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Gorilla vs Bear posted their lists of their favorite albums (35) and songs (100) of 2014. Though the albums list does have some of the stuff you always see (like The War On Drugs), it’s mostly got a lot of unique choices like Recycle Culture, Korallreven, Yumi Zouma, Beverly, Panda Bear‘s EP and more, and the #1 is pretty unique too…

of Montreal, Deerhoof, Ducktails, The Dodos, Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado, and Jacco Gardner are a few of the artists who’ll be contributing to Polyvinyl’s 4-Track Singles Series Vol…

As has become a tradition, one of CMJ‘s 2014 kickoff events is the New Zealand artists showcase on October 21 at The Studio at Webster Hall (it used to happen at Le Poisson Rouge) with PopStrangers, Orchestra of the Spheres, DOPRAH, and Chelsea Jade…

Damien Rice is playing The Box on October 16 & 18, and Warsaw in between on October 17. Tickets for The Box shows and the Warsaw show are on artist presale now (if you’re on his mailing list you should have the password), and general on-sale begins Friday (9/19) at noon…

The Downtown Music Festival is back, and will stage events in five cities this year. The dates and locations are:Downtown Cleveland – September 19 & 20 Downtown Minneapolis – September 26 & 27 Downtown New York – October 2-4 Downtown Los Angeles – November 7 & 8 Downtown Houston – November 14 & 15Lineups are mostly still TBA, but NYC, as you can see in the flyer above, will feature rising 90s throwback pop star Kiesza along with Animal Collective sideproject Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, Bradford Cox of Deerhunter’s Atlas Sound, Autre Ne Veut, Tobacco, Jungle, Vacationer, IAMSU…

The annual CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 21 – 25 at venues all over NYC. We’ve heard about a few bands who are heading here during that time (Slowdive, The Wytches, The Ocean Blue, Tom Vek and Courtney Barnett to name four) but CMJ threw an announcement party tonight (8/27) at Bowery Electric and the line-up is now out…

San Francisco pop duo Painted Palms released their debut album, Forever, earlier this year which mixes Beatlesque melodies and dancefloor proclivities…

The World/Inferno Friendship Society are playing Bowery Ballroom on February 8. Tickets to that show go on sale today at noon. Light Asylum are playing Glasslands on December 20…