Mates of State

Mates of State performing at free "Late Night Basement with Chris Rose" show in Brooklyn

Mates of State at Mercury Lounge in 2011 (more by David Andrako) Mates of State have just announced a free show on Friday (8/22) at Pine Box Rock Shop as part of the monthly comedy/music series Late Night Basement With Chris Rose…

Mates of State, 'Broad City' stars & more playing LGBTQ benefit at Le Poisson Rouge

Mates of State at Mercury Lounge in 2011 (more by David Andrako) Several musicians and comedians are teaming up to perform at The Ally Coalition’s benefit show in NYC on June 25 at Le Poisson Rouge…

Mates of State playing seated acoustic shows, 2 at Joe's Pub

Mates of State at Bumbershoot 2013 (more by Melissa O’Hearn) Indie pop duo Mates of State began a “seated acoustic piano / drums / voices / strings / horns” tour in Boston this past weekend (3/15), and they’ll continue playing those shows through April…

watch Mates of State play a new song (a BrooklynVegan Soundwave Session), part of Barsuk @ Bumbershoot (pics)

Husband-and-wife indie pop duo Mates of State stopped by the Toyota Soundwave tent at Bumbershoot in Seattle to play us a few songs. One of those songs was a new track called “Now We’re Gonna Get It” which we caught on video with the help of director Paul Greenhouse…

Bumbershoot this weekend, look for BrooklynVegan & Barsuk in the Soundwave tent (schedule)

Like we did at Firefly, Lollapalooza, and Outside Lands, BrooklynVegan will be taking over 2-3 hours of the Soundwave tent each day at Bumbershoot in Seattle this Labor Day Weekend…

Barsuk Records 15th Anniversary Lineup + Cymbals Eat Guitars tour dates

Seattle label Barsuk began its life as a way for This Busy Monster to put out their 7″ singles, but began in earnest in 1998 with the release of Death Cab for Cutie‘s Something About Airplanes…

The Postal Service playing Metro during Lollapalooza

The Postal Service @ Coachella 2013 (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) As discussed, The Postal Service are one of the many acts who will be headed to Chicago next month to perform at Lollapalooza 2013…

Governors Ball day 1 in pics (part 2): Beach House, Polica, Holy Ghost!, Bear Mountain & more

note: these pictures were posted for about a minute yesterday, but due to a website malfunction, they disappeared. so here they are… You’ve already seen pictures of the rainy, muddy, first day of Governors Ball, and here’s more in this post…

Bumbershoot 2013 lineup & tix (Death Cab for Cutie, MGMT, Kendrick Lamar, Breeders, Zombies, Alt-J, Deerhunter & more)

Bumbershoot is returning to Seattle this year from August 31 to September 2 at Seattle Center. This year’s lineup was just announced, and it includes Death Cab for Cutie performing Transatlanticism (in case The Postal Service reuniting wasn’t enough Ben Gibbard nostalgia for you), Kendrick Lamar, MGMT, The Breeders, The Zombies, Alt-J, Deerhunter, Baroness, Crystal Castles, Gary Numan, Joey Bada$$, Eric Burdon, Bob Mould, David Bazan, Charli XCX, Redd Kross, The Men and m…

Postal Service now on tour -- watch live video; Mates of State & Ra Ra Riot added as openers (updated dates)

The Postal Service @ Mondavi Center, Davis, CA last night (via @naseemk) It’s a big week for The Postal Service, whose 10th anniversary edition of their sole album, Give Up, was released on Tuesday (4/9)…
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