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Polyvinyl Celebrates 15 Years with Concert, Sampler

From their humble beginnings as a fan-zine, Polyvinyl Record Company has always kept their DIY mentality. Matt Lunsford and Darcie Knight started the project while they were still in high school as a way to talk about bands that they loved in the Champaign-Urbana, Ill. area.  read more

Vivian Girls Announce New Album Share The Joy

After recently revealing a whole set of new tour dates, Vivian Girls have announced the details of their upcoming record, Share The Joy. For their third album, Vivian Girls recruited a new drummer in Coasting’s Fiona Campbell, who replaces previous drummer Ali Koehler after her decision to join Best Coast. The Brooklyn rockers have also released their first single, “I Heard You Say,” which can be downloaded here....  read more

Download Deerhoof's "Qui Dorm, Nomes Somia"

Download Deerhoof’s “Qui Dorm, Nomes Somia” here....  read more

Vivian Girls Sign to Polyvinyl, Announce New Album

Vivian Girls revealed this week that they’ve left their label In the Red and signed to Polyvinyl....  read more

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Let It Sway

Stumbling down memory lane It’s been roughly two decades since the debut of Superchunk, Built to Spill, et al., but Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin nimbly carries their post-punk torch on their hook-laden third studio LP. Let It Sway is a feast of musical comfort food for the nostalgia-tripping slacker-chic children of the ’90s. Title track and lead single “Sink/Let It Sway” thrums and pops like vintage Guided By Voices, and “Banned (By the Man)” may as well be “Teenage FBI, Part 2,” including the muted guitar tones and pinched-throat vocals. The rest of the album slides downhill,...  read more

Download Of Montreal's "Coquet Coquette"

Download Of Montreal’s “Coquet Coquette.” Of Montreal’s False Priest will be released Sept. 13 on Polyvinyl....  read more

Download Aloha's "Moonless March"

Download Aloha's "Moonless March" here.Aloha's Home Acres will be released March 9 on Polyvinyl....  read more

Headlights: Wildlife

There is absolutely nothing to dislike about the latest album by Champaign’s fizziest indie rockers...  read more

Polyvinyl Holding Pledge Drive to Save 10,000 Records From Destruction

At Paste, we're all about raising money for great, musical causes. We're also all about receiving tons of great music for a pretty minimal cost. And we're very, very against the destruction of thousands of records.So you can imagine our interest when Illinois indie label Polyvinyl began a pledge drive to prevent mass record-cide in their warehouse....  read more

Gang of Four, Menomena Members Form Faux Hoax

You may not have heard of Portland trio Faux Hoax (pronounced "Folks"), but you've probably heard of at least a couple of the nascent band's members. Danny Seim of Menomena has partnered with Dave Allen (Gang of Four) and John Askew (Tracker), for a debut packed with star power. The group's 7" vinyl single (with two digital bonus tracks) is appropriately titled Your Friends Will Carry You Home and it also features Joe Haege of 31 Knots and Adam Gnabe of Asthmatic Kitty. It dropped yesterday, May 19, through Polyvinyl Records....  read more