50. Silver Swans - "Secrets" A dark, sexy slice of female fronted post-punk, Silver Swans took us downtown and underground in 2010. Pushed through crowd to the back of the club and into some secret corner with dead eyes and weak hearts, the central lyric is a lie, "I don't think about you anymore." 49. Apex Manor - "Under The Gun" "Under The Gun" both enjoys the comfort of conversation

Welcome to The New York Rockmarket’s end of the year list spectacular. This is when I talk about how lists are fun but ultimately meaningless, and apologize for not posting the last few days because I’ve been compiling my lists. This is also where I talk about favorites as opposed to best, like I did last year . All of those things still apply. I’m making two lists this year: Favorite Songs and Favorite Albums. I’m going to attempt to skew my albums list a bit more towards the critical, but this songs list is just straight-up about fun, beautiful, [...]

It seems like I spend a lot of my time recounting childhood memories and discussing the differences in how young people approach, receive, and possess music with how we experience music as adults. And though we could easily mourn the loss of youth as we age, adulthood grants people certain privileges that make getting older somewhat worthwhile. You can buy beer, you can gamble, and you can vote. And one aspect of adulthood that is often overlooked, but totally rules, is the tradition of the Christmas party. I know Christmas is all about presents when you are small, but [...]
I admire people like Toby who stick to genuine singles for their year end lists, but I can't do it. It's harder and harder to know what it means anyway. The Fresh & Onlys made a fancy video for "Waterfall" but didn't release it as 7" -- is it still a single? (It's not on list anyway, but another of theirs is.) I don't worry about it, clearly, as my #1 was an album cut. An AWESOME album cut. I do still feel singles are meant to be ephemeral. If I'm not listening to some of these tracks [...]

Midlake Having celebrated its fifth birthday last year, the beautifully boutique End of The Road Festival has revealed the first batch of acts that will appear at next year’s event. Held in the stunning grounds of Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset from September 2 to 4, the festival will see performances from the following: Mountain Man The Walkmen Treefight for Sunlight Midlake (only Uk festival exclusive) Josh T Pearson Lanterns on The Lake John Grant The Fall Twin Shadow Wild Beasts Willy [...]

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A wonderful piece of old school doo-wop/pop from Texas duo Fergus & Geronimo. After releasing a ton of singles on various labels (including the amazing "Tell It In My Ear"), the boys have finally settled down with Hardly Art, who will be releasing their debut LP on January 18th. I've had the pleasure of being [...]

SXSW has announced the second round of 2011 artists performing. Our picks to look out for include Ty Segall , La Sera , JEFF the Brotherhood , Colleen Green , DeVotchka , J Mascis (of Dinosaur Jr.) , Maps and Atlases and Shuttle . Read on for the complete list of performers announced. Alberta Cross (Brooklyn NY) AM (New Orleans LA) Asking Alexandria (York UK-ENGLAND) Bajzel (Poznan POLAND) Bare Wires (San Francisco CA) The Bellrays (Los [...]
La Sera So delightfully creepy; this video proves that not even gruesome imagery can fight the smile evoking tunes La Sera is coming to be known for. The group, fronted by Vivian Girls' Katy Goodman, has been busy cranking out the ditties with a 73 that dropped November 17th and a full album due out February 15th on Hardly Art. Yeah, it's a long time to wait but the 73 is truly worth it and will tide you over til you get the full enchilada. [MP3] Never Come Around [...]
[mp3] La Sera: "Never Come Around" If you ever read this rag, or our twitter feed ( s ) - you know that we're not the most massive Vivian Girls, er, guys. Yet, there are only so many times one can hear a song and love it, without telling everyone about it. While we haven't heard the upcoming self-titled album from Vivian Gal Katy Goodman's band La Sera (February 15th, Hardly Art), lead single and A-side of her recently released 7", "Never Come Around" is about as charming as they [...]

Here again is a short round-up of some of the better new releases we've come across recently. Once again, they all deserve more in the way of a narrative, but time can be a hard taskmaster on occasion. First up is the rather strangely named EP's Trailer Park and their strangely compelling folk song tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa - this year's Nobel Laureate in Literature. Download EP's Trailer Park - Did You Know That The Name Of My True Love Was Vargas Llosa? mp3 [...]

Every week we bring you the best cutting edge music from around the web. Our newest batch of uploads are ready for your listening pleasure. You can download the following mp3s individually OR play them all in a row. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [...]
On February 15th, Hardly Art will release the self-titled debut full-length from La Sera . La Sera is the new project from Katy Goodman of Vivian Girls/All Saints Day. The band also features Jenn Prince and Jonathan Weinberg. Earlier this week Hardly Art released the debut 7" from the La Sera. This 7" features album standout "Never Come Around" and exclusive b-side "Behind Your Eyes."
La Sera's debut LP and 73 was released on 11/16/10 and from what I've heard with "Never Come Around," the band guarantees to be absolutely lovely. They will be releasing a full length, self titled album in February (on the 15th). I am eagerly anticipating its manifestation. The band includes talented female Katy Goodman, best [...]

Tweet My energy-levels are generally low and there are too much good music coming in to my inbox to just leave it unblogged. These posts are my way of cleaning the inbox and telling you about some good music the easiest way possible... Please comment if you find something you like here! Good songs from this week's incoming emails (all links are from external band/label/promo-sites): La Sera – Never come around [...]

We are highly anticipating La Sera 's self titled debut, which will be coming via Hardly Art on February 15th, 2011. You can pre-order the album here . If you missed it here's the mp3 for the fantastic "Never Come Around" and the video can be seen here . Mp3: La Sera - Never Come Around Tracklisting 1. Beating Heart 2. Never Come Around 3. You're Going To Cry 4. Sleeptalking 5. I Promise You [...]
Katy Goodman of Vivian Girls side-project La Sera has announced the details for its debut album. La Sera came from work between Katy Goodman and producer Brady Hall during February this year. The twelve-track eponymous release ia going to be released on February 15 on...

Más vale tarde que nunca. Aquí van mp3 y streams de los álbumes nuevos de la semana. Destacados: Bruce Springsteen: The Promise Stream del álbum completo La Sera: Never Come Around La Sera: "Never [...]
Rival Schools - "Shot After Shot" Directed by Philip Di Fiore. Rival Schools are ready to release their sophomore album "Pedals" on March 8th, a full decade after their most awesome debut "United By Fate". You can download this song and it's b-side "Arranged Marriages" as a deluxe digital single on iTunes. Bad Books - "You Wouldn't Have To Ask" Directed [...]