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We've been in the Piper Kaplan fan club since the earliest days, and this sweet new track she just dropped under her current moniker Maraschino might be one of my favorite things she's ever done...

L.A.'s Piper Kaplan -- formerly of the great Pearl Harbour / Puro Instinct -- shares the infectious first single from her long-awaited new solo project Maraschino. Produced by Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grizzly Bear, Amen Dunes, et al.), "True Lover" is a bright and glittery synth-pop banger / break-up anthem that feels like an effervescent rush of '80s nostalgia, and has

Our friends at Mexican Summer just sent over a list of their upcoming releases, and in addition to some pretty rad and extremely limited Record Store Day exclusives (see above) that will be available on Saturday, they've also got some great releases planned in the coming months from the Mantles, the Bitters, the Samps (Cole of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti), Ramases, Dunes, and more...

L.A.'s Pearl Harbor have announced that their second official release, the forthcoming Slivers of You / California Shakedown 7" (pictured above), will be out soon in an edition of 300 on Japanese label Big Love (SALEM, the xx, Nite Jewel, Ariel Pink)...

We're teaming up with the great Mexican Summer this year to bring you a day & night, official/unofficial blowout in Austin on Friday, March 19. Starring Washed Out, Memory Tapes, Real Estate, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, jj, and many more. De...

pearl harbor Take a listen to new demos "Slivers of You" + "Hubbsian Lament" -- both appear on the new Wish We Were Here CD-R -- at the group's myspace page. ******

pearl harbor dum dum girls pearl harbor dum dum girls All photos by David. Check out more shots of Pearl Harbor + Dum Dum Girls | Live at Spaceland after the jump... ******

New LA Record cover girls Pearl Harbor have a new EP available on their myspace page. Take a listen to a couple jams from the Wish We Were Here CD-r (and order a copy) here. In related news, Pearl Harbor's L.A. homies Best Coast have a new 7" out this week on ...

I've been loving this new tune from L.A.'s Pearl Harbor (as well as their whole Calistonia Dreamin' cd-r) for a few weeks now (via myspace), and now P4k has the mp3. Look for this one on the group's forthcoming Something About the Chaparrals 12" on Mexican Summer (get it now digitally): mp3: *********