Here's your late-breaking contender for Indie XMas Jam Of '09. Dee Dee (Dum Dum Girls) and Crocodiles finished recording this catchy, gothy yuletide original for us just hours ago. Prep your…   Read Story »

Even though there's something sacred about time-honored traditions, there's only so many years you and your beloveds can sit beside the Christmas tree and listen to Sufjan or "Last Christmas" or the…   Read Story »

One of our favorite new groups Dum Dum Girls' 11-song Sub Pop debut I Will Be finally has an official release date: We're looking forward to March 30th and to hear what Richard Gottehrer (Voidoids,…   Read Story »

This year in music was great and we'rea gonna let it finish (sorry), but in terms of notable album releases the ship has sailed. No offense, 30 Seconds To Mars. While the Gummys' virtual poll booth…   Read Story »

One last gargantuan batch of photos from an exhausting, exhaustive week of NYC showgoing. On Friday Jessica Amaya joined us at Doveman's record release party at the Elevated Hole, a Chelsea loft…   Read Story »

Ex-Vivian Girls drummer (and NYC bartender) Frankie Rose recently made the Crystal Stilts an Ex too, starting her own project, the all-girl quintet Frankie Rose & The Outs. Well, almost all-girl:…   Read Story »

For this year's CMJ party we teamed up with The Believer to bring you an excellent night of music that will begin much earlier than last year's Late Night with Gang Gang Dance et al. The event takes…   Read Story »

When posting a demo of ostensible Jail La La track "Over The Phone" I referred to Dee Dee, aka Dum Dum Girls, as a "nostalgic one-woman girl-group." It wasn't the first time I've said something to…   Read Story »

Nostalgic one-woman girl-group Dum Dum Girls is pairing previously enjoyed songs -- "Jail La La" and "Baby Don't Go -- on the Sub Pop single in advance of her Jail La La LP. As far as new material,…   Read Story »

This past weekend was all about the USA, and nothing says America quite like a day full of shitgaze in a graffitied, degenerated yard under some train tracks in Bushwick (or "East Williamsburg," if…   Read Story »