The last time Scott checked in with the old folks (his favorite folks) of Breakfast At Sulmay's, he requested they do Dirty Projectors next. And so they did. Seeing how polarizing the arty Brooklyn band's Bitte Orca can be among the Stereogum readership, whose average age is a mere 57, just imagine these seniors' response. (Ann asks, "Take a loo...

When we reported on the ever productive, conceptually minded Fiery Furnaces forthcoming eighth album Going Away, we passed along Eleanor and Matt's essential Taxi vs. Titanic theories, noted the 12-song collection was recorded and mixed by Sebadoh's Jason Loewenstein (who also played bass on it), and passed along the label's description of the d...

It's called I'm Going Away, but the conceptually minded Eleanor and Matthew and Friedberger clearly aren't going anywhere: This is their eighth full-length since 2003. Mixing things up a bit, the 12-song collection was recorded and mixed by Sebadoh's Jason Loewenstein, who also played bass on it. According to the label I'm Going Away's "an album...

Those of us hoping that Sebadoh's 2008 reunion tour would give life to some new recordings might have to wait a little while longer, seeing as that Jason Loewenstein (drummer and bassist for said pioneering indie outfit) has hooked up with Fiery Furnaces' drummer Bob D'Amico for a little project they're calling Circle of Buzzards. While the...

Photo by Kathryn Yu(Of) Montreal? Not in this weather, man. Kevin Barnes and crew have lined up a bunch of new dates this year and next in slightly more hospitable climes that the city for which they are sorta named. There are gigs aplenty in New Zealand, Australia, the American South, and even one apiece in Hawaii and California. There are some...