Last week the Animal Collective bros released an official mixtape for their new … sneakers. That is a thing now. Gotta keep fans on their toes (ouch, sorry). The shoes which you can see here…   Read Story »

The playful "People's Partay" is the wordy second dispatch from Danielson's forthcoming Best Of Gloucester County. It feels like an establishing shot, which seems to be Brother D's…   Read Story »

Danielson's first album in five years Best Of Gloucester County comes out at the end of February. It includes a new core lineup (including a banjo-toting Sufjan Stevens) plus a horn section and guest…   Read Story »

Norwegian BTW I Was A King earn comparisons to Olivia Tremor Control, Teenage Fanclub (they have a song called "Norman Bleik" after all), Dinosaur Jr., all for the way their shambling '60s sound gets…   Read Story »

This past weekend was the Matt Groening-curated ATP, which went down in Butlins, Minehead, UK. Iggy Pop and Toumani Diabate were the highlights of the first night (along with ATP staples Built To…   Read Story »

Ben + Vesper are a married couple in Northern NJ. They have kids. They also write that they "have almost exactly the same hair color in the right light and definitely both have curlz in any light."…   Read Story »

Thank you, Jim Noir. Over the past few weeks, more and more bands have come to the holiday table with new, seasonally appropriate songs to help get festive. As would be expected, it's definitely a…   Read Story »

For most who made the trip way downtown for the River To River / Seaport Music Festival kick-off show, it was the official start to NYC's summer concert season. And you couldn't do better, opening…   Read Story »

That Pitchforkmedia must be doing something right; 19,000 people a day hit up their Festival for 18 hours of music over two days, despite some serious heat and humidity. Whether that's a testament to…   Read Story »