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Info here. Catch the band this weekend in TX with Girls + Smith Westerns, and look for a split 7" with Smith Westerns soon on Fat Possum. mp3: ******

Our friend Dean from True Panther sent over this jam from Bubu King, the new EP from Sierra Leone's undisputed "King of Bubu," Janka Nabay. Nabay's pulsating modern take on traditional bubu music -- which is rooted in "ancient Muslim Timini funeral procession rhythms" -- is infectious and vibrant, and as Dean points out, sounds a bit at times like "shuffling minimal tec

"Life in San Francisco" is the glorious b-side from Girls' new Lust For Life 7". Take a listen below, courtesy of the label, then purchase the 7" immediately on vinyl/digital here. Girls :: Life in San Francisco The new Album is out tomorrow...

Girls perform heartbreaking Album standout "Laura" amongst friends at Different Fur in their hometown of San Francisco. Directed and edited by our friend Nate Chan of Yours Truly. girls + laura = friends forever: After well over a year of anticipation, Girls' debut Album --without question one of the best of '09 -- is out next week on True Panther/Matador...

Our friends at True Panther have made the new Girls' Hellhole Ratrace 10" available for free download as high-quality mp3s, and revealed the album art for the group's beautiful upcoming debut LP, Album (pictured). These songs have been floating around for a while, but these are the final remixed/remastered versions: mp3: Album is out September 22 on True Panther/Matador...

girls @ gorilla vs. booze III San Francisco's Girls -- one of our favorite new bands to emerge in the last year or so -- have announced their upcoming debut full-length, due on September 22 on the great True Panther Sounds, in conjunction with Matador Records...

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Glasser is L.A.'s Cameron Mesirow, with help from Matt Popieluch of Foreign Born on guitar. Mesirow's vibrant, glowing GarageBand jams are highlighted by warm, vaguely tribal rhythms and her strikingly gorgeous otherworldly voice. True Panther Sounds is set to release the group's debut 12" next month; here's a-side "Glad," along with Delorean's ethereal remix, complete with perfect

Our friends at True Panther Sounds (home to Girls) are set to release the debut from the Fly Girlz, a group of young female MCs -- ages 12 to 14 -- that attend Brownsville Middle School PS 284 in NYC. The group formed during a supplementary after-school arts program facilitated by the city...