B♥TT♥MS Announces Debut EP "Goodbye"

NYC gay band B♥TT♥MS is releasing their debut EP Goodbye January 20, 2015 on JD Samson's Atlas Chair label. The band likes to joke that they are comprised of "two shitty drag queens, a 303 and a drummer." But you will see by the two preview tracks below, that is just not true! Their music exceptionally interesting and, all around, pretty eff'in great.

B♥TT♥MS' methods of combining hilarious and terrifying stage antics along with acid house minimalism creates a joyful yet violent experience. The band is Simon Leahy, Michael Prommasit, and Jake Dibeler. As co-founder of the annual Bushwig Festival, Leahy spearheaded the new "drag explosion" in the Bushwick nightlife scene.

Leahy & Prommasit's prior band teeth, has toured internationally. Dibeler is a performance artist whose work touches on historical anxieties surrounding HIV and gay suicide, which he uses as the basis of his lyrics.

Anyway, take a listen! We will try to do an interview with these guys when the record comes out! Enjoy!

Watch: "Country Boys in the City" Video from My Gay Banjo

My Gay Banjo just released a video for the title track of their new album Country Boys in the City! You can read all about the album and the band in the interview we did with them back in May. This new video is a thoughtful picnic scene featuring a cast of diverse LGBT and straight friends spending a pleasant afternoon together. Take a look! Also, check out their album at Bandcamp or iTunes!

5 Must Have Record Store Day Releases!

Record Store Day is this Saturday, April 19th! This year seems better than ever with a ridiculously long list of must have releases. Here's our five must have releases. However, since we don't expect everyone's music taste to mirror ours, so you can Click Here to see the full listing of everything available exclusively on RSD.

#1) Cut Copy "In the Arms of Love/Like Any Other Day" 10" Vinyl




#2) The Julie Ruin "Brightside/In the Picture" 7" Vinyl
The newish band from Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre fame! Both songs, which are previously unreleased, were recorded at Oscilloscope Studios during the sessions that yielded the band's debut record, 'Run Fast', and were mixed by singer Kathleen Hanna. The single is limited to 2000 copies worldwide and released via The Julie Ruin Records. Sadly they made neither track available for preview.

#3) Xiu Xiu "Unclouded Sky" 12" Vinyl
Unclouded Sky, explores themes of death and faith over the course of nine songs originally composed between 1850 and 1920, which are interspersed with field recordings Stewart made in the jungle of Guyana.

#4) School of Seven Bells "Put Your Sad Down" 12" Vinyl
Five unreleased tracks, the last batch of music from School of Seven Bells. Sales will benefit the foundation of bandleader Benjamin Curtis, who died in 2013 of T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma.

#5) BIS "Data Panik Etcetera"  12" Vinyl
The band's early releases were on Glasgow's Chemikal Underground label, run by The Delgados, before transferring to Wiiija where labelmates included Cornershop. In the United States, their records appeared on the underground label K Records, and on the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label. They toured extensively both in the UK and abroad— their diverse influences reflected in the kind of acts they appeared with: Pavement, Garbage, Luscious Jackson, Foo Fighters and Gary Numan amongst them. The group became a favourite of the likes of Blur, John Peel and Green Day, despite a particularly hostile review by Steven Wells in the New Musical Express entitled "The Sinking of the Bis-Lark".