Ravens and Chimes

As mentioned, Los Angeles trio LA Font are heading towards the Atlantic this weekend for their first East Coast tour. Just in time is the video for their song "Onshore," from their debut album...

by Bill Pearis It's late April, time for The L Magazine's annual "8 Bands You Need to Hear" list. Like always, there's a few you've probably heard, a few you've heard of, and a few who may be new to you entirely...

DOWNLOAD: Field Mouse - "Happy" (MP3) Field Mouse at Glasslands last month (more by Devan Council) Gotye collaborator Kimbra, who appears on "Somebody That I Used to Know" and is touring with him just scheduled her own NYC show happening on March 26 at Mercury Lounge in between the two sold out Gotye shows...

today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Son of a Gun @ Joe's Pub * The Lonely Island @ Apple Store SoHo * Ulysses S. Grant @ The Living Room * Josh Roseman Water Surgeons @ Barbes * Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @ Littlefield * The Features, Backwords @ Mercury Lounge * Jim Campilongo Electric Trio @ The Living Room * Kinky Friedman, Mary McBride @ Highline Ballroom * Karl Berger's Stone Workshop Orchestra @ The Stone * Corridors, Bow Ribbons, Greenpot Bluepot @ Zebulon * Yael Naim & David Donatien, Anath @ Le Poisson Rouge * Sherlock's Daughter, New Moods, Slowdance @ Knitting Factory * J-Roddy Walston & The Business, These United States @ Brooklyn Bowl * Freak Owls, Murder Mystery, Ravens & Chimes, Secret Gordon @ Rock Shop (free) * Small Beast w/ Craig Casey & The Fresh Juice Party, Burnt Rome, Val Opielski @ The Delancey * John Maus, Gary War, Holy Shit, DJ International Tapes, DJ Weird Magic @ Glasslands You can see New Moods at Knitting Factory tonight for free...

"Anni Rossi is not the first to use a classical instrument in a rock 'n' roll context. But this violist isn't playing polite chamber pop -- she's rocking her instrument, with covers of Aaliyah, Ace of Base and Radiohead, as well as original compositions...

DOWNLOAD: Ravens & Chimes - Division St (MP3) It should be no surprise that Elvis Perkins joined Diamond Doves on stage at their CMJ show at The Rock Shop on Tuesday night...

DOWNLOAD: Mystery Jets - Flash a Hungry Smile (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Mystery Jets - Dreaming of Another World (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dominant Legs - About My Girls (MP3) Mystery Jets are reportedly stuck in Canada with visa issues that are going to cause them to miss their headlining slot at Mercury Lounge tonight (9/14)...

"So we did it. It took two years and a lot of very hard work and difficult decisions but we have finished recording our second album. Would have written more during the process but we were pretty focused in to the task at hand...

"The Joy Formidable is the first band signed to Black Bell Records, the label founded's synth player/sampler Ayad Al Adhamy. The band will release their Black Bell debut, an eight-song EP titled , on May 4...

One night after opening for The Watson Twins in Brooklyn, Norway's Hanne Hukkelberg headlined her own show (an early one) at the Mercury Lounge on Saturday (2/13)...