*‘The Great Enlightenment’ *is the new single from Israeli singer-songwriter *Geva Alon,* released on June 18th through 2B Vibes Music/ADA Global. Taken from his forthcoming album ‘*In The Morning Ligh*t’, produced by Thom Monahan (Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, Silver Jews), ‘*The Great...

► Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band visit the Sports Arena behind the March release of the songwriter’s 17th studio album, “Wrecking Ball.” Also: Love Letters To L.A.: Pianos Live with Races, LA Font, Mariah McManus and more at the Egyptian Theatre Opeth and Mastodon at the Gibson Amphitheatre Vetiver and Big Search at [...]

I was having trouble describing what Lower Dens are trying to do on their new album Nootropics so I looked up the definition of “nootropics”. It is the collective term for 'smart drugs'; the narcotics that supposedly can enhance memory and intelligence, and it is derived from two Greek words which mean “mind” and “to bend”. This fact certainly helped me get a better handle on this 51 minute, shifting, dream-like collection of songs that manages to move between lengthy but intricate post-punk, folk melodies, drone and motorik repetition with a deceptive ease. Lower Dens were formed in 2009 by ...

Portland(ia) is hometown for Pure Bathing Culture, the oddly-named indie-pop duo of Daniel Hindman and Sarah Versprille. Their debut self-titled EP is out on May 22nd through Father/Daughter Records. Its four tracks are full of sweet melodies, ’80s guitar effects … Read More... →

Pure Bathing Culture is the project of Portland-by-way-of-Brooklyn duo Daniel Hindman & Sarah Versprille (who also play guitar and keyboard in Vetiver when they aren’t recording their own music). They’ve just released their latest single is “Ivory Coast” which is a dreamy and melodic slice of sparse indie pop tailored-made for a lay Spring afternoon. They’ve [...]

“You’re what I love the most.” As far as I’m concerned, Richard Swift is batting a thousand in 2012 and the latest project his ears and hands have graced, Pure Bathing Culture’s self-titled debut EP is another home-run. Pure Bathing Culture is Daniel Hindman and Sarah Versprille, who you may recognize from their other band, Vetiver. [...]

Vetiver, Gold Leaves, Cumulus @ Columbia City Theater | 3/17 | 9pm | $10 (Get Tickets) | 21+ Vetiver pulls out the folk and easy-listening fan in all of us. The group has been touring extensively over the past year or so and has shared the stage with Foxes">Fleet Foxes, Fruit Bats and will be [...]

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood have announced the release of their debut studio album, titled Big Moon Ritual, due out June 5 via Silver Arrow/Megaforce Records. The album is produced by Thom Monahan (Vetiver, Devendra Banhart, Papercuts) and will be followed by a companion release, _The Magic Doo...

Vetiver at Sasquatch 2010 ::: Photo by Josh Lovseth Sub Pop’s many tentacles intertwine endlessly. Currently with Sub Pop, Vetiver’s Daniel Hindman recently contributed electric guitar to former Sub Pop artist Damien Jurado on his latest record Maraqopa. Gold Leaves is the project Grant Olsen, formerly of Sub Pop project Arthur and Yu. Now on Sub [...]

After spending three years at the kitschy Kutsher’s Country Club in the Catskills region of New York, organizers behind the highly successful All Tomorrow’s Parties last year decided to move their hipster friendly music and comedy festival, dubbed  I’ll Be Your Mirror , to the site of another once thriving summer vacation destination – Asbury Park, New Jersey. For their second year at the Jersey shore, the fest will be headlined The Afghan Whigs , who will reunite for their first U.S. gigs in 13 years, with curating duties being handed off to the band’s lead singer Greg ...

After a quick revamp thanks to Guided By Voices' cancellation , All Tomorrow's Parties' I’ll Be Your Mirror music festival has announced its revised 2012 lineup. Headlined by the reunited Afghan Whigs (whose frontman Greg Dulli is curating the festival), Louis C.K., and The Roots, the lineup boasts more than 35 acts. Other performers include Jose Gonzalez, the Mark Lanegan Band, Dirty Three, The Antlers, The Dirtbombs, The Make-Up, Hot Snakes, Scrawl, Sharon Van Etten, Emeralds, The Magic Band, Autolux, Vetiver, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Thee Oh Sees,  Factory Floor, Death Grips, Questlove, Charles Bradley And The Extraordinaires ...

The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli will be curating this year’s iteration of All Tomorrow’s Parties’ I’ll Be Your Mirror in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Yes, the movie room and the poker room will be making another appearance. Chosen by Greg Dulli: THE AFGHAN WHIGS LOUIS C.K. THE ROOTS JOSE GONZALEZ MARK LANEGAN BAND DIRTY THREE THE ANTLERS THE DIRTBOMBS performing Ultraglide In Black SCRAWL SHARON VAN ETTEN EMERALDS VETIVER QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT CHARLES BRADLEY AND THE EXTRAORDINAIRES DJ QUESTLOVE REIGNING SOUND + more to be confirmed Chosen by ATP : THE MAKE -UP (reforming for IBYM ) HOT ...

Those folks over at ATP have announced the initial line-up for the Afghan Whigs curated I'll Be Your Mirror Festival , which takes place September 21-23 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Joining the reunited band will be Louis C.K., The Roots (and a DJ set from ?uestlove), José González, Make-Up, Dirty Three, Sharon Van Etten, the Antlers, Emeralds, Hot Snakes, Thee Oh Sees, Mark Lanegan Band, the Dirtbombs, Death Grips, Factory Floor, Scrawl, Vetiver, Reigning Sound, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, the Magic Band, Autolux, Charles Bradley and the Extraordinaires, I Break Horses, and a few more. For more information ...

To celebrate the first Afghan Whigs show in America in 13 years, gloom-master general Greg Dulli was kindly asked to curate the second year of beach-brooder blowout All Tomorrow's Parties I'll Be Your Mirror in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Today, his first 14 picks were released, and they're certainly a doozy, led by a rare festival appearance by comedian-of-the-moment Louis C.K., a score which kind of feels like nabbing Jerry Seinfeld circa 1991. Other acts showcase Dulli's well-worn love of tender romantics (Sharon Van Etten, Jose Gonzalez), classic soul and hip-hop (The Roots, Charles Bradley ...

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