Cassettes Won’t Listen has remixed Asobi Seksu’s “Strawberries” from the band’s recently released album, Citrus. You can hear it at their MySpace page.

(SANYC/BYP7 Show Program)
We’re finally recovered enough from Tuesday night’s party to take a look back at all the fun we had. It was a great night, with great music from all the bands and we’d like to thank the whole Beg Yr Pardon crew for letting us in on the fun in such a big [...]

Monday, August 21st
Slowlands
@ CBGB / 9pm
315 Bowery, New York, NY [map]
w/ The Diggs
mp3: “Eisenstein”
Friday, August 25th
El Jezel + the iOs
@ Crash Mansion / 8pm
199 Bowery, New York, NY [map]
w/ House on Fire, Greg Hoy and the Boys
mp3: the iOs - “Every Waking Moment”
Harlem Shakes
@ Mercury Lounge / 9:30pm
217 East Houston Street, New York, NY [map]
w/ [...]

Asobi Seksu has just made the video for “Thursday,” from the recently released Citrus available on YouTube. Check it out:

Asobi Seksu recently announced a slew of tour dates, mostly for September and October at this point, that will take them through parts of Canada and the northern part of the US before hitting the West Coast. Here they are:
August 31 @ Maxwell’s / Hoboken, NJ
w/ Cassettes Won’t Listen
September 14 @ Tufts University / Boston, [...]

For those who may not already know, we here at SANYC have a special relationship with The Deli Magazine. We contribute the vast majority of the writing that becomes the “Appetizers - Brief News From NYC Bands” section of the print edition, and we also contribute reviews and other articles from time to time.
Well, the [...]

(The Problem release their album on Friday)
Thursday, July 27th
Low Flying Jets
@ Club Midway / 10:30pm
25 Avenue B, New York, NY [map]
Friday, July 28th
Man In Gray + The Problem
@ Pussycat Lounge (THE PROBLEM RELEASE SHOW!) / 8pm
96 Greenwich Street, New York, NY [map]
w/ Rick Barry, April Smith, Uniform, My Little Pony
mp3: Man In Gray - “Sleeping”
mp3: [...]

(The Big Sleep + Asobi Seksu play Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday)
Monday, July 17th
Morning Theft
@ Mercury Lounge / 9:30pm
217 East Houston Street, New York, NY [map]
w/ Mellowdrone, The Vestals, Dark Room
MP3: “Living With Your Ghost”
Tuesday, July 18th
The Secret Life Of Sofia
@ Fontana’s / 8pm
105 Eldridge Street, New York, NY [map]
w/ husband&wife, and Heads Up Display
MP3: “Hospital [...]

CMJ interviewed Yuki, lead singer of Asobi Seksu. Here’s an excerpt:
So I know you’ve been described as a shoegaze band. Do you think that’s accurate?
Yes and no. I mean obviously the influence is there. We do pay homage to the bands that we love, but I think that there are more elements than just shoegaze. [...]

Two of our favorite bands, Asobi Seksu and Oxford Collapse, have been nominated to become The Deli Magazine’s next “Band Of The Month.” Head over here to vote.