It's been a while since we heard from hazy VA indie rocker Wild Nothing, but that's about to change as Jack Tatum & Co. (we assume) prep a 7'' for release in February. The A-Side, "Nowhere," just hit…   Read Story »

Last week, the UK's Larmer Tree Gardens hosted a hilariously deep bill for the End Of The Road Festival, a lineup that featured Joanna Newsom, Kurt Vile, Tinawiren, Lykke Li, Best Coast, the Walkmen…   Read Story »

Pitchfork Fest Friday inspired thoughts about the intimate and situational appeal of much of today's crop of independent artists, and the challenges inherent to translating that allure in sunny…   Read Story »

"Last week we were scheduled to go to Tokyo to play our first show ever in Japan," begins the note Chris Chu posted to the morning benders' homepage. In addition to it being their first group trek to…   Read Story »

Last night our STEREO★GUN collaboration with PopGun Booking went down on both floors of Santos Party House. Sometime from when we organized it, to the actual happening, people got especially…   Read Story »

If live music is a thing you enjoy, you could do worse than to visit our fair city next week -- from like noon until whenever you get tossed out of your evening destination, from Tuesday to Saturday,…   Read Story »

Every autumn NYC's week-long college music marathon is a great excuse for radio promoters and DSLR-toting bloggers to hobnob with famous publicists. Those who attend on official CMJ bizness even…   Read Story »

With fall on the horizon, we're escaping a slow summer and shifting into that final, fertile phase of the music year's release cycle. Which makes it a ripe time to get some perspective on the year,…   Read Story »

Over the last year, young Jack Tatum's taken Wild Nothing from the realm of lo-fi Marr-guitared dream-pop bedroom caresses to that of the full band -- touring with Neon Indian, playing our…   Read Story »

From when I first posted on Wild Nothing last October through to the excellent full-length debut Gemini, Jack Tatum's shown an uncanny ability to craft elegant and catchy, downcast but brightly lit…   Read Story »