Altsounds — Connecticut-based indie-pop duo Mates of State played on CBS' The Tonight Show with David Letterman last night. The band performed a rousing rendition of their infectious pop song "Palomino," the lead single from their seventh full-length album Mo... more info

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Detroit Free Press — Mates of State: with Suckers and Yawn, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29. St. Andrew's Hall, $15. Celebration of Lionel Hampton: 8 & 10 p.m. Sept. 29-30. Jazz Café at Music Hall, $37. Fleet Foxes: 8 p.m. Sept. 29. Hill Auditorium, $34. more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — With an insane week of new releases...I have no idea where to start or even where to go from here.  New albums drop on Tuesday from Das Racist, Ladytron, Mates of State, Blitzen Trapper, Kevin Devine, Girls, Kooks, Lady Antebellum, St. Vincent, Save... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Husband-and-wife duo Mates of State are indie-pop veterans with a deep catalog of sophisticated, harmony-rich tunes. Mountaintops (Barsuk), the band's seventh full-length album, finds them going further than ever with electronic textures without... more info

Altsounds — _*Mates of State's New Song "Sway" is Remixed by Diamond Rings*_ _*Song Premiered on RCRD LBL Today*_ Connecticut-based indie-pop duo Mates of State are happy to premiere the Diamond Rings remix of their song "Sway" today on RCRD LBL. "Sway (Dia... more info

Music For Ants — Mates of State, the endlessly adorable husband/wife indie pop duo from San Francisco have been one of our favorites from the beginning of this blog (they were the subject of one of my very first posts six years ago) and although their sound has evolv... more info

Stereogum — Name: Mates of State Progress Report: Indie-rock’s most reliable pop twosome readies the release of Mountaintops. Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner have been making beautiful music together — both as a band and as a real-life married couple — since... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Mates of State Mates of State (who head out on a big tour in September), Cymbals Eat Guitars (ditto), and Yellow Ostrich (October & November) played a private Barsuk Records showcase at Mercury Lounge in NYC... more info

Topix — Rain, rain, go away, wash out the mimes another day. Because of storms and flooding over the course of last night and today, Escape To New York - the three-day festival on the Shinnecock Indian Nation Reservation in Southampton - has canceled its fin... more info