Video: Freelance Whales

Freelance Whales @ Bowery Ballroom - Feb. 18th ( more by Chris La Putt ) Freelance Whales played last night at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Shout Out Louds . Pictures from that are on the way. Tonight (3/2) you can catch the Whales busking on the Bedford Avenue L train platform, where they plan to go on at 6pm . Freelance Whales also have plenty of tour dates coming up , including SXSW, where one of their shows [...]

Freelance Whales are going back to their roots this evening with a show on the Bedford L train platform at 6PM. This is awesome news and will be fun. My only issue is the L platform at Bedford is a shit show at 6PM on a weeknight as it is. Here's to hoping the crowd doesn't spill out onto the tracks.

You WILL hear a lot about this band in 2010. Freelance Whales performing "Generator^First Floor" in a New York subway station. The band self released their debut album "Weathervanes" in 2009, but gladly for all of us French Kiss will be giving it a wider release on March 16. I love the sound of this band and am really looking forward to this album's release.

Swim (To Reach The End) mp3 Surfer Blood Astro Coast .... buy it here from Kanine Records (they're a wonderful indie label, go support them!) ... I nabbed that mp3 off Pitchfork's site, you can go read their review of it here . Wow! This Tart got waaaaay more than she bargained for last Saturday night when these four bands played Schubas for the Tomorrow Never Knows 2010 show! I walked into a fog-filled room to hear the sweet sounds of good old fashioned punk/noise sung enthusiastically [...]

• Surfer Blood - Swim (To Reach the End)

It's been a while since a song has really caught my attention and my ears have devoted a little fanclub to it. I'm excited to say I have a current new obsession. There's something so grand about this song but so sweet at the same time. Like if Arcade Fire hadn't been used to soundtrack the Where The Wild things Are trailer then this would have been perfect. Generator ^ First Floor (MP3)