If Friday's 'Roo music trolling left something to be desired, Saturday's lineup was more than just compensation. Of course it was all about the Police, but seeing the Lips' laser-pointered psych…   Read Story »

Despite the excellent lineups all over town, our daylight hours on Friday had been spoken for well before we made the trek to SouthBy (and particularly after spending Thursday systematically missing…   Read Story »

Here's the vid for the instant-buzz track "Brother" from Be He Me, where Annuals take a walk in a not-so-ordinary forest. Featuring a cobweb-blowing Anna Spence (if you scrunch up your eyes it's like…   Read Story »

Our second Annuals show in 24 hours (we told you we'd be looking out for 'em). The Tar Heel sextet closed with twee-cum-balls out rocker "Brother" (MP3). They opened with that single at Syrup Room…   Read Story »

Well, things get a little fuzzy at this point in the night. We had a cabbie that didn't know Brooklyn from Bangkok, and Syrup Room is nestled in a not-so-easily found neighborhood of empty warehouses…   Read Story »

Ace Fu has a major buzz band on its hands with North Carolina's Annuals. Our friends at PFork describe them as "a fantasy hybird of Animal Collective, the Arcade Fire, and Broken Social Scene."…   Read Story »