Back when Dead shows were a thing, the main drag of the parking lot where kind veggie burritos, ganja gooballs, and sundry wares of that ilk were at their highest concentration was called "Shakedown…   Read Story »

Here's the video for Dent May's "Home Groan," a song about staying put that features iPhone footage May and director James Alexander Warren shot in May's hometown, Oxford, MS. It depicts scenes from…   Read Story »

The Mississippian psych-popper Dent May has a new home-recorded album called Do Things about to come out, and we've already heard the songs "Best Friend" and "Home Groan." Right now, the entire LP is…   Read Story »

Oxford, MS's Dent May is all set to release his latest, Do Things, in a couple of weeks. We heard "Best Friend" at the end of March, and today brings forth the new single "Home Groan," a wavy,…   Read Story »

Mississippian indie-pop auteur Dent May has plans to release a new album called Do Things this summer. Below, we've got a download of the sunny, squelchy lead track "Best Friend." Dent May - Best…   Read Story »

When I think about the most "American" artists -- whatever that means -- my consideration often gravitates toward authors like William Faulkner, whose emotional prose shaded a number of complex…   Read Story »

Panda Bear joins one of his many aesthetic offspring Ducktails (aka Real Estate's Matthew Mondanile) on this alternate bonus take of Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics' "Killin The Vibe." Of course,…   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 »

One last gargantuan batch of photos from an exhausting, exhaustive week of NYC showgoing. On Friday Jessica Amaya joined us at Doveman's record release party at the Elevated Hole, a Chelsea loft…   Read Story »

At first brush Mississippi's Dent May doesn't seem like the sort of dude to be sharing bills with Excepter and Beach House like he did during CMJ, or Animal Collective like he's doing now in Europe.…   Read Story »