
[TL; DR: DOWNLOAD HERE ] We suppose to begin at the beginning would be to report that in the summer of 1993 we were driving with the windows down one afternoon in Ardmore, PA, the radio was dialed to Princeton's WPRB, and then we first heard "Claire Hates Me" by Lilys . The tune is a rush of dense guitar and gently modulating melody with an impassioned vocal, so nice it was released twice: first as one side of a split 7" as part of Simple [...]

Recently wrapped up a collaboration with Fista Cuffs. It's my first Trap tune ever. I hope you enjoy what you hear. Enjoy the free download below.
Loads of music fans, bloggers etc have spent most of this week listening to the stunning new Disclosure track featuring AlunaGeorge. It's called 'White Noise' and is built on that huge synth line. Ooooooffff. You can listen to the track here. Anyway, are you ready for a big claim? Brace [Read more]

No introduction needed really. Here are my top 10 favorite 7-inch records for 2012. Hope you like 'em too. 1. The Intelligence - (They Found Me In The Back Of) The Galaxy ( In the Red ) First time I heard this song my jaw dropped. It was at the Crocodile in Seattle and Lars introduced as an old song. At first I believed him, thinking it must have been on some obscure split 7-inch that came out in Moldova. Why did Finburg [...]

For all the Moombah and bass heads out there...San Francisco duo Fista Cuffs (Peter Sims and Gregory Sills) comes big on "How We Breathe." If you're not up on these two young kids, stay tuned as we predict some big stuff from these guys in 2013. Follow Fista Cuffs on Facebook | Twitter You might also like: Hey DJs: Beatport Mixes Opens To Public, Upload Your Mixtapes Now and Earn Money Free Download: Bot'Ox “Basement [...]

As the sequel to Pants Yell!, the Andrew Churchman-led band Cuffs has distanced itself only slightly: the music is louder, noisier, more unbuttoned. Punk as it almost gets, it's still catchy, sensitive-dude indie pop. As it should be. I'd say the Pants Yell! catalog is one of the key indie-pop discographies of the last decade - with a mere three albums, Chuchman has a lot left to say. Here's "Private View," the newer band's second single - the vinyl's available now and comes with a download code. The band infuriatingly isn't selling just tracks, but so it goes. [...]
Bottom 40 is Seattle's first queer DJ Collective, contributed to by the highest caliber of queer musicians who vehemently stick to their integrity and prowess in musical selections and mixing.

La mattina del 13 dicembre le ragazze scandinave indossano vesti candide e una corona di candele accese. L'oscurità della notte di Santa Lucia , che secondo il Calendario Giuliano era la notte più lunga dell'anno, è ormai alle spalle e la luce può ritornare. Ci si scambia doni, si preparano dolci tradizionali, si canta in coro e prende il via il periodo delle festività. Come già gli anni scorsi , anche "polaroid alla radio" ha deciso di entrare nello spirito natalizio e di provare a farvi un piccolo regalo. Ho chiamato un po' di amici e di [...]

potrebbe essere la compilation più bella e interessante dell’anno: curata dal collettivo Boston Hassle , raccoglie i nomi più interessanti della scena di Boston, con un brano inedito a testa - verrà pubblicata solo nel formato Playbutton (nell’immagine qui sopra), che unisce nello stesso oggetto il disco e il suo player, e ne fa un accessorio da indossare: BOSTON HASSLE: a boston underground music compilation(on a wearable button music playing format!?) by BODIES OF WATER arts and crafts
Here's a brand spankin' new track from one of my favorite San Francisco producers, Majestry. It was produced in collaboration with Fista Cuffs another upcoming SF local. We recently featured Majestry in our first local artist roundup . I have to say I'm regretting not waiting a day before this track came out to write that post. This is honestly some of the best moombahcore I've ever heard and is miles above some of the soulless garbage that has been released lately (something about 100% and a bitch vaguely comes to mind). The track builds slow and drops heavy. [...]

MP3: CUFFS - Privilege CUFFS is the new band from dudes involved in Pants Yell (RIP), Big Troubles and other cool music groups. Their debut 7 inch single Privilege b/w Archer is out now, limited to 300 screen printed copies by Ride the Snake Records (great label name). Check out the A SIDE, get into good rock pop then get a copy - like today or somethin'.

endlich gehts in richtung tonträger bei cuffs . wir hatten über den pants yell ableger bereits berichtet und staunten nicht schlecht über deren erste demoaufnahmen, klick . nun veröffentlicht der vierer aus cambridge, ma, endlich auch handfestes. die single "privilege/archer" erschien jüngst auf ride the snake records und enthält, wie die single es eben auch ausweist, neben "privilege", siehe unten, noch die flip "archer" und damit einen bis dato unbekannten track. es bleibt alles "beim alten", melodieverliebt und drängelnd nach vorne, sehr sehr fein! zur ergänzung die band: andrew churchman, martin pavlinic, casey keenan und ian [...]

Cuffs have a little demo EP out on bandcamp and that's all I really know about them. Except for the little blurb on their bandcamp page: CUFFS is a group from Cambridge, MA comprised of 2/3 of the band Pants Yell, a member of Reports and the blonde kid from Big Troubles. They have three shows coming up. I guess I'll have to go to find out more. They do have a tumblr too. Cuffs - Albert Kroft (demo) [...]

by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD : Naked on the Vague - Clock of 12's (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Trust - Candy Walls (MP3) DOWNLOAD : The Fresh & Onlys - Do You Believe in Destiny? (MP3) DOWNLOAD : Cuffs - Privilege (MP3) Naked on the Vague It's spring, it's Passover/Easter, flowers are blooming...let's talk goth. Sydney, Australia's Naked on [...]
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For myself, one of the sadder bits of news in 2010 was the apparent breakup of Boston's Pants Yell! last April. The band released some absolutely stellar pop records, and came around the time where I was truly discovering that kind of unique sound which was culled from 80s/90s indiepop. After playing their final shows last May, one would hope we would be hearing something soon on the future endeavors of the members. Luckily, we didn't have to wait that long to find out. Towards the end of last year, former PY! frontman Andrew Churchman returned [...]

Ashley Turner Ian McCarthy performing with Conservative Man at Great Scott (05.21.2010) This post marks the beginning of our new "Guest Weekly Picks" series where we will be inviting a special guest to compile their own concert picks each week as well as asking them a host of relevant and irrelevant questions. Our inaugural guest, Ian McCarthy, has appeared on the Foundwaves Weekly Picks List list several times as a member of Conservative Man . [...]

Cuffs Attention young, aspiring journalist: if you are lucky enough, or brilliant enough, to have reached the position of writing the editorial of your publication anonymously, do this one service to your reader: lace it with one single word that is grammatically and contextually acceptable, but is out of the realm of common practice and slightly askew. Test yourselves and see if you can spot the odd misplaced in the following examples, as altered lovingly by your narrator: Excerpt from: “British politics: End of the [...]

Hey, look, three new songs (O.K., demos) from CUFFS, the new band of two-thirds of Pants Yell! They're a little muddier than the crisper-than-autumn-air last Pants Yell! record (because, lo-fi lusters, they are demos ) but the songs themselves are bold and bright and great. CUFFS - "Privilege" : mp3 CUFFS - "Albert Kroff" (which I posted previously as "Albert Cross") : mp3 CUFFS - "You Can Come True": mp3 Keep an eye on the [...]