This band could be your life.
Jul 12th, 2006 40 Comments
Glad you all had a blast with Les Savy Fav at our favorite new outdoor venue. Stereogum's not involved in putting on this second show, but we'll be there:McCarren Park Pool, Brooklyn 7/16/06
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Jun 20th, 2006 15 Comments
Fuss-worthy folkies just don't come easy. But from the deep morass of capos and acoustics we have Elvis Perkins's Ash Wednesday, a stellar debut from a rising NY singer-songwriter. Double bass,… Read Story »
May 15th, 2006 25 Comments
I've been obsessed with this song lately, and it makes me regret not checking out L-D sooner. About time indie rock got a bright injection of new romanticism. (What can I say, I'm a child of the… Read Story »
May 2nd, 2006 40 Comments
Yes, Stereogum too has been obsessed with Lily Allen. Especially because we know almost nothing about the blogosphere's newest download darling from across the pond. When ThighsWideShut passed us an… Read Story »
Apr 28th, 2006 24 Comments
"Regan babies, missile fears, and international blues. ... Using songs of Dylan, B. Holiday, and the Velvet Underground as a road map, they strive to manipulate, structure, and style their music with… Read Story »
Apr 27th, 2006 55 Comments
And now that the MP3 blogs have done Tapes 'n' Tapes a solid, we collectively turn our attention to Zach Condon's Beirut. GVB and Catbirdseat first alerted us to the project of this Albuquerque-bred… Read Story »
Mar 24th, 2006 11 Comments
Terrible band name and confounding album title. But Stereogum is making a concerted effort to hear all the never-heard-of-'em CDs making an unwiedly pile on our desk, and this ended up on the iPod.… Read Story »
Jan 27th, 2006 20 Comments
Been listening to the Infadels' We Are Not The Infidels after hearing a cut on Steve Lamacq's show. He called them "one part Prodigy, one part Gang Of Four," but don't that let turn you off. XFM's… Read Story »
Nov 8th, 2005 20 Comments
Fans of BJM and Secret Machines will dig the Black Angels, a band who's dubbed its primitive psych-rock "Native American Drone 'N' Roll." The bassist was born on a cult compound and the organist grew… Read Story »
Sep 22nd, 2005 15 Comments
Having already given us Kaiser Chiefs and The bloody Cribs, Leeds delivers a new Band To Watch in ¡Forward, Russia!. Recommended if you like At The Drive-In, !!!, and punctuation in general (these… Read Story »
