Armed with tidal waves of reverb, Puro Instinct stopped by the Detroit Bar in support of their album Headbangers in Ecstasy. In the opening slot John Maus delivered an impressive one man electronic…   Read Story »

We still have plenty of time and music left in 2011, but since we're at the halfway (or so) mark, we thought it made sense to pause and take stock of the best albums of the year so far. There was…   Read Story »

The concluding post on this year's SXSW comes with this, a break from the norm for us and likely for you as well. In addition to identifying the bands we were most excited about at this year's SXSW,…   Read Story »

On the last night of SXSW there were riots at Death From Above 1979's "secret" show, there was Kanye and the G.O.O.D. roster and Jay-Z electrifying a converted power plant, and there was our Last…   Read Story »

Here's the video for Piper and Skylar Kaplan's "Stilyagi": Ariel Pink guests on the woozy Headbangers In Ecstasy track and shows up again to haunt its atmospheric, Miami Vice-colored…   Read Story »

In addition to eating tacos, we're doing a couple of unofficial shows at SXSW 2011. We announced our FREE all day/all night Beerland collaboration with Sacred Bones & Chaos In Tejas on Thursday. To…   Read Story »

"Stilyagi," the first taste of the Teenage Dream-y Headbangers In Ecstasy, found sisters Piper and Skylar Kaplan joining forces with pal Ariel Pink. He'd probably upped and joined the circus by the…   Read Story »

As noted when covering Ariel Pink live @ Irving Plaza this past summer, Californians Piper and Skylar Kaplan, aka Pearl Harbor, changed their name to Puro Instinct. Under the new moniker, the sisters…   Read Story »