While it still definitely fits into the "young people going hammer" motif, Crystal Antlers' video for "Dog Days" is a little bit of a tone change as a group of friends celebrate a dead friend. Check…   Read Story »

As part of our new recurring feature Under The Influence we asked Long Beach psych-garage rockers Crystal Antlers to make us a mix of the songs that inspired their latest album Two-Way Mirror. Their…   Read Story »

Every blog does a Christmas mix, so here's ours, with a small twist: All of these tracks are new for this year Xmas songs, not the classics or Sufjan leftovers. I've also included streams for charity…   Read Story »

The last time we checked in with Crystal Antlers via their adrenaline-soaked Tentacles title track, we spent a bit of the post lamenting the end of Touch & Go because the collection was…   Read Story »

Robert Zimmerman's Christmas In The Heart polka gets itself a jolly house party video complete with dancing, drinking, fighting, short shorts, and an empathetic Santa. It was directed by Nash…   Read Story »

On Thursday at CMJ the xx played theIr 66th and 67th shows of the week -- one at the Apple Store SoHo, another as the "x-rated" secret guest at the horribly delayed, horribly sweaty Club NME showcase…   Read Story »

In its sixth year, Fuck Yeah Fest had the explicit intention of benefitting California's state parks, and implicit intention of scaring away media outlets afraid of things with "Fuck" in the title.…   Read Story »

Crystal Antlers' Tentacles, a collection of sweaty psychedelia and noisily expansive garage rock, was ostensibly the last new album to be released by Touch & Go. Sad, yeah, but good to see the label…   Read Story »

A busy weekend of live music in NYC wound up with a fantastic, if somewhat mismatched, lineup at the Williamsburg Waterfront on Sunday. The show was the second installment of the relocated "Pool…   Read Story »

With the excellent Farm, J, Murph, and Lou are back and spry as ever. And with their colossal amp and pedal rigs, they are eardrum rupturing as ever, too. Dinosaur Jr. is touring to show everybody…   Read Story »