If you're a fan of chiming, jangly indiepop made by stripey-shirt-wearing musicians wielding 12-string Rickenbackers, Chime School will scratch that winsome itch.
The Slumberland 30 party features an all-Brooklyn lineup including Peel Dream Magazine, Jeanines, The Natvral (Kip from Pains of Being Pure at Heart) and Pale Lights.
This week: great indiepop label Slumberland Records is doing a singles club for its 30th anniversary; an essential Fall compilation is getting its first-ever U.S. vinyl release; plus The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Kelley Stoltz, and Warm Drag (Oh Sees / K-holes).
This week in the Indie Basement: influential C86 comp gets another sequel; the crisp-but-melted pop of Chicago's Deeper, plus new singles from Smokescreens (members of Terry Malts), Sweden's Les Big Byrd, and Arp.
Slumberland Records founder and Black Tambourine / Manatee member Mike Schulman has a new band called Hard Left, and the indie pop sounds you may associate him with are nowhere to be foun...
Nails at Saint Vitus, 5/3/2013 (more by Lukas Hodge)
The monster IO-sponsored bill of hardcore-influenced favorites Nails, Xibalba and Early Graves featuring Nails, Xibalba and Early Graves came to a close in Philadelphia, one day after a showing at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn on May 3...
DOWNLOAD: Lorelei - Hammer Meet Tongs (MP3)
As you may have read on this very site, '90s era DC dream poppers Lorelei will release a new album, Enterprising Sidewalks, next month on Slumberland Records, the same label that put out their 1995 debut...
Weekend at BVSXSW 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)
San Francisco noise merchants Weekend have just put the finishing touches on their second album for Slumberland which should be out later this year...
Lorelei at Slumberland 20 (more by Tim Griffin)
'90s era DC shoegazers Lorelei came out of retirement a in 2006 years ago, having notably played the Slumberland 20th Anniversary at Bell House in 2009 and the Chickfactor anniversary in Arlington, VA this spring...