2009: Outdoor Miners - "Twelve Hundred Dollars" by Devin Friesen on 05-22-2012 “Everybody, pay your rent.” Maybe it translates more subjectively in text, but the preceding statement takes on a sort of reassurance as the hook of “Twelve Hundred Dollars.” Vaguely ennui’d in delivery, it’s a small part of a song that should be a year-round anthem for the functioning slacker archetype, as if to say: yeah, stocking shelves is a bore, but it pays the rent – besides, we’ll all get to hang out soon, right? The production on the first Outdoor Miners single is a bit murky ...

White Denim - The Cockpit // 24th May 2012 Texas 4-piece White Denim may not have gained the critical acclaim they perhaps yearn for; supposedly lacking personality in performance, but with 4 albums under their belt, White Denim’s exciting prog-rock psychadelica is surely able to please even the most unconvinced. Ignore the harsh criticism, White Denim playing at The Cockpit’s suited setting may just change your mind. Click here for more info/tickets, and head here for more info on White Denim. Other Gigs 21/05/12 : DZ Deathrays - Cockpit// [Tickets/Info] 23/05/12 : Yarbo - Nation of Shopkeepers// [Tickets ...

Japandroids  and  Chromatics  have been added to  Pitchfork Music Festival 2012 , which returns to Chicago's Union Park July 13-15. They join a lineup that already includes  Beach House ,  Vampire Weekend ,  Feist ,  Godspeed You! Black Emperor ,  Hot Chip ,  Sleigh Bells ,  Dirty Projectors ,  Flying Lotus ,  AraabMUZIK ,  A$AP Rocky  and many, many, many more. Japandroids will perform on Friday, July 13, while Chromatics will perform on Saturday, July 14. In case you missed it, three-day passes for the festival have sold out. Thanks to everybody who purchased!  Individual day tickets  are on sale now right  here , but hurry, because they're ...

auch lustig, was matt mir da schreibt. über die anstehenden deutschland shows seiner band the blank tapes will er zunächst nicht sprechen oder gar vorab auf sie aufmerksam machen, bevor er nicht durch den zoll ist. da scheint einer schlechte erfahrungen gemacht zu haben. kein wunder, der aus la/sf stammende multiinstrumentalist und singer/songwriter m. adams ist schon lange genug dabei. wir fanden gar einen vier jahre alten post im klienicum. seit dem ist eine menge passiert, vor allem ergänzungen in sachen discografie. erwähnenswert dabei das großartige "home away from home" aus dem jahr 2010. demnächst wird ein neuer ...

The Mallard has made some big moves in the last five or six months: releasing Yes On Blood (an absolutely fantastic album that pushes the notion of garage in new and exciting directions), toured with Thee Oh Sees, and set the stakes for a summer of almost non-stop touring. Lucky for the Northwest, the band [...]

You hear about a show, buy tickets, go to the venue, and then enact the ritual of modern-day musical performance, where the line between artist and audience is clearly delineated and everything is dictated by schedules. This ritual is more than just a convenient way of catching a performance; it’s a reflection of capitalist ideology, where time itself is a commodity and the resulting expectations of musical performance are reduced to bullet points on a show-goer’s valuation checklist. The You Are Here festival, created by conceptual installation art duo Trouble (Sam Hillmer of ZS and Laura Paris), is ...

Fill your ears with metal and more by listening to this mixtape put together by the curators of this month's I'll Be Your Mirror festival Fans of South Park, as well as anyone with an interest in metal, will be familiar with the Slayer tune Raining Blood: on an episode called Die Hippie, Die it was used to drive a hippie festival from town. It's the record that kicks of this mixtape, produced by the All Tomorrow's Parties team to herald their second I'll Be Your Mirror festival in the UK. These are a new ...

Grammy-winning duo The Civil Wars perform songs from their critically-acclaimed debut album Barton Hollow, cover Portishead and Kingdom Come from The Hunger Games soundtrack on the latest episode of Unplugged. The Civil Wars’ episode of Unplugged airs this Saturday on Palladia at 9AM ET. Friday, May 11 [All Times ET] M. Ward on David Letterman [CBS 11:35PM] Roger Daltrey on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC Midnight] Big K.R.I.T. on Jimmy Fallon [NBC 12:35AM] Thee Oh Sees on Carson Daly [NBC 1:35AM] Saturday, May 12 The Decemberists on Austin City Limits [PBS] The Civil Wars on Unplugged ...

For once, the tireless workhorse that is Thee Oh Sees appears to have taken a day off. Their new video for “Chem-Farmer”, a cut from their 2011 double EP Carrion Crawler/The Dream, features Los Angeles-based polka cover band Alpine Village People exclusively. Watch as director Chezerez Jourdain follows the lederhosen-sporting polka band as they overeat [...]

San Francisco garage psych veterans Thee Oh Sees brought the ruckus at last night’s installment of the Step Into The Black series presented by Captain Morgan and FADER. The crowd of young Cali punks at … read more »

Having been fortunate enough to attend Pickathon back in 2009, I can safely say that Portland’s indie roots festival is a welcome antithesis to your more typical modern indie festival. Where some festivals might be overcrowded and hot and may only offer terrible corporate beer at a high price, Pickathon is intimate, friendly, and offers [...]

by BBG Total Control at Fun Fun Fun Fest (more by BBG) Total Control's Henge Beat was a favorite around these parts, and now the band recently released a split 12" with Thee Oh Sees. Check out a video for...

THE GOOCH PALMS are making waves on the Australian live music circuit; they’ve supported bands like Pond and Thee Oh Sees, and have opened up a few squares’ minds. Once you see first Leroy’s buttocks, you can never unsee it. By the way, The Gooch Palms are having a whole lot more fun than you are. [...]

Following the release of their stellar Castle Face debut Yes On Blood, The Mallard’s little star has been rising, well, quickly to say the least. A tour with Thee Oh Sees, a recent show with The Fresh & Onlys, and an upcoming slate of live gigs a mile long - it’s nice to see [...]

Check out the video for “Chem-Farmer” from Thee Oh Sees below. Connect with Thee Oh Sees – Facebook | Last.fm | Website (Via)