Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield, videos by Bleary Eyed Brooklyn "Phantom Band at Public Assembly. This is making me very happy" - amanda farah "the big find of today so far: First Aid Kit at @brooklynvegan. check it out!" - French... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Crystal Castles @ Fun Fun Fun Fest 2009 (more) Asobi Seksu @ Bowery Ballroom 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Ute Lemper @ Joe's Pub * Marah @ Bowery Electric * Clinic, The Clox @ Maxwell's *... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Asobi Seksu (by Angel Ceballos) With the BKLYN Yard shuttered for good, many of the summer events scheduled for the space have been forced to cancel. One that's survived is the Sunday Best party, which successfully moved to Bushwick's Brooklyn... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Towards the end of last month, Blonde Redhead released a brand new song on their website (one of those downloads in exchange for an email address that seems to be the craze these days).  At the time, no announcement of a new record was made, just th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sam Amidon @ Le Poisson Rouge in 2009 (more by Ryan Barkan) tonight in NYC * Zola Jesus @ SUNY Purchase * Mike Birbiglia @ Carolines * Asobi Seksu @ Japan Society * Thou @ ABC No Rio * Particle... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano MV+EE... Esctatic Peace psych-country duo MV & EE (Matt Valentine and Erika Elder) are on a weeklong trip with the wild-riffing Flower-Corsano Duo. The pairs play Silent Barn this Saturday (4/10) along with Meg Baird playing solo.... more info

Guardian Music — (Rocket Girl)The German electronic musician and producer has been in demand since blending 1990s-style shoegaze with a dash of minimal electronica on albums like 2007's Goodbye. His tracks have turned up on computer games and car ads; two of his reco... more info

KEXP Seattle — While touring the UK in 2008, Asobi Seksu spent a day at Olympic Studios and made one of the last albums ever set down to tape in that legendary space, where The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, Queen and Led Zeppelin all once recorded. The resu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Dominick Mastrangelo No pedals, no wall of sound, no wash of blinding lights. All the hallmarks of an Asobi Seksu live performance were cast off during the New York band's sold-out, acoustic performance at Le Poisson... more info

KEXP Seattle — photos by James Bailey Back in November, Asobi Seksu released ReWolf, an album of acoustic versions of their music recorded in one long day at the now-closed Olympic Studios in London. They brought what lead singer Yuki Chikudate laughingly called th... more info