Rawkblog — Harlem Shakes / photo by David Greenwald Jams: Reverie Sound Revue’s pretty post-Metric pop. Live: Harlem Shakes (pictured above) and Passion Pit throw down at the Echoplex; News: Division Day finishes off their sophomore album; Chad VanGaalen grow... more info

Rawkblog — The left-field Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz is due August 11. Chad and I talked about his experimental excursions in our interview a few months back: “It seems like people always gravitate toward my folk stuff which is fine but it’s also n... more info

Rock Sellout — Chad VanGaalen has an electronic alter ego & it’s coming out to play.. Via Flemish Eye Records: A warped and mutated blend of the futuristic and the organic, Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz is the debut album from Black Mold – the electronic... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Two years ago Montreal native Patrick Watson was nominated for the Polaris Prize, one of Canada's top music honors, along with some heavy hitters (Arcade Fire, Feist, Chad VanGaalen, Junior Boys) and picked up the award despite the odds. That was fo... more info

Rawkblog — Coachella: My hour-by-hour guide hopefully helped you through the weekend. Check it out if you’re not sure who to see today, and click here for Flickr photos from Friday’s sets. In other concert photo blogging, I posted my shots from The Boat Peo... more info

Rawkblog — All photos by David Greenwald Opening for Chad VanGaalen and Women would be about as formidable as it gets for this writer, but Australian act the Boat People held their own, offering up a surprising set of slick, ’60s-soaked guitar pop. Which make... more info

Rawkblog — All photos by David Greenwald Before we go any further — please note the prominent Oprah sticker on Matthew Flegel’s bass. Props. Anyway, in their opening performance for Chad VanGaalen, Women might have outdone him in sheer fireworks — as on r... more info

Rawkblog — All photos by David Greenwald Having heavily anticipated the epic double bill of Women and Chad VanGaalen at Spaceland for weeks, you can imagine my one-way trip to Bummerville upon learning that Chad had missed his flight and was coming in late — ... more info

Rawkblog — Interviews: Chad VanGaalen (pictured at left; photo by David Greenwald) in advance of his Saturday night performance at Spaceland. Jamz: A rare, glorious Softies bootleg from 2000; a First Look at Telekinesis‘ fantastic debut. News: Some pre-Coache... more info

Rawkblog — Photo by David Greenwald Perhaps no single musician in indie rock has emerged as intriguingly over the past few years as Chad VanGaalen. While many a band would be happy to fill their press release with his backstory’s highlights — building his o... more info