Pitchfork reviews Grooms’ Prom today. Pitchfork on Prom: “…For the follow-up, Prom, Grooms dive headlong into the sweeping erotic confusion that permeated the dreamier sphere of 90s alt-rock….Grooms’ aims give off a whiff of vague danger, a static unease occasionally broken by detuned guitars and skins-smashing breakdowns.” and “When Grooms hit the sticky, slack-jawed realities of album highlights “Expression of” and “Skating With Girl”, they rank among the few guitar-indie bands so unafraid to match intimacy with clarity.” Visit Pitchfork to read the whole review

Congrats to BRAIDS for making it onto the Polaris Music Prize 2011 Short List. The winner of the prize will be announced Sep. 19

Drowned in Sound Interview with BRAIDS NME review of Native Speaker Q Magazine announce tour 4/5 review for Native Speaker

One of our very own Kanine Records bands, Eternal Summers, just got some love for their upcoming “Prisoner” EP that we are co-releasing with Forest Family Records. Download the first single titled “Prisoner” on Gorilla Vs Bear for free. And get the limited edition 12″ on white vinyl from here before it sells out. Limited to only 500 copies. White vinyl.

According to Digital News, Surfer Blood is #3 on the highest working live band poll. Most shows and miles traveled for 2010. Thats right kids, these boys are workhorses as they love to play as much as possible, so continue to support them when they come to your town. They’ll be playing new songs from the upcoming EP out this Spring 2011.   Here’s a video from Cock N Bull TV in Ireland – which is where they were a few days ago.

Under the Radar Magazine reviews the debut album from Dream Diary, "You are the Beat"

Rolling Stone review “mix of euphoria and ambiguity” with “beatific psychedelic washes” Prefix Mag review “Braids are drawing from a wide pool of influences, from the Cocteau Twins (the vocal harmonies on “Plath Heart,” “Same Mum” and “Lammicken”) and krautrock (the relentless plinking of the keys on “Plath Heart”), to late-period Portishead (“Native Speaker”). But all of it is filtered through Braids’ unique angle of approach.” and “You’ll probably listen to more immediate albums this year, but few will have the down-the-rabbit-hole quality that marks Native Speaker for success.” NY Times review “It’s heady music about the body and its imperatives. And it’s every bit as mesmerizing […]

UK + Ireleand Dates Wednesday 2nd March 2011 – Manchester Academy 3 Thursday 3rd March 2011 – Birmingham O2 Academy 2 Friday 4th March 2011 – Dublin O2 Academy Saturday 5th March 2011 – Glasgow King Tuts Sunday 6th March 2011 – Newcastle O2 Academy 2 Tuesday 8th March 2011 – Brighton Digital Wednesday 9th March 2011 – London Scala