Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Vampire Weekend -"Horchata"; For the first single off their highly anticipated sophomore album Vampire Weekend have resorted to a lot of the tricks that propelled them in the first place. Repetition, catchy lyrics, tribal rhythms are in place once ag... more info

Stereogum — Ex-Vivian Girls drummer (and NYC bartender) Frankie Rose recently made the Crystal Stilts an Ex too, starting her own project, the all-girl quintet Frankie Rose & The Outs. Well, almost all-girl: Crystal Stilts guitarist JB Townsend contributes to th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — TPOBPAH @ Webster Hall on Saturday (more by Jake Forney) SAT 11/14: 6pm / 18+ / $15 SLUMBERLAND RECORDS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL GUEST HEADLINER CRYSTAL STILTS BROWN RECLUSE PANTS YELL! FRANKIE ROSE THE ROPERS NORD EXPRESS LORELEI Slumberland began o... more info

XLR8R — The iconic Slumberland label is celebrating its 20th anniversary with back-to-back shows in D.C. and New York, featuring the best acts from the current Slumberland roster as well as groups from the label's past. With sets from bands as sonically... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis As I just mentioned, the November 7th Frankie Rose and The Outs show at the Woodser will be with San Francisco's Grass Widow who will be in town for a week's worth of shows. Frankie was in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Frankie Rose is mainly known as a drummer, having played in Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, and Dum Dum Girls, but she's also a songwriter (she wrote VG's "Where Do You Run To?") and will be releasing her... more info

The CatBirdSeat — MP3: Beachniks - “Coney Island” When we made up the Captured Tracks label profile over at MBV, we noted that the band Beachniks, featuring members of German Measles and Crystal Stilts, have a 7″ due on Captured Tracks. So it’s probably a sa... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Vivian Girls - When I'm Gone (MP3) photos by Joseph Xu, words by Andrew Frisicano 7:07 p.m.: The Vivian Girls put out one of my favorite albums of 2008, and their brief but hard-hitting set [at the Pitchfork Festival]... more info

XLR8R — As Blank Dogs, Mike Sniper has spent the past couple of years shelling out one scrap of lo-fi crust and psych filth after the next for banners such as Sacred Bones, Sweet Rot, Woodsist, and his own Captured Tracks imprint. His latest for the In the R... more info

Pasta Primavera — Tonight in Baltimore don’t miss out on the always entertaining These United States who play the Golden West Cafe with Caleb Stine and Paul Masson. Meanwhile down in DC there are three shows that are all equally good. The Black Cat has Crystal Sti... more info