Brooklyn Vegan — The Native Sound split 7" series continues next week (4/14) with a split from Former Ghosts and Funeral Advantage (pre-order). Former Ghosts is Freddy Ruppert's project, and the songs on the split include frequent collaborators Zola Jesus and Xiu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — 'MERZXIU' album artwork Japanese noise veteran Merzbow has been doing some choice collaborations with younger artists lately. Following last year's collaborative album with Full of Hell, he'll team up with uncompromising songwriter Xiu XIu for a two-... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Electric Wizard at MDF 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro) photo: Porches at Baby's All Right in 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sam Amidon at SXSW 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Sam Amidon, Bill Frisell, Shahzad Ismaily, Cy Dune @ Music Hall of Williamsburg... more info

Stereogum — Will Wiesenfeld’s project Baths has undergone an incredible evolution over the years. Beginning as another bedroom-pop producer on the charming Cerulean, Baths shifted his sound considerably with last year’s Obsidian, a pitch-black synth-pop reco... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (photo via @lightintheattic) Tickets for The Swellers' last NYC show at The Studio at Webster Hall go on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the Xiu Xiu and Yvette show at Glasslands go on sale today at 10 AM.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Xiu Xiu at Bowery Ballroom in 2012 (more by Joe McCabe) Xiu Xiu only has a few tour dates coming up at the moment, but one of those is a one-off in NYC happening on October 18 at Glasslands. He's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — PornHub has already become a hot (some might say very hot) spot to premiere music videos -- just ask Xiu Xiu and FaltyDL -- and the next person to (sort of) follow suit will be a man of great... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Viet Cong @ BV SXSW 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) The NXNE Festival happens in venues all over Toronto, Cananda from June 13 - 22. They've already had a few lineup announcements and have just released another round of artist... more info

Stereogum — “El Naco” is up there with “Support Our Troops” and “I Luv Abortion” in Xiu Xiu’s discography in terms of pure discomfort factor. It’s a dissonant, ugly song and now there is a fittingly unsettling video for it that continues the band... more info