Spin shares the first single from Expert Alteration's debut album You Can't Always Be Liked. "Appealingly, their jangling tambourines and bouncy guitar riffs serve as a pleasant distractor from the track’s pained lyrics (“Your insults now rhyme, they twirl and they chime / And they take their time / And I’ll watch them destroy / The past and you”) — an instrumental technique that puts them in good company (the Smiths, the Cure, insert another heart-on-sleeve alterna-pop staple here)." Read more at Spin PreOrder You Can't Always Be Liked Upcoming Live Dates: Aug 19 Washington, DC - Black Cat Aug […]

On July 31st, 2015, CHAIRLIFT’s debut album DOES YOU INSPIRE YOU will be available on vinyl for the first time since the initial 2009 limited vinyl pressing. This is a 2X LP, white vinyl reissue including original artwork sleeves and lyrics. You can Preorder here SIDE A Garbage Planet Health Earwig Town SIDE B Bruises Somewhere Around Here Evident Utensil SIDE C Territory Le Flying Saucer Hat Make Your Mind Up SIDE D Dixie Gypsy Don’t Give A Damn Chameleon Closet Ceiling Wax “What’s extraordinary about Chairlift is the uninhibited nature of their ambition. From folk to trip-hop to power […]

If you think you've seen Pinact live - like their performance on the BBC Introducing stage at this year's T in the Park, you might want to go again to one of the newly announced upcoming dates for a special surprise. Some dates with Eternal Summers for their first ever Euro tour! Stand Still and Rot is out now!   <iframe src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02x52cn/player" height="500" width="400" frameborder="0"></iframe>

I'm Just Messin' Around from Native Echoes Directed by Kimmy Drake.

European dates with Pinact & Surfer Blood! IN EUROPE SEP 11 – Galway, IR @ Roisin Dubh (free) SEP 12 – Dublin, IR @ The Workman's Club SEP13 – Edinburgh, UK @ Electric Circus ^ SEP 15 – Cardiff, UK @ 10 Feet Tall ^ SEP 16 – Falmouth, UK @ Mono ^ SEP 17 – London, UK @ Birthdays ^ (free) SEP 18 – Amsterdam, NL @ De Nieuwe Anita SEP 19 – Antwerp, BEL @ Muziekcentrum TRIX * SEP 20 – Tilburg, NL - Incubate Festival SEP 21 – Cologne, GER @ Blue Shell * SEP 22 – […]

When brunch gets weird. Come Alive Directed by Sara Carr, Stephen Shocket and Allison Apperson from the VCU Brandcenter in Richmond Virginia. From Gold and Stone UPCOMING US TOUR DATES: Jul 07 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar * Jul 08 St Louis, MO - Firebird * Jul 09 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar * Jul 10 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge * Jul 11 Salt Lake City, UT - Diabolical Records Jul 12 Boise, ID - Neurolux * Jul 13 Seattle, WA - Barboza ^ Jul 14 Portland, OR - Bunk Bar ^ Jul 16 Oakland, CA - 1234 Go […]

In the video for Such a Stupid Fool you can watch over at Gold Flake Paint, Expert Alterations just want to prove all three know how to ride bikes and to try the whole lip synching thing out. Filmed along the B&A Trail with BWI Airport for a back drop, Such A Stupid Fool is from the debut album "You Can't Always Be Liked". In July, Expert Alterations is heading to the UK for their first European shows with Flowers, Spook School, The Flatmates and Indietracks Festival. Paul has visited the UK “a bunch”, Alan was born there, and Patrick’s […]

Kanine Records, Culture Collide, and Terrorbird Media Presents Northside Party 2015: Live Bands: 7:30pm Diet Cig 8:00pm Cloud Cover 9:00pm Raindeer 10:00pm Spook Skool 11:00pm Expert Alterations 12:00am Beverly 1:00am Wildhoney 2:00am Charly Bliss Between Bands DJS: 7:00pm Kevin (Literature) 10:00pm Lio Kanine (Kanine Records) 12:00am Kip (The Pains of Being Pure At Heart) 2:00am Faith (Pins) Venue: Alphaville (140 Wilson Ave, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY) Date: Thursday June 11, 2015 Doors: 7:00pm to 4:00am Cost: Free with Badge or $8 21+