Brooklyn Vegan — New additions include Spoon (who will play and curate three shows), former Pavement guitarist Spiral Stairs, Robyn Hitchcock, Kate Nash, The Nude Party, Purling Hiss, Honduras, Acid Dad, and more.
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Stereogum — Fred Thomas used to lead the indie rock band Saturday Looks Good To Me, but his style has gone through some significant changes since then. In recent years, Thomas has perfected a sort of splintered-deadpan stream-of-consciousness ramble that reminds... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — 'Doris and the Daggers' features appearances by Matt Berninger of The National, Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and Justin Peroff, as well as Kelley Stoltz and Shudder To Think's Adam Wade.
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Stereogum — Spiral Stairs -- aka Pavement cofounder Scott Kannberg -- is releasing his first solo album since 2009's The Real Feel. It's called Doris & The Daggers, and per Pitchfork it features a number of guests including the National's Matt Berninger, Broken ... more info
Stereogum — We marked Happyness as a Band To Watch due to the appeal of their debut album Weird Little Birthday, an album that combined the classicist indie-rock of Pavement and Yo La Tengo with an absurdist, distinctly British sense of humor. Now the trio is fi... more info
Impose Magazine — North America’s appreciation of New Zealand guitar music dates back to the early 1980s, when bands such as The Clean, The Chills and Sneaky Feelings wormed their way across the Pacific. The influence that that music had on American post-punk has be... more info
Stereogum — Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Cindy Lou Gooden makes raw, confessional, fuzzy rock songs under the moniker Very Fresh. She’s set to drop her debut EP, Hey, It’s Me! later this fall after touring with Kino Kimino and Leapling on bass and formin... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Stephen Malkmus played both shows, and was joined by his former bandmate Scott Kannberg for lots of Pavement songs. There were also lots of covers, and a Gary Young headstand.
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