Guardian Music — Zola Jesus is the moody harbinger of a new crop of US underground acts updating the gothic rock aestheticAn amazing record came out a couple of weeks back. It's called Stridulum, it's six tracks long, and it's the work of a 21-year old vocalist from ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Lori Baily "The night was started by Twin Sister, a quintet with only one raspy voiced female. I certainly hope she's got a twin somewhere!... ...Next up was Zola Jesus, moniker for Nika Roza Danilova. Last year, she... more info

5 Acts — Awesome triple acts playing DC9 on Wednesday (04/14/2010). If you wanna go for free, email me at 5actsblog at gmail dot com and use "Chocolate Makes You Happy" as the subject line. Contest ends on Tuesday night (04/13/2010) at 9:00 pm ET. Xiu Xiu o... more info

8/1 — 6.25/10Yine bir 80'ler karaoke gecesi daha... GeçtiÄŸimiz yılın ÅŸanssız gruplarından biri hiç kuÅŸkusuz Cold Cave'di. Love Comes Close adlı albümleriyle en az M83 ya da Cut Copy kadar ilgi çekmesi beklenirken dark... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... ERIC CLAPTON'S Rainbow Concert (1973) Clapton's live return from two year exile, with Pete Townshend, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Rebop and others. We're posting off the shelf live stuff all week. Listen Before You... more info

DrownedInSound — Well hello there. What's this we have ourselves here? A free sampler by all-round pretty-damn-good record label Kill Rock Stars, the home of records by Elliott Smith, The Thermals, Sleater Kinney, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof and about a thousand other wonderfu... more info

Stereogum — When posting the vomit-inducing video for Dear God, I Hate Myself’s title track, we learned that the song’s synth-lined gothic bleep and thump was created primarily on a Nintendo DS. In testament to Jamie Stewart’s instrument of choice, “T... more info

Pitchfork - TV — — This nightmarish, 8-bit animated video from the goth-pop stalwarts features decapitation and blood-smeared faces. Director: C Spencer Yeh. more info

XLR8R — Jamie Stewart, the mastermind behind veteran indie band Xiu Xiu, has been using wonky electronics to create his sinisterly playful and completely abrasive sounds since his first album, 2002's Knife Play. Moving deeper into the 21st century, Stew... more info

Stereogum — SXSW wasn’t the only place on earth last week to have a moment. Merrill Garbus, aka BTW tUnE-YarDs, continues to steal shows, and on Thursday it was from headliner Xiu Xiu. Photographer Andrew Youssef noted that the audience was “howling” betwe... more info