Our second year at Kutsher's was rainier than the first, but that didn't matter so much to us or, seemingly, the other attendees: If anything, this year felt more celebratory (and debauched) than…   Read Story »

Blog readers had so many options on Friday night in L.A. -- Passion Pit, Lykke Li, SVIIB and Black Moth Super Rainbown all in town -- and still the ticketless masses chose the Wiltern sidewalk for…   Read Story »

Every few weeks, Amazon.com lets us select one recent release from its MP3 store to go on super sale (up to 75% off normal prices). Hopefully you'll be able to add these must-own LPs to your library…   Read Story »

Pre-ordered copies of the much discussed Merriweather Post Pavilion arrived with an 8-song "strictly limited, rare and exclusive mix cd, mixed by animal collective just for rough traders" that…   Read Story »

Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden…   Read Story »

Grouper's Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill includes a few of this years most hauntingly beautiful tracks. Add non-album track "False Horizon" to the pile. It was recorded around the same time as…   Read Story »

In the pre-SXSW installment of the Outsiders, I posted "Invisible" by Grouper, aka Liz Harris. The song came from her then unreleased Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill, which finally arrived yesterday…   Read Story »