Here it is, the first mix of The Last Year. So far we've had a flood of good music these first few weeks of 2012, which in fairness is probably just the result of bands wisely holding back on…   Read Story »

The Twit-wits of Tanlines -- vocalist/guitarist Eric Emm and the Verified @tanlines himself, Jesse Cohen -- have formally announced their new LP Mixed Emotions and released a promotional MP3 also.…   Read Story »

We're on the other side of CMJ now, which you could probably tell by the uptick in the music news cycle, or by some bloggers' (could be any bloggers, no way to know who I am talking about) bleary…   Read Story »

"How cool is it that Vice got Rick Ross to play their bar mitzvah?" That was one of those trademark Tanlines one-liners (hereby: Tanliners) that Jesse Cohen delivered between songs a couple of hours…   Read Story »

With fall on the horizon, we're escaping a slow summer and shifting into that final, fertile phase of the music year's release cycle. Which makes it a ripe time to get some perspective on the year,…   Read Story »

When we first wrote about the Tanlines/Professor Murder hybrid (and BTW) Restless People there was mention of their bio's Gorilla Biscuits and Operation Ivy nods -- amid the less jarring references…   Read Story »

Official, officially face-free video for the first single from Tanlines/ex-Professor Murder recombo Restless People and their eponymously titled debut LP. Video directed by L.A.-based artist Petra…   Read Story »

When we posted Tanlines' Memory Tapes remix, there was mention of the tropical duo's history as members of (respectively) math gods Don Caballero/nautical trio Storm & Stress and dubbed-out NYC…   Read Story »

As far as the bedroom ambient thing goes, Memory Tapes and Tanlines are members of the old guard, dudes who started out in rock bands "way back," and eventually found themselves behind a bed of…   Read Story »

I'd meant to put up these photos by Sean O'Kane yesterday, but Peter Gabriel got in the way (always getting in the way, that guy). So a day late but still worth framing: Williamsburg's Glasslands…   Read Story »