Consequence of Sound — Plus, stream the lead single, "Locked Out". more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Twin Sister - Kimi in a Rice Field (Spanish Prisoners remix) (MP3) Spanish Prisoners' most recent album, Gold Fools, is only about eight months old but the Brooklyn band have a new cassette-only release, Prior Art,... more info

Perez Hilton — Ugh. Our heart can't even take this. The scruff, that smile, THAT VOICE - it's all too much! Darren Criss teamed up with his brother and Freelance Whales band member Chuck Criss from to cover the Bob Dylan classic New Morning for the Amnesty Interna... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets on sale at noon for a June 1st Freelance Whales show at Bowery Ballroom with Spanish Prisoners. You can also catch Freelance Whale this year at Governors Ball.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ximena Sarinana at the Parish on 11/21 (more by Tim Griffin) Dawes and Hacienda played the free Rolling Stone show today (12/6) in Openhouse Gallery's pop-up park (201 Mulberry Street ). Dawes went on at 1 PM. Check out a... more info

Guardian Music — This pop-rock clan bring to mind Fleetwood Mac – but without the romantic distress and narcotic excessHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Sebastian Keefe, Joseph Keefe, Christina Schroeter and James Buckey.The background: Here's a nice new pop-rock g... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Pepper Rabbit - "Rose Mary Stretch" (Freelance Whales remix) (MP3) Pepper Rabbit @ Sasquatch 2011 (more by Josh Darr) Pepper Rabbit are about to adjust to life on the road. Beginning on September 7 in Philly, they'll be on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jim Brueckner You've seen the uplifting YouTube videos of the school children from Staten Island, but to witness their contagious innocent joy in-person is even more of a must. It's almost as if each popular number that they... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Kurt Christensen Foals @ Terminal 5 "Foals are the epitome of organized chaos. I was fortunate enough to catch them at their sold-out show at Terminal 5 (NY) with great up-and-coming kiwi band The Naked & Famous and... more info

Altsounds — Freelance Whales' song “Generator First Floor”, from their debut LP Weathervanes on Mom + Pop / Frenchkiss Records, is featured in the new Starbucks espresso commercial now airing nationally. The commercial is part of Starbucks new... more info