Lots of good music videos this week! Serial killers! Shadow-puppet dogs! Primary colors! Air rifles! Inexplicably clownish rap-star art direction! Members of the extended Stereogum family! There's…   Read Story »

Class of '09 BTW Hospitality didn't rush out an album upon first internet mention, and that uncommon patience has paid off: the NYC trio landed an enviable slot on Merge Records' roster last year,…   Read Story »

Band To Watch alum Hospitality has been pretty quiet in recent years, but that's all about to change as their self-titled Merge debut drops in early 2012. Download the first single from that LP, a…   Read Story »

Back in the winter of early '09 I saw Hospitality play a scraggly, charming set of slightly left-field twee indie-pop at a houseparty in Brooklyn. I remember it vividly. The instantly winning song…   Read Story »

Hospitality are a minimalist Brooklyn indie-pop trio fronted by Kansas City expatriate Amber Papini, who also handles guitar and piano. Her voice is immediate and unique, at times like a Mo Tucker…   Read Story »