Altsounds — As previously announced, *Wild Beasts* will be bringing their rapturously striking pop stateside in support of *Two Dancers*, their raved about *September 8th release on Domino Records*. The foursome will be playing three intimate shows in New York t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: The Intelligence - Thank You God for Fixing the Tape Machine (MP3) photos by Tim Griffin Honestly, I wasn't expecting all the moshing and crowd surfing. I'd hopped in a cab seconds after seeing Wild Beasts for a third... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Wild Beasts - All the Kings Men (MP3) photos by Tim Griffin I cannot recommend seeing this band in concert strongly enough. As wonderful as the songs are on record, I don't think you get the full idea of... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Squeezing the last blood from the Summer festival stone is London’s Offset, a two day event with one of the best alternative line-ups of the whole season. Forcing the Shoreditch glitterati up against hardcore bands such as Rolo Tomassi and mor... more info

Stereogum — Wild Beasts almost need to be ashamed of themselves. For making the transition from merely striking to truly sensational with their sophomore effort Two Dancers , maybe. For filling those taut, sexual, studio-sleek art-pop pieces with a propulsiv... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Princeton - Calypso Gold (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Wild Beasts - All the Kings Men (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Sondre Lerche - Good Luck (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Marmoset - Peach Cobbler (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Marmoset - Florist Fired (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Marmoset -..... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Raekwon @ Hammerstein in December '08 (more by Zach Dilgard) tonight in NYC * God's Pottery @ Comix * Wild Beasts @ Joe's Pub * The Roots @ Highline Ballroom * Skeletons Big Band @ Roulette * Alice In Chains... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: My Teenage Stride, Boy Genius, + The Rabbits @ Cameo Gallery 8pm $7 [info]We've been mentioning My Teenage Stride a lot on these pages lately! They recently wowed us at After the Jump Fest and have been playing a bunch of local shows in recen... more info

Rolling Stone — The Band: Joy Orbison The Buzz: Worked-up and jubilant dance music, U.K. producer Orbison (not his real name, we’re guessing) cannily recalls the sound of mid-’90s London club music, pairing big, booming beats with yearning soul vocals, the class... more info

Stereogum — Merriweather Post Pavilion, Bitte Orca, is any label having a better year than Domino? Wherever that pair sits them, the bar's raised once more with Two Dancers, the sophomore set from British art-pop troupe Wild Beasts (and, incidentally, one of my ... more info