Laura Stevenson & The Cans Perform Three Songs For Sleepover Shows

"Laura Stevenson, lead singer and guitarist of Laura Stevenson and the Cans began the band’s Sleepover Show with a song in the darkened hallway of Great Scott, her voice mellow as someone played the arcade game Buck Hunter nearby." Watch all three videos of Laura Stevenson and the Cans' Sleep Over Show right here.

Laura Stevenson & The Cans Included in the A.V. Club's "Best of 2011 So Far"

"On the other end of the spectrum, Sit Resist by Laura Stevenson & The Cans is a slice of indie-pop heaven with a kitchen-sink mentality: chiming guitars, strings, violins, and Stevenson’s soaring voice all stack atop one another, and the results are shimmering, if a bit twee, pop songs." Read the full list of the A.V. Club's The Best of 20011 So Far over here.

Laura Stevenson & The Cans Premiere New Video "The Healthy One"

Watch the Laura Stevenson & The Cans' "The Healthy One" video which was premiered today on Brooklyn Vegan! Read the full post and check out their upcoming tour dates on Brooklyn Vegan right HERE.

Laura Stevenson & the Cans, Daytrotter, Awesome!

"Laura Stevenson sounds like a woman who has had some scares in her life. She sounds like someone who has had things taken from her, you know, ripped right out of her hands. She sounds like a person who has watched someone she loved deeply fade away or, worse yet, walk away." Read the rest at Daytrotter and you must, absolutely, download their session!

Laura Stevenson & the Cans offer up "Sit Resist" as a free download through the end of May!

Early Press:
"Second album Sit Resist (out April 26) mixes a whimsical drizzle of accordions and glockenspiels and brass and banjos and other indie accoutrements with a punchy blast of old fashioned guitar muscle. First taste "Master Of Art" uses the tried-and-true "Be My Baby" beat to slowly drive a reflective song into explosive Florence territory--a powerful blast of belting, bursting jangle-punk." Village Voice

"[Laura Stevenson & the Cans] is a tinge of Joanna Newsom minus the harp, Kate Nash if Kate Nash was cool and hell, let's even throw some Jewel in there circa those years she lived in the truck." RCRD LBL

"Once she truly lets rips with that lovely voice of hers, we’re left powerless to resist." Wears The Trousers

"Let's talk about how awesome Laura Stevenson is. First, there's her voice. It's a wonderful mix of confidence and precociousness—she can quietly sing soft lullabies, but she can also carry the climactic moments of more passionate anthems." The Stranger

"At SXSW in what is essentially a sea of indie rock bands, Laura and her band really stood out."Stereophile

"Laura Stevenson has music in her blood." Spinner.com naming the band to the top 100 acts of SXSW

"Laura Stevenson's work is always a little bit strange, a little bit sad, and a lot stellar." The Ruckus

RCRD LBL PREMIERE: Laura Stevenson & The Cans - The Healthy One

Head over to RCRD LBL to download the second single off of Laura Stevenson & the Cans new album... Sit Resist out next Tuesday!

Laura Stevenson & the Cans "Master Of Art" Video

Chris Weingarten interviews Laura Stevenson & the Cans for the Village Voice!

What is "Master Of Art" about?

"Well, when I started writing it we were in a weird place as a band. I was kind of holding everyone back from being able to tour all the time because I was spending too much time on my backup plan, getting my masters in art history. Plan B started getting in the way of the band and I felt crazy and we were pretty much glued to New York. Then, when I was finished with classes, things started getting hectic and we did a whole string of stressful--and at points not very successful--touring to kind of make up for lost time. We did a lot of sleeping in the van. It was pretty rough. So, the second half of the song is a promise that it'll get better. Which I think it is." Read the rest and download the song at the Village Voice!

Laura Stevenson and the Cans named to the Top 100 Acts at SXSW 2011

"I knew what to expect. I knew how you're going to be sleeping on hardwood floors, and that's going to suck, but you wake up and get in the van, and you're with your friends." Read the entire interview and download the new single, "Master Of Art" at Spinner!

Whoa! Laura Stevenson & the Cans are #1 on RCRD LBL!!

RCRD LBL premiers the lead single off of Laura Stevenson & the Cans new album!

"I would expect big things from an alum of Bomb The Music Industry, the Long Island DIY collective who have nailed mish moshed folk punk numbers down to a science. Good thing Laura Stevenson & The Cans delivered, retaining the folk element and infusing it with feminine grace. "Master Of Art" is a tinge of Joanna Newsom minus the harp, Kate Nash if Kate Nash was cool and hell, let's even throw some Jewel in there circa those years she lived in the truck. It's fun and sincere and pretty, and full length Sit Resist will be out April 26 on Don Giovanni. Catch the Cans at the label's two-dayshowcase this weekend in Brooklyn." Shannon Hassett, RCRD LBL

Head over and download the jam!

Boston Phoenix interview Laura Stevenson

"What I took from that [punk and ska] was taking simple chord structures - y'know, just three or four chords - and revolving songs around them," says the 26-year-old, addressing her high-school-era playlists. "I kind of took the music that made me the most excited when I was younger and turned it into something completely different." Read the rest over at the Phoenix!

Laura Stevenson & the Cans check in from the studio...

New album on Don Giovanni in April of 2011!

Laura Stevenson & the Cans check in on their recording sessions

The Switchboard Sessions offers up two newly recorded lo-fi songs from Laura Stevenson and the Cans!

There's a wonderful interview up at Switchboard Sessions with Laura Stevenson and the Cans and, bonus, two newly recorded tracks to preview while we all patiently wait for them to finish recording their sophomore album for Don Giovanni Records! Click to read the interview.