Shine 2009

30 artists to see at CMJ 2013 (Ex Hex, Hop Along, Yuck, Courtney Barnett, Eagulls, Schoolboy Q, Shine 2009 & more)

and Bill Pearis Hop Along at Saint Vitus in September (more by Vladislav Grach) Sure, NYC has a lot of great shows almost every night of the week…

Heavenly Beat readies 'Prominence' (LP and track streams), playing CMJ shows and other dates

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)…

video round-up (Mazzy Star, Holy Ghost!, FKA twigs, Har Mar Superstar, Superchunk & more)

and Andrew Sacher We already posted a bunch of videos this week like MGMT, Schoolboy Q & Kendrick Lamar, Elvis Costello & The Roots, Pixies, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Dream Boys, Les Savy Fav, Yuck, and more…

Finnish duo Shine 2009 releasing 'Our Nation' and playing CMJ in October (streams)

Helsinki, Finland duo Shine 2009 will release their second album, Our Nation, on October 15 via Cascine in North America and Modular in the rest of the world…

Com Truise & Tobacco on tour, play Brooklyn tonight (dates)

Com Truise at Public Assembly earlier this month (more by Ryan Muir) Princeton, NJ’s Com Truise and Tobacco teamed up for some dates, including one in Philly last night (4/18) and another in Brooklyn tonight, Thursday (4/19) at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Beacon, Shine 2009, and Selebrities…