Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Kyle Dean Reinford, words by Andrew Frisicano Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof opened the first Pool Party of 2010 with a noisy, fleshy work out of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. The six-piece group smashed through the minimal record, with... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "WHY? at the waterfront was absolutely fantastic. Best time I've seen them. Fang Island shredded too!" - The Tape "Meet Senator Chuck Schumer" @ the July 11th Pool Party (Ruthie_FF) Pool Party champion Charles E. Schumer allowed people to ironically.... more info

XLR8R — Leave it to the wonderfully off-center Pictureplane (a.k.a. Travis Egedy) to lovingly shoot these crazy young'uns outside a Brokencyde show. read more more info

Pitchfork — The Pool Parties are back. After overcoming some political obstacles with help from Senator Chuck Schumer, the promotion company Jelly has scheduled another season of free outdoor concerts in Brooklyn. The series will run every Sunday from July 1... more info

Big Stereo — Pictureplane – “True Ruin Light Body” Kate Moross is putting out the new Pictureplane single on her Isomorph label. Like all Moross projects, the visual overwhelm the audio, but really, there are not enough hearts in the world for Pictureplane. more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "True Ruin" by Pictureplane from the 2009 album, "Dark Rift." more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Pitchfork.tv just premiered the kaleidoscopic video for Pictureplane's nearly nine-minute, raved-out new single "True Ruin" (you can check it out below as well). The song is the title track of a new 12" single that's set to drop next week on UK desig... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — One week ago, we introduced you to Berkeley-based rapper Lil B with his straight-talking cut "Real Life" (as well as its accompanying Pictureplane remix). Here's another tune that's making the rounds as well, which finds Lil B mulling over the pros a... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — You might recognize Berkeley-based rapper Lil B from the hip-hop group the Pack, who had a hit in 2006 with their sneaker anthem "Vans". The guy's accruing some buzz- recent rumors have suggested that Lil B has signed to Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's imprint... more info

XLR8R — Darkwave and house enthusiast Pictureplane is kicking off a new residency at local Denver, CO club Meadowlark Bar this Sunday, and he's calling it Real Is a Feeling. To get people stoked on the kind of "house/bass/rave/synth/goth/queer" music Mr... more info