Acrylics are popping up all over Brooklyn right now. The fivesome are currently recording their debut long-player, a release whose psychedelic bike ride jams have yet to officially find a label home. We spent an afternoon with them in founding duo Molly and Jason’s backyard, a mess of vines, knives and beer bottles not unlike the pop scene that’s at the core of “Summer Seventeen,” the song they stripped down and rolled out just for El Tripwire (that’s us, knuckleheads.) It’s good. Real good. Catch them tomorrow night, July 2nd, playing with Kuroma and Gift Horse at Pianos. On July 17th they play at Savoir Adore’s record release party at Cameo then back to Piano’s to play with Suckers and Class Actress on July 30th. Like we said, they’re all over the borough right now. Pretty soon they’ll be all over your brainspace.

Last week our favorite analog darling and Tiny Telephone founder,John Vanderslice, played some shows in NYC. We had the pleasure of having him over to our backyard (or porch) to hear him play one of his best songs, “Fetal Horses,” for our new video performance series, The Backyard. The rain stopped for just a moment while the birds came out and joined in on the sing song fun. Who needs a back up band when there are birds outside?

Catch John on tour with his band coming to a city or festival near you:

6/25 – House of Blues//Dallas, TX w/ The Tallest Man on Earth
6/26 – The Parish//Austin, TX w/ The Tallest Man on Earth
6/28 – Modified//Phoenix, AZ w/ The Tallest Man on Earth
6/29 – Troubadour//LA, CA w/ The Tallest Man on Earth
6/30 – Casbah//San Diego, CA w/ The Tallest Man on Earth
7/10 – Horseshoe Tavern//Toronto, ON w/ Cotton Jones
7/11 – Ottawa Bluesfest//Ottawa, ON w/ Jackson Browne, Ben Harper
7/12 – Ottawa Bluesfest//Ottawa, ON w/ Jackson Browne, Ben Harper
8/30 – Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival//San Fran, CA w/ MIA TVOTR, Deerhunter
9/16 – Media Club//Vancouver BC, Canada
9/17 – Crocodile Cafe//Seattle, WA
9/18 – The Wild Buffalo//Bellingham, WA
10/3 – Austin City Limits Festival//Austin, TX w/ Andrew Bird, Grizzly Bear, The Decemberists