The video for Mates Of State's "Sway" chronicles the budding romance between a woman who falls into an alternate world and a creature she meets there. Budding, because he's a plant! Or something.…   Read Story »

Name: Mates of State Progress Report: Indie-rock’s most reliable pop twosome readies the release of Mountaintops. Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner have been making beautiful music together -- both…   Read Story »

Connecticut-via-Kansas boy/girl duo Mates Of State return this fall with their seventh LP Mountaintops, the follow-up to 2008's Re-Arrange Us. This time out they've enlisted the support of…   Read Story »

We first glommed onto the A.V. Club's covers project via Owen Pallett's take on Guided By Voices' "Game Of Pricks"; in the subsequent weeks more bands have entered the studio and chosen songs from a…   Read Story »

Mates Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner's Crushes..., their first album since 2008's Re-Arrange Us, includes covers of 10 fairly diverse artists. There are links between a couple -- say Tom Waits and…   Read Story »

Indeed, this year's Virgin Mobile Festival was totally free, and Richard Branson's attempt to "put a smile on people's faces" totally worked. Aside from those grumbling about the long lines for…   Read Story »

Yo Gabba Gabba!, the kiddie show that grabbed our attention with original music from Cornelius and the Shins, has booked lots more bands to appear in season two. Ladytron, MGMT, Mates Of State,…   Read Story »

It's time to brave the ferry lines for another day in Jersey, but first: pretty pictures via the eye of Abbey Braden. As mentioned, things got off to a slow start, but from thereon the day belonged…   Read Story »

The new Mates Of State video is set in a hipster clothing store, following a day-in-the-work-life of an employee and married bloggers Kori and Jason stuck in display cases that are slowly being…   Read Story »

On first blush we all agreed Sasquatch! pulled together one of the lineups to beat of this glutted summer festival season, which is why we're psyched that, despite not having made the trip…   Read Story »