Toys and Tiny Instruments Band

Toys & Tiny Instruments released LP (stream it), playing shows

Whimsical NYC collective Toys & Tiny Instruments will release their long-percolating debut album, Thunder Clap Machine, on Friday (3/1). As their name implies it’s serious pop music but made with kazoos, stylofones, ukulele’s, slide whistles and other toys and tiny instruments…

Howler, Fujiya & Miyagi, Dinowalrus, Pre War, Jonathan Wilson, Royal Baths & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Howler – I Told You Once (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Fujiya & Miyagi – Ecstatic Dancer (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dinowalrus – What Now (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pre War – Out There (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Royal Baths – Darling Divine (MP3) Welcome to the Stop SOPA edition of TWII. Do…

Dive, Caged Animals, Ladytron, Taste of the Seaport, Psychic Paramount & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Dive – Sometime (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Caged Animals – Teflon Heart (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Caged Animals – Girls on Medication (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Heaven’s Gate – Weakness Worms (MP3) It’s a fairly quiet post-ATP weekend, which is fine…

Silly Kissers, Grimes, Wolf Gang, Toys & Tiny Instruments, Turbo Fruits & more in This Week in Indie

DOWNLOAD: Silly Kissers – Treat Me Like You Do (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Grimes – Weregild (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wolf Gang – Lions in Cages (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wolf Gang – Pieces of You (MP3) It’s the weekend before CMJ which is usually pretty quiet, but…

Sound Bites Lunchtime Series @ the Seaport (free shows from noon-two in May & June!)

South Street Seaport (more by Chris La Putt) Bill Pearis teamed up with the folks behind the South Street Seaport concerts to put together a “Lunchtime Series” of free shows at Pier 17 this summer…