Songs For Imaginative People, with spare arrangements allowing for a lot of breathi…
Total Slacker made two new videos, touring (dates, streams)
Brooklyn's Total Slacker released Slip Away earlier this year, a serious '90s nostalgia trip. The band have cranked out two new videos in the last week, gearing up for a tour with Bear Hands and Junior Prom...
CMJ 2013 initial line-up released
The 2013 CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 15 - 19 at clubs all over New York City. As we've been tweeting about at @BVCMJ, tonight (8/27), the CMJ folks held an announcement party at Bowery Electric with live performances from Weekend and Magic Man...
Black Kids played Mercury Lounge (pics) and Glasslands
Florida band Black Kids got a bit of a bum rap, one of the first casualties of the ramped-up hype cycle we now live in. After the shrugs they received from their rushed debut album (less than a year after people went nuts for their free, enjoyable Wizard of Ahhs EP), the band wisely took time out to…
FACT names the top 40 reissues of 2012; Monoton playing NYC
FACT recently posted their Top 40 Best Reissues of 2012 list (check out the whole thing HERE) and the number one spot went to Monotonprodukt07, the 1982 album (aka Austrian electronic musician Konrad Becker)...