melophobe — Wholly uncomplicated in its theme of high contrast lens flares and snippets of idle life, the music video for Perfume Genius’ “Look Out, Look Out” amplifies the wavering shyness fighting with the message that needs to be made. It’s okay, da... more info

Chorus.fm — Watch the new video for "Lookout, Lookout" by *Perfume Genius* (http://www.myspace.com/kewlmagik) here (http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/12/09/perfume-genius-lookout-lookout-video-directed-by-patrick-sher-nyc-show/), where you can also hea... more info

Rollo & Grady — Stereogum :: Top 50 Albums of 2010 50 Emeralds – Does It Look Like I Am Here? 49 Small Black – New Chain 48 Sharon Van Etten – Epic 47 Baths – Cerulean 46 Frank (Just Frank) – The Brutal Wave 45 Perfume Genius – Learning 44 Field Music �... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Perfume Genius - "Dreem" (MP3) Perfume Genius released a new version of Learning. In the words of Matador...Just in time for the holidays, we're reissuing the devastating debut album from Seattle's Perfume Genius, aka Mike Hadreas, in a new... more info

Stereogum — Part of the charm of Perfume Genius’ Learning is its brevity. Mike Hadreas slays you quietly with his piano, falsetto, and lyrics straight from a Dennis Cooper novel in less than 30 minutes. It feels like a note, something honed to a core out of ne... more info

Stereogum — As illustrated by Decibel’s Top 40 earlier today, ’tis the season for list giving. As far as the non-metal kind go (though they did include the Dillinger Escape Plan), NME wisely included Salem’s King Night and Zola Jesus’s Stridulum II in th... more info

Guardian Music — This darkwave troubadour might be a Brit School alumnus, but his synth-noir sound is about as far removed from the fame-academy archetype as you can getHometown: South-east London.The lineup: Archy Marshall (vocals, music).The background: "We only ne... more info

I Like Music — Set to release his second record, EP2, following a celebrated short run of dates with Perfume Genius in October. Upcoming live dates announced for Dec 2010 more info

Guardian Music — His debut LP betrays a love of lo-fi indie, but it's on the gorgeously ghostly Contact Sports where this Dublin lad shinesHometown: Dublin.The lineup: Patrick Kelleher (vocals, instruments).The background: We first noticed Patrick Kelleher in the vid... more info

Guardian Music — A month's worth of the best new music, from Britpop revivalists to witch house, reduced like a fine red wine jus and poured over our SoundCloud playlistHello, and welcome to the latest in New band of the day's monthly hook-ups with SoundCloud. A play... more info