The Pines

Listen to new songs by Cursive, Empress Of, Lily Allen, Richard Ashcroft, Juicy J + Travis Scott, BADBADNOTGOOD + Little Dragon, Mick Jenkins, and more.

Califone at BV-SXSW 2010 (more by Tim Griffin) Long-running Chicago indie rockers Califone and S. Carey, aka Sean Carey of Bon Iver (who released a new album this year), will be going on a short co-headlining tour in September which hits NYC on 9/7 at Le Poisson Rouge...

Belle & Sebastian's Stevie Jackson is a genuine charmer. Headlining the final night of Chickfactor 20: For the Love of Pop at The Bell House, he did much of the set solo (and with a scraggly beard and a bushy head of hair, Jackson looked a lot like Angel from The Rockford Files) and held the crowd's attention the whole time, performing a mix of Belle & Sebastian songs (not necesarilly his own), songs from his new solo album (I Can't Get No) Stevie Jackson, and covers (including a surprisingly great take on Elton John's "Rocket Man"). He's ...

DOWNLOAD: Black Tambourine - What's Your Game? (MP3) Between most songs in Black Tambourine's set, Mike Schulman, Archie Moore, and (Washington City Paper staffer) Brian Nelson switched off between guitar, bass, and percussion...