
This is a week of indie rock kids' dreams. Just a few highlights to expect this week include new releases from Xiu Xiu , Ty Segall , and Black Moth Super Rainbow . And that's just scratching the surface! We're excited for mumps, etc. from Why? , for instance (pictured). But it's not just a good week for the indie rockers, I mean even Rick Springfield is back with a new release. There's also A Fine Frenzy and Bad Books to look forward to. We don't have room [...]
It took a bit longer this week to put it altogether because we've also been working on the Top DIY Releases of the Week playlist to be posted later today, including fantastic new singles from Moon Duo, The Valery Trails, The Ecstatics, Pontoons, My Empire of Sound, and more. Plus, earlier in the week, we [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe

I know Why? are much too clever for me, offering a wealth of lyrical intrigue that requires much more time that I can afford them. There are hip hop leanings too which I find off-putting because I have yet to get that particular genre. So the only time their tunes tend to permeate is when the melodies are free-flowing and the words don't get in the way of a song that can be enjoyed without several dozen trips down google way. How uneducated of me you might say but there are enough Yoni fanboys out there to illustrate his undoubted [...]
Martes 09.10.2012 Jueves 11.10.2012 Radio Zero 97.7 22:00 hrs. Como cada semana Super 45 se transmite por Radio Zero y vamos por partida doble: martes y jueves desde las 22:00 horas. En el programa de este martes comentaremos los nuevos lanzamientos de Flying Lotus ( Until the quiet comes ), Why? ( Mumps, etc ), Ringo Deathstarr ( Mauve ) y un recuerdo con U.N.P.O.C. ( Fifth column ). No hay relacionados.
“i don't wear rubbers and i don’t wear sunscreen.”

Yoni Wolf has big plans for retirement: “Your mom, she sits while her hair is in curlers / Smokes weed and listens to that Garrison Keillor / That’s how I’ll live when I quit my rap career / Let her laughter pass the rafters and go out into the atmosphere.” This is “Strawberries,” the second official single off of Mumps, Etc. , the fourth full-length album from Wolf’s crew, better known as WHY? The group has always straddled genres in a way that makes anyone describing their music uncomfortable—critics often grasp [...]

Why? 's new album, Mumps, etc. is out now via Anticon - you can hear the album in its entirety via Spin and purchase via iTunes . Additionally, the official video for the upbeat, effervescent "Strawberries" has been unleashed. If you're on an extra Why? kick, check out the band's recent Sod in the Seed EP via Soundcloud . Related Posts: Review: WHY?, Doseone, Serengeti @ Great American Music Hall, 8/31/12 [...]
Among the new album releases out today: the Mountain Goats' Transcendental Youth and Mumps, etc . from Why? Here's a taste from each album: Cry for Judas - The Mountain Goats Jonathan's Hope - Why?
This week, our top releases are really across the board. We've got WHY?'s pseudo-hip-hop charm balanced with the symphonic feel of Sun Airway , Matt & Kim's high-energy alternative rock and Taken By Trees' mellow, Hawaiian vibes. The Mountain Goats released their fourteenth studio album, Muse their sixth and The Vaccines their second. We've got a great mix going here, and I'm certain there's something for everyone to enjoy. From their formation in 2005, Brooklyn duo [...]

As it turns out, the setting to the latest album by The Mountain Goats , topping this week's list of new releases, just so happens to be our own Washington State. On Transcendental Youth , John Darnielle locates the narrator - lost, alone, and "fighting the urge to just stop fighting at all" - in the gloomy Pacific Northwest to further emphasize his desperation. While we Seattleites might take exception to that - it's fabulous here in August and September! - there's no denying what our Music Director, Don Yates, calls "an emotionally powerful set of smartly crafted [...]
Genre-bending rockers WHY? lead the best parade ever in their new video for “Strawberries,” the second single from the group's upcoming album Mumps, Etc. The video is an all-out happy fest that goes just nicely with the track's whistling and tinkering xylophones. The camera zeroes in on Yoni Wolf as he leads a colorful crew, all the while proclaiming “I am not okay, boys.” Here’s to hoping this festive block party cheers him up a bit. Mumps, Etc. is due October 2 via Anticon , [...]

In this edition: Some Real Ramblings about Cat Power, Kool Moe Dee and Big Daddy Kane. Plus videos from Canyons, Grizzly Bear, Simian Mobile Disco, WHY?, and Wilco. Some Real Ramblings For a long time, I've called the Sunday post "Ramblings & Considerations." There was a time when I actually rambled. Today, I will revive that tradition... I've been wanting to write this for a while. It's a bit of a dump on myself. I am afraid the old professor is a bit [...]

photo by Dave Lichterman As Amanda Palmer found out and, now Animal Collective's Deacon is discovering, crowd-sourced fundraising ain't as easy as it seems. In late 2009, Deacon, aka Josh Dibb, visited Mali, met with supporters of the anti-slavery movement and was invited to perform the Festival in the Desert. Inspired to apply his creative energies toward supporting the region, Deacon set up a his Kickstarter campaign to raise money by offering a book and CD of new music to donors, but after three years later and $25,000 [...]
Why? have never disappointed, and it doesn't appear they will let us down any time soon. With the new album Mumps etc. out next week, the band have prepped us with a new video for the song "Strawberries." Check it out above. Tour dates are after the jump. Why? tour dates: 10.05 - Düsseldorf, Germany - New Fall Festival 10.06 - Evreux, France - L'Abordage 10.07 - Paris, France - Maroquinerie 10.08 - Brighton, England - Old Market 10.09 - [...]
WHY? have released a video for the single, “Strawberries”, off their upcoming album, Mumps, etc., out October 2nd. Taking place during a Fourth of July parade, the video brings together all kinds of characters and unites them as total hipsters. Watch WHY?'s video for "Strawberries" after the jump. WHY? Tour Dates [...]
The SOTO inbox is always full of cool stuff that never gets to see the light of day on the actual site, and I'd like to change that. So, every Friday I'll be posting the best album streams and videos that were sent my way during the week. Take a scroll and find something worth remembering. FULL ALBUM STREAMS Ultraista - Self Titled Sun Airway - Soft Fall Tilly And The Wall - Heavy Mood We Need Surgery [...]

Why? - Jonathan's Hope Why? - White English Let's go ahead and give Yoni Wolf and his weirdo Why? project a lil' bit more love on this one - if not for the highly anticipated and upcoming live performance here in town (all pandering-to-the-locals-like) - then definitely for this quirky new full-length full of more nerdy vocal acrobatics and staggering hip-pop-esque beats with uncomfortable-yet-alluring time-signature changes and twinkling percussion and plunking piano goodness . [...]
Here's a new video from Why? , Strawberries , from the album, Mumps, etc. The album comes out next Tuesday.

Posted at 1:15pm, 9/28/2012 Find everything that went up for the whole entire month of September. You can download the following mp3s individually OR listen to the whole batch in one playlist. 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] [...]
Fantastic video for Strawberries off of their new full-length Mumps due out next Tuesday Oct 2nd!