There were more albums released in 2010 than could fit on all the lists released in 2010. (And there were many lists.) With that in mind, and certain '10 records still ringing in our ears, we put our…   Read Story »

New Love is a fun record. The generally bleak and willfully mopey Former Ghosts might not evoke "fun" in your brain, but on their second collection Freddy Ruppert, Jamie Stewart, Stereogum40 goth…   Read Story »

Former Ghosts follow the Nika Roza Danilova-fronted "Chin Up" with "New Orleans," another synthpop standout from Freddy Ruppert & Co.'s second Former Ghosts collection, New Love. This Michael…   Read Story »

When Former Ghosts released Fleurs last year, it was the project of Freddy Ruppert with assists from the highly collaborative Jamie Stewart and Nika Roza Danilova, aka Best New Band Zola Jesus. This…   Read Story »

Blue Water White Death is a collaboration between Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg and Xiu Xiu's Jamie Stewart. As might be expected, it's not the most joyous affair ... though it is pretty. Meiburg and…   Read Story »

Between the World Cup's conclusion hijacking the standard operating procedure of most any establishment serving alcohol and space enough for a TV screen, and Jelly NYC's Pool Parties kick off at the…   Read Story »

A few years ago I wrote a positive review of CocoRosie's The Adventures of Ghosthorse And Stillborn. Too positive, it turns out: The publication that assigned it killed the piece at the 11th hour and…   Read Story »

Last night at the Donaufestival in Lower Austria, Jamie Stewart collaborated with labelmates Deerhoof on a complete run-through of Joy Division's 1979 debut Unknown Pleasures. Deerhoof drummer Greg…   Read Story »

When posting the vomit-inducing video for Dear God, I Hate Myself's title track, we learned that the song's synth-lined gothic bleep and thump was created primarily on a Nintendo DS. In testament to…   Read Story »

SXSW wasn't the only place on earth last week to have a moment. Merrill Garbus, aka BTW tUnE-YarDs, continues to steal shows, and on Thursday it was from headliner Xiu Xiu. Photographer Andrew…   Read Story »