Former Ghosts is giving away a mixtape prequel to New Love, the next album. The mixtape features a good amount of mourning and redemption seeking, a bunch of special guests, remixes, demos, a Blink 182 cover, and many stabs at new love. For the next album, Yasmine Kittles of Tearist joins Freddy Ruppert, Jamie Stewart [...]

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Xiu Xiu The lineup for the evening made for a cool mix of very different styles and emotions. Noveller opened with loud loops of sounds from a bow pulled over guitar strings, twisted knobs and plucking. The noises were intense and lovely, like an iceberg melting. She worked with the delicacy of an embalmer, producing [...]

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Thank technology for letting three musicians in three different parts of the country be a band together. Former Ghosts is Freddy Ruppert (This Song Is A Mess But So Am I), Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), and Nika Roza (Zola Jesus). Make their L.A. show your Halloween destination. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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The set starts with a diminutive twentysomething, dressed crisply in a black pullover and white button-down, sitting in a chair with his head slightly bowed. Newcomers probably don’t know what to expect, but Nhat fans can bank on a saucy, effervescent performance. They are not let down. Anywhere Michael Nhat plays is a party, and Friday night, in the echoey back room of The Smell with an audience of about fifteen, is no exception.

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