Illinois indie rock label Polyvinyl Records is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a neat bit of self-referential reflection. On the 20-track compilation Polyvinyl Plays Polyvinyl,…
The mainstay indie-pop duo Mates Of State are slated to release their first EP since 2011's Mountaintops next month. The forthcoming EP will be titled…
Any song that evokes playground imagery is fated to make you feel nostalgic, regardless of whether or not those images parallel your personal experiences in…
Over 100,000 fans hit the Seattle Center for this year's Bumbershoot over Labor Day weekend. Performers included Kendrick Lamar, MGMT, Fun., Heart, Gary Numan, and…
Here's the video for Mates Of State's "Unless I'm Led," wherein we find the Mates Of States beachside, frolicking, jumping over fires, painting (not a…
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…
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…
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…
