Literature

This week we've got a memoir from Robert Forester of The Go-Betweens, a whole bunch of Saint Etienne reissues, and buzzsaw pop from Los Angeles' Flat Worms. Plus, two premieres: one a collaboration between two French-language acts, and a band whose name sounds like they might be French (but aren't).

When not fronting Literature, Nate Cardaci also makes music as part of Tres Oui. While still within what you might call "dreampop," Tres Oui are slightly less manic...

Indie pop labels Slumberland and Fortuna Pop are teaming up for a four-way split EP featuring bands from the U.S. and the UK...

Montreal's Sheer Agony are hopping across the Canadian Border this weekend for a couple East Coast shows. They'll play NYC's Cake Shop on Saturday, April 16 with Philadelphia's Literature, plus Home Lives, Ratbath, and DJ Paul Bruno spinning between sets...

Having already released an EP this year via Slumberland, Baltimore's scrappy, jangly Expert Alterations have announced their debut LP, You Can't Always Be Liked, will be out October 30 via Kanine Records...

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Raekwon @ SOB's Raekwon's timeless debut solo album, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (aka The Purple Tape), turned 20 earlier this month and in celebration of that, Rae's been on tour playing songs from...

We've done a few of these "Band Vs. Band" posts over the years, but maybe never one where both bands have the exact same names, similar(ish) sounds, formation dates, and factoids...

As mentioned, former Oxford Collapse frontman Mike Pace will release Best Boy, his album with new band The Child Actors, on January 13. You may have seen the funny video for "Fire Sale" already, but now you can stream the whole album of quality no-nonsense indie rock (via Stereogum), below...

A Sunny Day In Glasgow returned this year with Sea When Absent, arguably their most ambitious record to date, and perhaps their most acclaimed too...

Literature @ CMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Philadelphia's Literature just released the video for "New Jacket" which is off this year's Chorus, their first album for Slumberland...