Last year, right around the time summer turned to fall, we at Stereogum published our list of the 40 best new bands of the year. The idea of a "new" band is a pretty nebulous one, since many of the…   Read Story »

Out to reclaim their band name from those with less conventional spellings, San Francisco noise/pop group Weekend are back with colorful new material via an EP titled Red and its lead single "Hazel."…   Read Story »

When the House Of Balloons mixtape dropped, it was important to distinguish its then-clandestine Canadian creator The Weeknd from the San Fran noise-pop group with a similar, albeit conventionally…   Read Story »

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, who describe themselves as "pop" and whose favorite sexual position is "any," played the Echoplex in Los Angeles last night. Support came from Sonny & The…   Read Story »

Deep thoughts: Is a "Coma Summer" anything like a "Deadbeat Summer"? You'd think so, but not really. Noisy San Francisco post-punk trio Weekend release their debut full-length/double LP Sports on…   Read Story »