The Bay Bridged — To enter this contest submit an email to contest[at]thebaybridged.com with your full name in the body and the concert you’re entering the contest for in the subject line. You may only submit your name once to only one contest. Winners for will be c... more info

Consequence of Sound — Fol Chen fails to execute the maximalist pop they once trademarked. more info

Impose Magazine — Julian Wass of Fol Chen and South Florida's Sea Things are seperated by 2,700 miles of American soil, but physical distance aside the two producers share an interest in producing songs for Oakland's Main Attrakionz and the game Dark Seed. Rel... more info

Impose Magazine — A night of merriment at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill courtesy of Terrorbird Media's Holiday Extravaganza last Saturday night. Great to see Exrays live for the first time, although I felt they should have held a headline spot given that they hav... more info

kata rokkar... — I arrived late at the Terrorbird’s showcase at the Bottom of the Hill, missing one of the more exciting bands to come out of the Bay Area, Exray’s. I ended up making it for a few of the more unusual bands that graced the sacred ground of the Bott... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video of the DayArtist: Xu Xu Fang Video: 'China Girl' Highlight: "The video is quite dark with a seemly simple narrative about the mysterious demise of an old rancher," director Keith Musil tells Spinner. He's previously directed Fol C... more info

Nialler9 — Here’s a Friday mixtape from State’s Alan Reilly (check his new Tumblr) which neatly sums up some recent new music worth listening to includingSun Airway, El Guincho, Fol Chen, Bingo, Glasser, Still Corners, Tennis, The Radio Dept., Perfume Geniu... more info

Stereogum — Virginia’s Dream Cop is multi-instrumentalist Tommy Davidson, who you’d expect to go by Thomas or Tom, because of the In Living Color guy. Teen Daze, who recently did remixes for Fol Chen and Local Natives, takes on Dream Cop’s Beach Boys-sampl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — ML review by Rachel Kowal DOWNLOAD: Brad Laner - Crawl Back In (Baths Remix) (MP3) Baths @ Mercury Lounge on August 3rd (more by David Andrako) It's kind of odd to go to an indoor show that starts when the... more info

Persona Sauna — I tend to be a seasonal music listener. For summer I generally like upbeat dance music, but as the Fall approaches, I usually prefer to wind down a bit. You may not recognize a lot of these artists, but I encourage you to give it a listen because I ... more info