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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Best Coast, “Boyfriend”

Is it just us, or is the following Best Coast premiere essentially a Taylor Swift song for girls in Ghost World glasses–the “You Belong With Me” of the indie rock set? Either way, our favorite part has to be where frontwoman Bethany Cosetino admits she’s a dropout and this other chick has a college degree. […]

FROM THE STACKS: PARLOVR

We get a lot of crap CDs at the self-titled offices. But once in a while, a pleasant surprise slips into our promo stack. Here’s a recent delivery that knocked the s/t staff on its collective ass.

And the Best Set From Last Night’s Creators Project Was…

Photos by Andrew Parks …Sleigh Bells. Yep, we get it now; it being the kind of bruised pop cuts Rick Rubin would have written years ago if he wasn’t already busy reanimating the corpse of Johnny Cash. They’d be nothing but noise if singer Alexis Krauss wasn’t a one-woman wrecking ball, however. That’s why she […]

COMING TO AMERICA, PART II: White Belt Yellow Tag

Photos by Jen Maler The story’s a familiar one: a UK band with major momentum back home spends the next year simply trying to get their record released over here. Wondering what it’s like trying to bait blogs and build buzz in a matter of days, we asked two acts from the London-based Distiller Records […]