Stereogum — Ramona Falls is the solo project of Menomena's Brent Knopf and various New York and Portland collaborators. His debut Intuit is out 8/18 on Barsuk, but standout "I Say Fever" surfaced in this week's Drop. We asked him a bit about the significance ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — All Tomorrow's Parties (ATP) is happy to announce its return to Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, New York for the 2nd annual ATP New York festival. The event will be held Sept 11-13, 2009. Last year's festival, co-curated by My... more info

Totally Fuzzy — strahinja said...PATTI SMITH – Easter (1978)SONGS OF THE ROLLING STONES: All Blues’d Up (This Ain’t No Tribute Series) (2002)BRYAN FERRY – These Foolish Things (1973)CHER – All I Really Want to Do / The Sonny Side O... more info

Said the Gramophone — Faux Hoax - "Your Friends Will Carry You Home". Pastiche means many things. Okay so Faux Hoax's "Your Friends Will Carry You Home" sounds like a pastiche of the music of BARR. And Faux Hoax are themselves literally a pastiche - pasting together membe... more info

The Yellow Stereo — The first time I heard Fruit Bats was a few years ago through Cable & Tweed; a song called “The Earthquake of ‘73″ from their 2005’s Spelled in Bones.  So in a sense, it only seems fitting that I find this new song through C&T once again.�... more info

Pasta Primavera — Pronounced “Folks”, Faux Hoax is a mysterious experimental band consisting of Danny Siem (of Menomena), Dave Allen (of Gang Of Four), John Askew (of Tracker), and sometimes features Joe Haege (of 31Knots) and Adam Gnade (of Asthmatic Kitty).  ... more info

Altsounds — Not much is known about Faux Hoax. Are they a band? Is it a studio project? And adding to the mystery, will these be the only songs the group ever records? Faux Hoax (pronounced "Folks") consists of Danny Seim (Menomena), Dave Allen (Gang of Four),... more info

Stereogum — In response to yesterday's Progress Report on the Thermals and their forthcoming Kill Rock Stars release Now We Can See, Kathy of the Thermals checked in with her own progress report on the men of Menomena, their solo pursuits, and the status of a Fr... more info

Stereogum — In response to yesterday's Progress Report on the Thermals and their forthcoming Kill Rock Stars release Now We Can See, Kathy of the Thermals checked in with her own progress report on the men of Menomena, their solo pursuits, and the status of a Fr... more info

Pasta Primavera — Barsuk recently signed Seattle’s Say Hi to their already golden roster (Nada Surf, Death Cab For Cutie, Mates Of State, Ra Ra Riot, Menomena, John Vanderslice, etc.) and plan to release a new album entitled Oohs & Aahs on March 3rd.  Eric El... more info