Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Brooklyn's Total Slacker released Slip Away earlier this year, a serious '90s nostalgia trip. The band have cranked out two new videos in the last week, gearing up for a tour with Bear Hands and Junior Prom.... more info

KEXP Seattle — Amazingly, Bear Hands have been around since 2006, but haven’t gained the recognition they deserve until relatively recently. Before re-locating to Brooklyn’s lush music scene, the band suffered through a falling-out and the loss of their first m... more info

Impose Magazine — On Friday, August 23rd, Black Sheep Productions presented a show at The Paper Box called "Blackout Summer" featuring performances by Bear Hands, The Coathangers, Pity Sex, EULA and Filthy Savage. See more images from this post. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Sweet Valley - "Suzuka 9 Hours" (MP3) GZA at MHOW in June (more by Ryan Barkan) Wu-Tang Clan member GZA, who recently performed his album Liquid Swords in NYC, has just put together a pretty amazing tour. He's taking... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brooklyn indie pop outfit Fort Lean are heading out on a tour with Bear Hands next month. But before they do that, we're happy to announce that Fort Lean, along with Hume have been added to the BrooklynVegan Northside... more info

KEXP Seattle — review by Jonathan Hamilton photos by Dave Lichterman Last week’s We Were Promised Jetpacks concert was a strange mix of loud sonic landscapes blasting through the room at Neumos routinely followed by masses of loud chatter that would drown out the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We Were Promised Jetpacks at BV-CMJ (more by BBG) Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks spent their Mischief Night (10/30) at Webster Hall in NYC. We invited the band's frontman Adam Thompson into a studio earlier that day to record a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by BBG We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Knitting Factory As you know, We Were Promised Jetpacks will HEADLINE Webster Hall on Sunday (10/30) with Bear Hands and Royal Bangs in tow as part of a string of US dates... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — White Rabbits @ Escape to NY Fest (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) Whoever books the now-annual Fashion's Night Out show at Rockefeller Center must really like Bear Hands. Like last year, Bear Hands will play the free 6-11pm gig on... more info

Guardian Music — This week on the web music roundup, the BBC's extensive coverage of the Reading festival came at the unfortunate expense of the Notting Hill CarnivalIn a UK music scene currently dominated – and enlivened – by urban music, it seems a pity that th... more info