Spanish Prisoners

The third annual Brooklyn Rock Lottery happened at Knitting Factory on Saturday (12/1). Musicians of varying styles and ages met at 10 AM and put their names in a hat and the five drummers picked their bandmates at random out of it...

DOWNLOAD: Twin Sister - Kimi in a Rice Field (Spanish Prisoners remix) (MP3) Spanish Prisoners' most recent album, Gold Fools, is only about eight months old but the Brooklyn band have a new cassette-only release, Prior Art, which will be out June 26 and "contains reworkings of songs by Clams Casino and Twin Sister, as well as remixes by shape shifters Sun Glitters and Rimar, mixed with gooey ambient stretches and swirling electronic interludes...

Tickets on sale at noon for a June 1st Freelance Whales show at Bowery Ballroom with Spanish Prisoners. You can also catch Freelance Whale this year at Governors Ball...

DOWNLOAD: Sophia Knapp - Close to Me (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sophia Knapp - Into the Waves (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cardinal - Love Like Rain (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cardinal - Carbolic Smoke Ball (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Savoir Adore - Dreamers (Golden Pony remix) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Savoir Adore - Dreamers (MP3) Things are beginning to heat up, show-wise, as SXSW gets closer so if you're going to Austin you might do the smart thing and stay home and rest...

DOWNLOAD: Cloud Nothings - "No Future/No Past" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Cloud Nothings - "Stay Useless" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: My Best Fiend - "Higher Palms" (MP3) The column comes early as it's a busy week and there are lots of shows to talk about...

DOWNLOAD: Parlovr - Heaven/Hell (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Atlas Sound - Terra Incognita (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Atlas Sound- Te Amo (MP3) It's that time of year again, so let's sing it up real pretty...

"When i arrived at the mercury lounge a little after 8 char was already in the mostly empty performance area in the back enjoying the pop stylings of an impossibly young-looking (and quite decent) pop band called spanish prisoners...

Lord Huron @ Bowery Ballroom during CMJ (more by Amanda Hatfield) Femi Kuti's current North American tour hits Highline Ballroom in NYC tonight (4/26)...

DOWNLOAD: Jaguar Club - Beat of My Heart (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Jaguar Club - Who Says We're Last? (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Spanish Prisoners - Los Angeles Guitar Dream EP (Zip) JEFF the Brotherhood @ Death By Audio (more by Leia Jospe) Nashville's JEFF the Brotherhood are back in town this weekend and if you missed Jake and Jamin's four-show run at Death by Audio last month you should definitely try to make one of their three area shows: Cake Shop on Friday (5/22), Bruar Falls on Saturday (5/23) or Death by Audio on Tuesday (5/26)...

The Walkmen @ Masonic Temple in December (more by Natasha Ryan)"We live in scary times. Sure, we might wonder how that inane Southern California woman is going to feed fourteen mouths, but what about the family whose breadwinners lost their jobs, and now have not only no money to pay the mortgage, but feed their kids...