Chicago veterans the Sea And Cake are following 2008's Car Alarm with their ninth collection, a six-song "mini-album" called The Moonlight Butterfly. Vocalist/guitarist Sam Prekop, multi-tasking…   Read Story »

Sam Prekop's most distinctive attribute is his voice -- that voice you've grown used to via longtime work with Shrimp Boat and the Sea And Cake (and via Broken Social Scene's Forgiveness Rock…   Read Story »

We all have to spend, even in a recession, so why not bank with Citibank and spend smarter? That's the premise of a new commercial in which folks share everyday examples of fiscal prudence. Citigroup…   Read Story »

The Sea & Cake's eighth album Car Alarm is out 10/21 via Thrill Jockey. A couple weeks ago, we posted the sun-kissed summertime video for electro-infused "Weekend." In this week's Drop, we debuted…   Read Story »

The Sea & Cake's eighth album Car Alarm is out 10/21 via Thrill Jockey. A couple weeks ago, we posted the sun-kissed summertime video for electro-infused "Weekend." In this week's Drop, we're…   Read Story »

As its title might suggest, the Sea & Cake's new video for "Weekend" arrives right on time for each of our individual weekends. It comes from their forthcoming eighth album Car Alarm, which follows…   Read Story »

Something about scrolling backdrops and the Sea & Cake these days. Just two days ago, the beautifully breezy Everybody cut "Coconut" was used as soundtrack for a sideways-moving collage of cool…   Read Story »

The constant sideways scan reminds us of Iron & Wine's video for "Naked As We Came" -- what is it with these noun/ampersand/noun bands? -- but Sea & Cake's "Coconut" is less sprinkler-side…   Read Story »

This one comes from Chicago post-jazz/rock outfit The Sea And Cake's seventh full length, still a few months from release. "Exact To Me" has busy bass intersecting with palm-muted guitars, while Sam…   Read Story »