It's our first mixtape of summer! Accordingly, you should probably just act first and think later and just download it with reckless abandon, as you should do absolutely everything now that it is the…   Read Story »

Scottish noise legends The Jesus And Mary Chain wrapped up their short tour of California last night will a beautifully noisy set at the House Of Blues San Diego. Jim Reid's voice hasn't aged and…   Read Story »

Northside registered some memorable moments this year, from Kitty Pryde living the meme at Knitting Factory to a sold out Cameo Lounge for Stereogum's showcase (hat tip to Guards, for winning the…   Read Story »

Last night the Northside Festival kicked off in north Williamsburg. Last night's most appetizing bills were at Europa, or at Glasslands (which had BTW Beacon and Sweden's Niki & The Dove), or Music…   Read Story »

Cold Cave's second proper full-length Cherish The Light Years amplified the urgency in Wes Eisold's icy new wave, and was a hell of a record as a result. Recently Matador let go of a previously…   Read Story »

Before he started making elegantly catchy gothic drone-pop in Cold Cave, Wes Eisold led a very different sort of band: Boston hardcore bashers American Nightmare. (A legal issue eventually forced…   Read Story »

BTW Cold Cave played to a sweat-drenched capacity crowd at the Ukrainian Cultural Center for a show ending with Wes Eisold being pulled into the clamoring masses. Another BTW alumnus Austra seduced…   Read Story »

When posting Bermuda Drain's "A Meal Can Be Made" I spoke about how the nine songs on Prurient's new game-shifting album "construct an even darker, deeper, violent, emotionally charged edifice to…   Read Story »

Pitchfork Fest Friday inspired thoughts about the intimate and situational appeal of much of today's crop of independent artists, and the challenges inherent to translating that allure in sunny…   Read Story »

If you didn't know it before, Wes Eisold's recent Summer Mix should've clued you into the breadth of the Cold Cave leader's listening habits. His remix of Belle & Sebastian's "I Didn't See It…   Read Story »