This last year has been very good to Friends: The Bushwick band earned their BTW in April; they went big in October compliments of the "I'm His Girl" video and a hailed CMJ; and have 2012 all teed up…   Read Story »

We're on the other side of CMJ now, which you could probably tell by the uptick in the music news cycle, or by some bloggers' (could be any bloggers, no way to know who I am talking about) bleary…   Read Story »

The two highest-profile videos of the week were almost certainly Rihanna's "We Found Love" and Coldplay's "Paradise." I didn't put either video on this list. I didn't leave them out because they're…   Read Story »

The Brooklyn Band To Watch Friends now has a video for the catchy-as-hell bubblefunk single "I'm His Girl," and I'm not dissing at all when I call it Kreayshawn-esque. The whole thing, with its…   Read Story »

It's a nice moment for "My Boo" redos. Last month Balam Acab pitched "My Boo" through his distended down-tempo filter, giving the upbeat bass music classic a strange spectral wobble. Today, Ghost…   Read Story »

Band To Watch Friends posted their new track "I'm His Girl" earlier today in advance of its Halloween release. It's a Lykke Li-like groove accented by hand percussion and instilled with a warm…   Read Story »

It's "ESG-style polyrhythmic post-disco on a tropical-pop trip" that Bushwick BTW Friends fix on musically, and their visual aesthetic -- both onstage, and in this their debut, Matthew Caron-directed…   Read Story »

Brooklyn-via-Texas project Phone Tag was one of the scene compatriots Friends name-checked in their BTW piece, which was a kind plug while also being another illustration of the universal law that…   Read Story »

April's mix is female heavy and thematically clustered. It tips off with a track from each of our three most recent Bands To Watch. The remainder features a few songs that are numerically fixated…   Read Story »

After WU LYF's post-midnight US debut at Glasslands Friday night, folks slipped into the venue next door, 285 Kent St., to catch the tail-end of a bill anchored by the band Friends. It was an…   Read Story »