Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Ezra Furman @ BVCMJ 2015 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Ezra Furman has made a video for "Body Was Made," his joyous protest anthem from this year's great Perpetual Motion People. It was directed by the team of Anika Mottershaw... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman Mercury Rev @ LPR 10/15/2015 Mercury Rev played Bella Union's official CMJ showcase on Thursdsay (10/15) at Le Poisson Rouge, part of their short tour. Though the band just released their first album in seven years, The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield, videos by (((unARTig))), words by Pink Baby The Album Leaf / Makthaverskan BrooklynVegan took over Baby's All Right for the third year in a row for free Friday and Saturday parties during CMJ. The Friday show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — FREE, THIS FRIDAY, noon-7pm at Baby's All Right.... In addition to the BV + Collect Records CMJ showcase at Baby's All Right on Wednesday, BrooklynVegan is throwing free shows there on Friday (10/16) and Saturday (10/17). The Saturday show is... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis John Grant released his third solo album, Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, last week. Made with producer John Congleton, it continues in the electro-inflected sound, but still with that '70s glam vibe Grant does so well (not to... more info

Stereogum — Ezra Furman has been on a quest to cover some of the most beloved songs of all time, both old and contemporary, and the last one we heard from him was of LCD Soundsystem’s “I Can Change.” Today, Furman’s presented us with his rendition of the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Slim Twig has released a video for "Fadeout Killer" from his new album, Thank You for Sticking wtih Twig. Like the song, there's a dreamlike quality to the video, directed by David Rendall, that has Twig running... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Chicago's J. Fernandez released Many Levels of Laughter last month via Joyful Noise and if you haven't checked it out, I think its one of 2015's more underrated albums. There's a melancholy, rainy-day vibe to it that... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Little Boots' Working Girl, Ezra Furman's Perpetual Motion People, and Four Tet's Morning/Evening are new albums I can recommend. Veruca Salt's Ghost Notes and the Nina Revisited: A Tribute to Nina Simone compilation are other anticipated releases. A... more info

Mercury News, California — Also, Fishbone frontman Angelo Moore brings Brand New Step to SXSW. more info