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Still basking in the afterglow of both amazing, sold-out Gorilla vs. Bear V shows in Dallas + Austin, and one the most memorable and magical weekends of our lives. Massive thanks to Jamie xx, Lower Dens, Tei Shi, Bop English, Yumi Zouma, Prince Innocence, DJ Sober, and of course, everyone at the Granada, the Mohawk, and Transmission for making it happen. Can't wait to do it again next year. Live

Gorilla vs. Bear V goes down next week here in TX, and for the fifth year in a row, Dallas' own DJ Sober (who will be DJ'ing between sets all night at both GvsB shows) has hooked up the official mix to get us even more psyched for the occasion. This year's tape — featuring all of the acts playing this year's sold-out shows (Jamie xx, Lower Dens, Tei Shi, Bop English, Yumi Zouma + Prince Innocence

Tickets for this summer's Gorilla vs. Bear V shows featuring Jamie xx, Lower Dens + more go on sale this morning at 10 AM. You can grab tickets for the Dallas show on July 31 at the Granada HERE, and the Austin show on August 1 at the Mohawk HERE...

Just a heads up that Constant Bop, the excellent new solo debut from White Denim frontman James Petralli -- aka Bop English -- is officially out today. It's one of our favorite records of the year, and we can't recommend enough that you listen to the whole thing here, and pick it up on vinyl here...

"get on your surfboard and ride" -- bop englishWhite Denim's James Petralli has been one our favorite songwriters since we first heard WD's thrillingly frenetic, very intense raw demos on myspace (RIP) almost 10 years ago now. Petralli's always seemed to have a million brilliant, barely-contained ideas up his sleeve, as anyone who's experienced the evolution of his band's adventurous/exp