Altsounds — NYC-based *Phenomenal Handclap Band* is excited to announce they'll be heading across North America in June. Having played many large, well-respected festivals all over the UK, Europe, the US and Australia, the 8-piece collective, founded by DJ a... more info

Guardian Music — Dan Auerbach's kept himself busy with solo work and hip-hop collaborating with drummer Patrick Carney in Blakroc, and soon the boys are back as The Black Keys, with their sixth album, Brothers, and a short tour (23 Jun-7 Jul, starting at the Roundhou... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK The Phenomenal Handclap Band Baby (Tummy Touch)One hesitates to use words like "authentic" as a compliment because normally they get applied to coffee-table facsimilisers like Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, but this could sit perfec... more info

Altsounds — Scottish DJ *Architeq *amps up the darkness in his remix of *Phenomenal Handclap Band's "Baby,"* premiered on *RCRD LBL*. The track unsettles but compels, simultaneously working its way into the "pleasure" and "fear" centers of a listener's brain. It... more info

Altsounds — NYC's own *The Phenomenal Handclap Band *recently debuted their video for "Baby" on Stereogum... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Gossip have announced a Coachella-to-NYC April tour that includes an April 30th show at Terminal 5 (the same venue they played last time they were here) with Rye Rye and The Phenomenal Handclap Band. Tickets go to that show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Frankie Rose (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * H2O, The Attack @ Knitting Factory * The Clientele, Vetiver @ Maxwell's * Toby Driver & Charlie Looker @ The Stone * The Phenomenal Handclap Band @ Brooklyn Bowl *... more info

Radio Exile — The uber-sexified likes of NYC’s own The Phenomenal Handclap Band [MySpace] recently debuted a great new video for “Baby” with the good peeps over at Stereogum. The clip was “likened to a Dario Argento film”, and is a super saturated and ... more info

The Culture Of Me — "Hey gang, let's all hang out and make ritualistic death scenes out of each other and try to kill the world, huh? Sound like a good idea? Ok then, let's do it." So must have gone the conversation between music... more info

5 Acts — I cannot praise enough the live set from The Phenomenal Handclap Band. Their record release show at Santos Party House in NYC was one of my favorite shows of the year. Now I'm giving you the chance to see them here in DC for free. E-mail me at 5actsb... more info