In other parts of the country, the notion of an ENDLESS SUMMER might be all about surfing. Here in Boston, it's about the dance party, and our true-school year-round residents perform a... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Foundwaves is giving away a copy of Neon Indian 's 2009 LP Psychic Chasms , and it's ridiculously easy to enter to win. All you have to do is sign in or register as a Foundwaves user, and comment on this post. The winner gets a copy of Psychic Chasms on vinyl, and will be able to enjoy the unique artwork, as well as give that dusty record player the best action it has gotten in a while. In addition, the winner will receive a link to download [...]
(photo by CoCo Courtney) While it's just an EP, we're sort of feeling like the breakout kids in Zambri and their effort Bang For Changes is going to slide easily amongst the top 10 of 2009 for us here at...

Illustration by Natalia Thorpe Words by Oliver Primus As far as 'buzz' bands go Passion Pit are pretty much up there at the peak. We were lucky to send the band some questions and this is what went down! Firstly, could you introduce your band to our readers ? im Nate, I play drums, Jeff plays bass, Ayad plays keys and synths, Ian plays keyboard and guitar, and Michael plays keys and sings. You boys are heading to UK for a [...]

In a town where being a hater is almost an Art, once in a while it's nice to recognize when people are doing their shit right. " Make it New " and " Heartthrob " for the past couple years have become a fixture in Boston's Midweek nightlife and a lifestyle to dozens of Glamorous Kids on a Hipster bandwagon that seems to have more lives than Felix the Housecat (o_O). Whether it's the Music, or the need to be immortalized on David Day's Camera, the crowd that heads over to Cambridge weekly has at least shown this Basstown [...]
FOLKY, NOT FOLKSY: Sarah Palin couldn’t compete with the Dodos last Thursday. Even though the Dodos’ show a week ago Thursday at the Museum of Fine Arts sold out, the San Franciscan duo were aware of a conflicting engagement. “Welcome to the 2008 Vice-Presidential Debates,” singer Meric Long joked with ironic solemnity. The timing was all the two events had in common. Whereas Sarah Palin spewed folksy, confused verbiage, the Dodos (signed to Les Savy Fav’s Frenchkiss Records last December) played endearingly folk -y music [...]

We just got word that tonight's scheduled Vidfest in Union Square has been postponed due to the threat of rain -- they'll try it again tomorrow, same massive lineup of bands and video projection artists. In the meantime, that frees us all up to head over to the Estate, where half of the Rapture will be spinning alongside Atlanta turntable wizard/paawrty-rocker DJ Klever and our own DJ Die Young. DOWNLOAD: DJ Klever, Ski Mask Way Mixtape [mp3]

artwork: a cherry blossom girl I threw out all of my tapes recently. It was somewhat unintentional, as I was caught up in moving and the pressure to get rid of things, but unfortunately it was only after the fact that I realized what a stupid thing it was to do. At the time, I remember thinking, well I can get it all digitally anyway, who needs these shitty, low quality analog tapes? Right? But the thing is, even if I had the tracklisting from every single mixtape (which I unfortunately [...]