NYMag who recently wrote a feature article about the Dirty Projectors and the current Brooklyn scene, has selected fortty tracks that define the current sound of the Brooklyn Scene. The list features songs by Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, MGMT and TV on the Radio. You can see the full list below.

Forty Tracks That Define Brooklyn:
40. Light Asylum - “Angel Tongue”
39. Oakley Hall - “All the Way Down”
38. Here We Go Magic - “Fangela”
37. Apache Beat - “Tropics”
36. Bishop Allen - “Click, Click, Click, Click”
35. White Rabbits - “Percussion Gun”
34. Japanther - “Challenge”
33. Class Actress - “All The Saints”
32. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - “The Debtor”
31. Ninjasonik - “Art School Girls”
30. Antibalas - “Beaten Metal”
29. Black Dice - “Glazin’”
28. The Antlers - “Kettering”
27. Panda Bear - “Comfy In Nautica”
26. The National - “Mistaken For Strangers”
25. Amazing Baby - “The Narwhal”
24. St. Vincent - “Actor Out Of Work”
23. Neon Indian - “Deadbeat Summer”
22. Matt & Kim - “Daylight”
21. Grizzly Bear - “Knife”
20. Suckers - “Beach Queen”
19. Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings - “100 Days, 100 Nights”
18. The Drums - “I Feel Stupid”
17. A Place To Bury Strangers - “To Fix The Gash In Your Head”
16. Chairlift - “Bruises”
15. Telepathe - “Chrome’s On It”
14. Crystal Stilts - “Crippled Croon”
13. Das Racist - “Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell”
12. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - “Young Adult Friction”
11. Hercules & Love Affair - “Blind”
10. Animal Collective - “My Girls”
09. Yeasayer - “2080”
08. Vampire Weekend - “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”
07. Vivian Girls - “Where Do You Run To”
06. Gang Gang Dance - “House Jam”
05. TV On The Radio - “Golden Age”
04. LCD Soundsystem - “All My Friends”
03. MGMT- “Kids”
02. Grizzly Bear - “Two Weeks”
01. Dirty Projectors - “Stillness Is The Move

I’ve tried to look for ways to post about Bethany Consentino’s project Best Coast but most of the news that I have been discovering are old and not really worthy of a post on JP’s Blog. She performed during CMJ but I was unable to go to any shows. Best Coast played some acoustic tracks for The Fader. Her music usually sounds all fuzzed out a la Vivian Girls. Her best track is ‘Sun Was High (So Was I)’. It is played on acoustic guitar for the video. You can watch the video below.

Beggars Banquet label Matador announced on Wednesday that they purchased the lo-fi rock label True Panther Sounds. The label is home to artists like Girls, Tanlines, Lemonade and Hunx & His Punx. The label had a promoting deal with True Panther Sounds for Girls debut “Album”. Now it will be home to all those artists. Dean Bein will continue to run the label. For more details about the sale go here.

The people over at Cracked have finally disected how to go about listening and seeing how prog-rock works. They have made a guide that takes a look at everything, the fashion, the music and the naming system of the prog-rock culture. You can see that guider here.

The masterminds behind the “Dark Was The Night” compilation have been interviewed by nymag’s The Vulture. They discuss many things during the interview including their fist collaboration: “I guess we started writing songs together when we were 13. He wanted to play the guitar, so my parents ran to get him a guitar, and then the next day I felt neglected, so I got a bass. From the very beginning, we just sort of made things up together. That’s one of the great things about having a twin brother; you have a sort of feedback loop, where you can bounce things off of each other.”. You can read the full interview here.