Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Absolutely Free's debut album is out next week via Lefse and you can stream the whole thing (via Stereogum) below. (Preorder it, too.) In a year that has already given us terrific krautrock-influenced albums by Klaus Johann... more info

NME — Fifteen-track album also features songs from Pulled Apart By Horses, Mystery Jets, Alvvays and Flume more info

Stereogum — “Next Of Kin” is one of the many highlights off of Alvvays’ very pleasant self-titled debut album, and now it has an equally pleasant video to go along with it. Directed by Connor Gilhooly, the clip takes a collage-style approach, filled with w... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Absolutely Free, the band that rose from the ashes of Toronto's DD/MM/YYYY, are set to release their self-titled debut album on October 14 via Lefse. The band have taken their time -- three years -- to hone... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Team Spirit / Puppet Team Spirit Team Spirit, the band fronted by former Passion Pit member Ayad Al Adhamy, are finally coming out with their debut album, titled Killing Time, which will be out September 30 via Vice/WB. The first... more info

Stereogum — Alvvays don’t reinvent the wheel on their self-titled debut and they don’t do anything outrageous for the “Archie, Marry Me,” video, but everything they do is so charming and well-executed that it doesn’t really matter. When a band plays in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Canadian band Alvvays were just in NYC, playing a free show at Rough Trade on Monday (7/28, anybody go?). If you missed them -- and they've played NYC a few times now -- you can catch them... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt; words by Bill Pearis Alvvays / Protomartyr @ Seaport Music Fest 7/11/2014 Canadian band Alvvays released their self-titled debut album last week (7/22) via Polyvinyl. It's fully of ridiculously catchy indiepop and gives terms... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Power Trip at Saint Vitus in January (more by Caroline Harrison) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Lauryn Hill @ Brooklyn Bowl Though Lauryn Hill sometimes has to... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Raveonettes' surprise new album Pe'ahi is by far my favorite new release. Alvvays' self-titled album, The Black Angels' Clear Lake Forest, and PS I Love You's For Those Who Stay are other discs I have heard and can... more info