pure x

Brand new track from TX's Pure X, taken from the band's forthcoming LP, Crawling Up the Stairs, out May 14 on Acephale / Merok. Check the tracklist + pre-order on black/white marbled vinyl here.

Fresh from playing one of the most hypnotic and moving sets of the night at Gorilla vs. Bear Fest (with an incredible live lineup that included of Christine Aprile + Eli Welbourne of Silent Diane and Jesse Jenkins of Pure X), Austin's Stefanie Franciotti returns with another impossibly beautiful/devastating track from one of our most anticipated albums of 2011, Sleep ∞ Over's debut LP Forever: m

Doors open at the Granada at 6, set times are below. Get there early to grab one of these shirts (courtesy of RVCA) and one of these posters for free. And if you're on the fence about coming out: we caught part of Preteen Zenith's rehearsal yesterday, and it sounded absolutely massive...

Directed by Malcom Elijah, taken from our current album of the summer. Catch Pure X in two days at the gorilla vs. bear fest.

The first-ever gorilla vs. bear festival goes down at the Granada Theater here in Dallas in less than one month (July 23!), so we've put together this little mixtape as something of an introduction to all of the bands playing the fest for the uninitiated...

Here's a new jam from Austin's Pure X, taken from the group's forthcoming new record Pleasure, which drops next month via our friends at Acephale. Gorgeously hazed slow-burner "Dry Ice" may be the best song yet from these dudes, and it (along with previously unveiled new jam "Twisted Mirror") has us more psyched than ever to see them at next month's GvsB Fest: mp3: Pleasure is

Just got these limited Gorilla vs. Bear Festival posters in the mail, and they look so good, we decided we had to give a few away. Only two ways to get your hands on one: you can be one of the first 200 people through the doors at the Granada on July 23 (buy tix), or you can win one here...

We're beyond psyched to announce that we're teaming up with our good friends at Dallas' historic Granada Theater this summer to throw the first ever Gorilla vs. Bear Festival, on the evening of Saturday, July 23. The inaugural lineup couldn't be much more representative of the inspiration and history behind this blog, as it features our current favorite band (White Denim), the newest endeavor of