Rush Midnight

The record features contributions from Russ Manning (Rush Midnight), Victoria Bergsman (Concretes) and others, and sites jazz fusion, Kings of Convenience, Kamasi Washington, and Steely Dan among the influences.

LA band Superhumanoids released their second album Do You Feel OK? earlier this month via Innovative Leisure. It's thumping synthpop that avoids the slicked-up, watered-down approach to that genre that continues to rise in popular...

Lemonade released Orchid Bloom last year via Cascine and they just shared a remix of its title track of labels Italians Do It Better, Troubleman Ltd and 2MR, (and new project Pale Blue)...

Teenage Fanclub @ Williamsburg Waterfront 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Sun Kil Moon at Pitchfork Fest 2014 (more by James Richards IV) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...

Lower at Chaos In Tejas 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...

German electronic singer/songwriter/producer Roosevelt (real name Marius Lauber), who came over to our shores on his own last summer, is set to return this March with his band (they're a trio for live sets) for SXSW, and he'll be doing a few other US dates before and after that...

If you were wondering, The Pizza Underground's 15 minutes are not up yet. The novelty tribute act -- which counts MaCaulay Culkin as a member -- who played a free show at Brooklyn's Baby's All Right back in December, have a couple more NYC shows coming up...

We recently discussed some of the hip hop at CMJ, and now here's a breakdown of some of the electronic music. On Thursday (10/17), Cascine and Driftless Recordings are doing a showcase at Cameo which includes Italians Do It Better co-founder Mike Simonetti, Finnish duo Shine 2009 (stream their new album below), Ejecta (aka the new collaboration of Ford & Lopatin's Joel Ford and Neon Indian's Leanne Macomber -- stream some tracks below), Heavenly Beat, Rush Midnight (aka former Twin Shadow bassist Russ Manning), North Americans, and DJ sets from Korallreven and Bruce Smear...

Onetime Beach Fossils bassist John Pena will release Prominence, his second album as Heavenly Beat, next week (10/15) via Captured Tracks. Much like his first record, with lightly plucked classical guitar, synth steel drums, skittering beats and whispered vocals, Prominence could pass for genuine turn-of-the-millenium Scandinavian indiepop (think Kings of Convenience or The Embassy)...

Savoir Adore headlined Music Hall of Williamsburg earlier this month (9/21), with opening sets from The Suzan and Ski Lodge. For their biggest NYC show to date, they played with a beefed-up, extra-percussive line-up joined by members of St...