Sam Mickens

DOWNLOAD: Blue Hawaii - In Two (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Blue Hawaii - In Two II (MP3) Braids side project Blue Hawaii, who played the 2011 BrooklynVegan CMJ showcase with Braids, have come up a lot on this site since right before CMJ 2012 (which Braids also played)...

Royal Baths are opening for Moon Duo tomorrow night (10/5) at Knitting Factory and the show will be their first with a new line-up that includes Lesley Hann of Friends on bass (who seems to have left that group, along with Matthew Molnar, if their most recent 285 Kent show is any indication)...

Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Edie Brickell, Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, James Taylor, and more are playing the Children's Health Fund 25th Anniversary Concert at Radio City Music Hall on Octobe...

DOWNLOAD: Callers - "Heroes" (MP3) Callers at MHOW last week (more by Amanda Hatfield) Brooklyn's Callers, who just wrapped up a tour with Wye Oak which hit the NYC area twice last week, are heading out this October as a support act for Dirty Projectors on their European tour...

DOWNLOAD: oOoOO - "NoWayBack" (Ft. Butterclock) (MP3) Sam Mickens w/ Zac Pennington at Ecstatic Music Festival (more by David Andrako) Late last year, Sam Mickens announced a split 7" with Voice on Tape due out "winter 2011/2012...

DOWNLOAD: Perfume Genius - "All Waters" (MP3) Sam Mickens at Silent Barn in 2010 (more by Amanda Dandaneu) Sam Mickens of The Dead Science and who also plays as a member of Parenthetical Girls released his solo debut LP, Slay & Slake, in late November...

Parenthetical Girls recently kicked off an east coast tour which brought the band to the NYC-area three times so far, for a Glasslands show (pictured above), an early show at SUNY Purchase (12/3) and a night show at Santos the same day...

YACHT recently played Fun Fun Fun Fest and went on a tour with Yo Gabba Gabba. We've got another set of pictures from their set at FFF Fest in this post...

In exciting new album news:"The legendary singer KATE BUSH will release her brand new studio album 50 Words For Snow via Anti-Records this November 21st...

Though currently knee deep in a tour with Extra Life (who have a new tour-only 12"), Sam Mickens has released a new video for "One Final Round", out now via iTunes and due on 7" on 8/23 via Shatter Your Leaves...