Chances are, Lio Kanine is the reason you’ve heard of bands like Grizzly Bear, Chairlift, Drink Up Buttercup, Surfer Blood and slew of others with indie cred and broad appeal—all are signed to his Brooklyn-based label, Kanine Records. The musical tastemaker moved to New York in 2000 and settled almost immediately in Williamsburg, where he’s been ever since. His first job was at the West Village record store Rebel Rebel. Kanine soon began DJing and then landed a job at ADA, the big-time indie music distributor, which gave him the know-how to start his own label, a move he made […]

The Talkhouse – where musicians review musicians - has Khaela’s review of the new MGMT album. You’ll be able to review the new self-titled The Blow album yourself come October 1st. Pre-order it here. The Blow US tour starts October 11. All dates are here

Visit Pitchfork to see what they have to say about “From the Future”.

Absolutely Everything All the Time is from the album Are You Going To Stand There And Talk Weird All Night? – out earlier this year and available for purchase. Marc & Tillie were also interviewed and give insights into the album.

Visit Daytrotter to download Splashh’s session featuring Lost Your Cool Rehash All I Wanna Do Lemonade New track "Somethings Here" is posted here Interview with Toto at Contact Music Splashh just played Reading and Leeds. And have more UK Dates upcoming.

It’s been ten years since Lio and Kay Kanine put out their first release: a compilation of 20 undiscovered bands, most of them from Brooklyn, titled NY: The Next Wave. Lio Kanine (then known by his real name, Lio Cerezo) had landed a job with the indie distributor Alternative Distribution Alliance not long after moving to New York City. He spent his evenings putting on club shows around the city, DJing and booking bands up to five nights a week. His girlfriend, Kay, found work as a paralegal. Read more here

Fear of Men are coming over from the UK to play two shows during the Fuck Yeah Festival in Los Angeles next Sunday. Make sure to check one of them out. 3:15pm at Fuck Yeah Festival 12:30am at The Echo (Part Time Punks Party) Live video from their Seaport show is at the right.

“Our first listen to the project’s sound with new member Melissa Dyne, “Make It Up” is more rhythmically streamlined and melodic than Paper Television’s Jona Bechtolt-assisted glitch-damaged productions, but there’s still plenty handmade off-kilterness abounding here.” More including soundcloud stream at Pitchfork