Stream: Urban Cone — Our Youth EP

“From time to time, there will come along someone a little younger, a bit more talented and better looking. In 1993, Leonardo DiCaprio blew us away on the silver screen. 2005, Christiano Ronaldo scored in his opening game for Manchester United. In 2010, Urban Cone entered our world and nothing will ever be the same … Read more

WU LYF — We Bros (Video)

Just last week we caught WU LYF at Music Hall as they touched down in Brooklyn on their North American tour. In house DJ @Internetxplorer played between sets, Crystal Antlers were there too, it was super fun. WU LYF cross and @internetxplorer This single “We Bros” has become quite an anthem of bro-therly love at … Read more

Gauntlet Hair — Top Bunk (Video)

Gauntlet Hair @ Cameo for CMJ 10/24/11 Dever duo Gauntlet Hair has a new video for their track “Top Bunk” directed by William Doyle which features scenes from all those silly Schwarzenegger films, building up to some PG-13 cuts of Terminator and the like, e.g.smashed heads, impaled bodies, etc. http://www.vimeo.com/32863928 Gauntlet Hair is playing Glasslands this … Read more

Walls — Sunporch (Video)

Ambiant eltro wanderers WALLS premiered the color stitched video for their single “Sunporch” last week on Pitchfork. The emotive London-based duo will welcome their sophomore LP Coracleinto the world tomorrow September 27th via Kompakt. WALLS is playing Cameo Gallery this Saturday, October 1st with Nullsleep // Matt Shadetek // Ancient Ocean Get yr tickets HERE

Interview: Blouse

Ah the west coast strikes again, enter Portland-based trio Blouse and their oh so well-woven dream pop. Forming less than a year again, the project includes the hushed power of Charlie Hilton’s vocals, Patrick Adams, and Jacob Portrait (who has produced with the likes of The Dandy Warhols, The Mint Chicks, and Starfucker).  The guys … Read more

Cloud Nothings at Glasslands

Words and pictures by @amandadissinger It was a Saturday night. The crowd was full of realll cooool kids (including Steve Wozniak, seriously) anxiously waiting to see Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings. The Cloudies played their entire new album, Attack on Memory, out January 24th via Carpark and some old faves with support from Hunters, Plates of Cake and … Read more

Interview: Nite Jewel

Nite Jewel is such a well-tailored moniker for LA based synth fetishist Ramona Gonzalez and her dark gem hued disco pop. Not that it’s all in a name, Gonzalez, who counts multi-media artist and a degree in Philosophy among her many accomplishments, is a musician who really exudes cohesion and consistency–characteristics that reflect a real self-cultivated point of … Read more

Interview: Crooked Fingers

Eric Bachmann is literally all over the place. It seems like every time I go to check in on the guy he’s moved across country, living in China, changing his band, dropping a label, dropping a record… This year has been particularly full of twists and turns, jumping back into a reunion tour with good old Archers … Read more

Diamond Rings at Glasslands

I have to say, I’m super psyched that our first real post is about Diamond Rings, a natural born, larger than life, super star in the making – Glasslands surely won’t contain him much longer. BOOM. We will, dude. We will. Diamond Rings is John O’Regan – Toronto’s one-man show – a tall skinny dude … Read more