2012...what a year of music. We got new releases from favorites such as Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear and heard new favorites in Father John Misty, Nude Beach, Tanlines, and more. Last year Earbuddy celebrated one year of existence with the best 50 albums of 2011 . However, we've grown since [...]

For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012, leading up to our 2012 Top Album Countdown , as voted on by our listeners! Voting ends on Friday, December 21st , so let us know your favorites now , and tune in on Friday, December 28th to hear if your picks made the list! Bear in Heaven at KEXP, 04/13/12 // photo credit: Morgen Schuler ( more photos ) Nate's 2012 Top Ten Albums [...]
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Recuerdo que hace dos años con la aparición del 'witch house' me fui topando con un montón de proyectos cuyos nombres eran realmente dificiles de descifrar, sin embargo debo decir que aunque la mayoría de estos actos se han estado manteniendo en los terrenos de soundcloud de manera discreta, los exponentes de esta rama se han estado convirtiendo en algunos de los productores mas atractivos de los últimos años, lo cual obviamente ha hecho que poco a poco se vayan separando de aquella definición. Pero bueno, esto es un poco de lo que encontraran dentro de esta entrega, así como [...]
Following the wrap up of shoegaze and dream pop releases this year, there's still a whole heap of stand out records to blab about. Here's a short list of assorted gems from post punk, fuzzy rock to downbeat electronica... ...more Stand Out Records Of 2012 Erik Blood – ‘Touch Screens’ (Independent) Download audio file (Erik Blood - Constance and Casey.mp3) Seattle based [...]
Prosseguindo a lista nomeada como TOP TRACKS 40-2012, altura para divulgar mais algumas músicas que dominaram as minhas escutas neste ano de 2012, prestes a terminar. Na posição #26, que tal um salto até aos Estados Unidos para de lá trazermos "Palace Garden, 4am" dos Beat Connection? Sem dúvida, uma banda que marcou pela positiva em 2012 com o álbum 'The Palace Garden'. Subindo
Bear In Heaven have shared two remixes of their song, "World of Freakout" , from their recent album, I Love You, It's Cool . Both remixes were created by Nicolas Jaar's Darkside collaborator Dave Harrington . Check out [...]

A long night, but no matter. I learned long ago that spending a bit extra time doing something you love... well, it's a good thing! Stuarto sent along a text asking if I could pick up his 8pm show and I obliged. Being a mere few hours from show time, I just threw together an array of vinyl to mix in and ended up timing it almost perfectly. Over the next few weeks the show will be themed as follows: • 12/14: Vinyl Only Night: Turntable music only! • 12/21: Christmas [...]
Photo gallery of Bear In Heaven, Small Black, ERAAS at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY (December 5, 2012). Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photo s/bear-in-heaven-small-black-e raas-music-hall-of-wil/
Here it is. I know you'll hate it; I know you'll disagree, but that's not the point in making an arbitrary list. We here at ATH worked really hard to fit in the tastes of the four of us, and when we decided upon our Top 50, it really boied down to simple math. What albums did we love when they came out? Do we still enjoy spinning those records months later? If they're in the Top 50, then the asnwer is probably yes. I mean, our Top 2 records came out in January, and still play a vital part [...]

Surfing on Steam’s 20 favorite albums of 2012. Click here to see 11-20. 1. Death Grips - The Money Store Let me start by saying that the act of releasing their second album of 2012 (NO LOVE DEEP WEB) by dropping it for free online then promoting an us vs. them mentality where musicians sign record deals only to try and attempt an obnoxious online breakup is a flat-out embarrassment and publicity failure for Death Grips. And, WTF is a band like Death Grips doing on [...]

Suggested NYC Concerts The Best Indie Shows Hand-picked Each Week Is it really already December? As the year begins to wind down, there are a ton of great bands in town playing shows across Brooklyn and Manhattan. Of all those shows, we're not surprisingly most excited about the one we're putting on at Knitting Factory in Williamsburg on Friday night . I started this blog 3 years ago, and to celebrate our birthday/anniversary, we decided it would be [...]
What's better than bringing together six awesome indie bands? Well, how about unlimited beer tasting from about 12 microbreweries? On Saturday, The Bay Bridged and SF Brewers Guild are coming together to present a live event at Public Works, including Bear in Heaven, Sonny & The Sunsets, Born Gold, Blasted Canyons, James & Evander, and Trails and Ways. Tickets are $50 in advance , or $60 at the door. That's about an average price for a beer festival, so the bands are a pretty sweet added bonus. So in case you aren't familiar with them, [...]

Los Angeles' punky, poppy Bleached (Jennifer and Jessica Clavin, formerly of Mika Miko) have just signed to Dead Oceans and the label will release the band's debut album sometime next year. The record was produced by Darker My Love's Rob Barbato and Jennifer Clavin told SPIN that the album will be more than more of what we've heard before: What we really wanted to do was explore. We've been doing this since we were teenagers and we have a certain sound on our last three seven-inches, but we wanted to show [...]
As November rains its way into December, the Bay Area does its part in the War on Christmas with the onset of our annual secular holiday concert season. Relive that scene in My So-Called Life where Rayanne went flyering drunk in the school parking lot when Toad the Wet Sprocket play not one but two [...]

Bear in Heaven @ MHOW, May 2012 ( more by Amanda Hatfield ) "World of Freakout" is one of the strongest cuts off Bear in Heaven 's I Love You, It's Cool which came out earlier this year, with throbbing bass and synths ripe for the dancefloor. The band has handed the track over to Nicolas Jaar's Darkside collaborator Dave Harrington who strips it down a bit, making it more of a sleek night drive kind of track. We've [...]

I Love You, It's Cool wasn't as critically acclaimed as people hoped it would be, but it's still a really strong album from start to finish. The "grower" of 2012? It may also be the most "adult contemporary" piece of music I've ever loved. Previously: #8 , #9 , #10 , #20-11

Mixtape: The Sounds of The Bay Brewed 2012 (Podcast #292) On Saturday, December 1st, we're proud to be throwing San Francisco’s only rock and roll beer festival, The Bay Brewed 2012 , where we'll be taking over Public Works for a full afternoon of tasty craft brews and great indie music. It's a can't-miss festival featuring music performances by Bear in Heaven , Sonny & the Sunsets , Born Gold , Blasted Canyons [...]
These are my 50 favorite songs released in 2012 I submitted them for this year's Contrast Podcast Festive Fifty. We'll see how many show up in the final vote! In spite of the numbering, I like everything from about #15 to the end of the list about equally. This was an excellent music year for me. One of the reasons I stopped blogging was that I no longer wanted to risk legal action by uploading mp3s. Unfortunately, the WordPress version on our poor, neglected site is now too old to [...]
Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads.... Black Lakes - Common Song Bear In Heaven - Kiss Me Crazy (Beacon Remix) Meech - Somethin (Urulu Remix) Humphrey Milles - Breathe Team Me - Looking Thru the Eyes of Sir David Brewster Digits - Good Morning Pacific Air - Float (TheFatRat Remix) Aeon Sable - Agnosia Emil & Friends - Royal Oats (Radial Remix) Robbie - Took It All Away Marissa Nadler - Ordinary [...]
In August, we gave away this remix of Bear in Heaven 's 'Kiss Me Crazy', by BNJMN. This week, we've got another remix of the same song; this time, by Greenpoint, New York City-based r&b duo Beacon. Listen to and grab it below.