It's been a second since we checked in with Class Actress, but the group is back with a characteristically flirty video for Rapprocher cut "Bienvenue." Clement Gino and Gregory Faure direct. Check it…   Read Story »

Don't you love Christmas music? I'm Jewish so mostly it makes me feel like I'm in a mall. But don't you love malls? I've been trying to get my daughter to listen to The Nutcracker, and that's been…   Read Story »

Class Actress's lovelorn banger "Weekend" gets a sultry accompanying video. Bek Andersen, who also shot the Girl Crisis covers series, shoots and directs. MP3: Class Actress -…   Read Story »

Brooklyn cover song collective Girl Crisis, which comprises Chairlift's Caroline Polachek, Class Actress's Elizabeth Harper, Au Revoir Simone's Erika Spring and many other notables, take on Ace Of…   Read Story »

"Weekend" is another lovelorn banger from Brooklyn scene stalwart Class Actress, awash in Mark Richardson's lush synths and drum pads and Elizabeth Harper's brilliant vocals. "Bring it on / Bring it…   Read Story »

Here's the sequel to last year's popular heartbreak of a mixtape, Cruel Summer. That one was worn, forlorn, and sexual, it was the soundtrack arc to your winter romance burning up and melting in the…   Read Story »

Class Actress's debut EP Journal Of Ardency channeled '80s analog synth and New Order-styled new wave into dourly romantic electro-pop on the back of tasteful production, chilly hooks, and the…   Read Story »

Last year we posted some of the covers by Girl Crisis, the video-only, female-only, evolving group of Brooklyn musicians who record covers for fun (no plans for releases or touring). This time around…   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 »

Class Actress's take on "Terminally Chill" is less chill, though a lot icier than the original. Add this one to your Neon Indian cover mixtape, next to Here We Go Magic's "Deadbeat Summer" and White…   Read Story »