Remember when we said we'd share our list of 25 other unmissable records the first week of January? Whoops. Thing is, the first month of this new year, we were still listening to and falling in (and out) of love with records from 2011. Discovering albums we should've shared months ago and finding out what [...]
Thanks to Steven Hatley for contributing his first review to the site Saturday night brought together two very different acts to Tipitinas Uptown, featuring a bill of Nurses and The Mountain Goats. It was clear by the midpoint of the Nurses set who the sizable crowd really came to see. Nurses put on a solid [...]

Dearest Tampa, We need to talk about what you're doing on Wednesday night, and if your answer is anything other than "why, going to Crowbar with you," you're going to need to change your plans. For a mere $14, folks of all ages can come watch The Mountain Goats and Nurses tear up Crowbar with us. Obviously, I am pretty excited about this (bit of an understatement really). Love, The Mustache Not familiar with Nurses or The Mountain Goats? Learn more about the bands: [...]

À Portland , Oregon, on a le verbe métaphorique, des idées capricieuses et des couleurs pop à exprimer… Le tout forme un ensemble brouillon et carnavalesque, assez emmêlé pour que je m'y perde parfois mais assez poétique pour me faire malgré tout apprécier ces chemins bizarres. Interviewer un groupe dont la musique est un relatif mystère peut d'abord sembler une aubaine. Après m'être échinée à décortiquer Dracula , véritable casse-tête musical et dernier album de Nurses, je me suis un peu remise en question sur mes capacités à rendre raison de [...]

Date 1/19/12 Location Antones Doors 7pm Tickets Sold Out! Superb show going down on Thursday night at the legendary Antone's downtown. Headliners Mountain Goats should be enough to get you there, but openers Nurses should convince you to get there early. I'm sure you could find some discount tickets on craigslist or via a scalpar as [...]
Raditation City! ::: Photo by Josh Lovseth New Years is the time when everyone dusts off their sparkle, get's all dolled up, and in place of working imbibes for those same hours. It's the one day of the year everyone has got off with the explicit purpose of partying. With that in mind any band worth [...]

A list of our favorite albums of 2011. Below you'll find the records that meant the most to me this year. A smaller list than in previous years which is a result of these records remaining in heavy rotation all year combined with an equal amount of time spent listening to records not released this year. [Note: this list does not include releases from the artists I work with directly] Bon Iver | Bon Iver ( buy ) MP3: Bon Iver - "Holocene" [...]
Tune in for Noon ET airing and the Midnight ET (9pm PT) airing of My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU ! Turn your dial to channel 35 on either SIRIUS or XM. Today we explore Part 1 of a two-part "Best Of 2011." We'll also throw in a couple noobs that are still catching our attention late in the year. You can also listen online with a free trial here . Check out this week's playlist below! [...]

After presenting you our 10 favorite videos , EP's and 50 favourite albums of this year, it's now time for our forth and last round-up. So, here is the first half of our 100 favourite songs of 2011! Next to come: December 21 | Best Songs Of 2011 #50-01 December 24 | Christmas mixtape #100 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. | Skeletons #99 The [...]

Je ne prétends pas répondre à mes propres attentes avec cette chronique, mais il me semble que rien de satisfaisant n'a été écrit sur Dracula , troisième et définitivement meilleur album de Nurses . C''est que l'album du trio de Portland séduit, étonne et suscite une sorte de consensus sensoriel mais, même après plusieurs écoutes, ne donne pas beaucoup de clés logiques de compréhension. Objet bizarre, on lui reconnaît une unité logique enthousiasmante mais on ne saisit pas très bien comment il fonctionne. Depuis la naissance du téléchargement et de la lecture aléatoire, ça devient de plus [...]
MP3: Nurses - "Trying to Reach You" Nurses may be one of the latest loves of the Dead Oceans family, but the band's appeal spreads easily to others. The Mountain Goats seem to have discovered the band and are taking the act with them on their upcoming tour. The full schedule of shows is posted after the jump (no New York City date, sorry!). Nurses tour dates: Dates marked * w/ Mountain Goats 12/09 - Portland, OR - [...]

Nurses (Photo: Tyler Kohlhoff) Nurses have a new album, Dracula , out now. From the album, Nurses has released a video for "Fever Dreams" which was edited and filmed by the band. Watch it in this post. Fever Dreams from Nurses on Vimeo . For those of you in Atlanta, the band will be performing with The Mountain Goats on January 28, 2012 at The Earl.

Photo by Heather Kaplan The Mountain Goats' latest LP, All Eternals Deck , is not yet a year old. However, as the band's website reports , John Darnielle and co. will hit the road early next year to preview another batch of new material. Explains Darnielle in the brilliantly-titled entry 'Putting the Cyborgs On Notice' : "One small word about these shows. For years bands have been pretty judicious about playing unreleased new material, because much of it becomes available online immediately, [...]

Met up with Portland trio Nurses for some morning voice over iced-tea, and the piano at Piano's (!). They played stripped-down versions of some songs from their new album Dracula (while someone diligent cleaned the crap out of that place); included here are "New Feelings" and "Trying to Reach You". Sounds pretty good...
The Indie-rock trio called the Nurses has grown because of their psychedelic pop sounds and a following of fans that has developed. Two years ago, this Portland-based group joined Bloomington's Dead Oceans Records. Since then, they have released Apple's Acre (2009) and recently Dracula (2011). Nurses is made up of Aaron Chapman (vocals, guitar, keyboard), John Bowers (backing vocals, keyboard), and [...]

Enough beats to last the weekend. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Birdy - "1901" (Phoenix Cover) Odjbox - "The Only One" Nurses - "Fever Dreams" My Brightest Diamond - "We Added it Up" Crystal Stilts - "Dark Eyes" — Basil
Tons of goodies to go shoppin' for this week. And a live sample from an album that'll hopefully be out soon, a gorgeous duet off Karen O 's "psycho opera" Stop The Virgens . Enjoy thoroughly. First Aid Kit "The Lion's Roar" [ follow ] from The Lion's Roar Karen O "Duet" w/Jason P Grisell [ follow ] from Live on WNYC 10.19.11 Nurses "Fever Dreams" [ follow ] from Dracula [...]
Tune in again tonight for the Midnight ET (9pm PT) airing of My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU ! Turn your dial to channel 35 on either SIRIUS or XM. You can also listen online with a free trial here . Check out this week's playlist below! Turf War - Summer Time Blues Glass Candy - Halloween Small Black - Moon Killer [...]