We all know That Couple: professionally accomplished, interpersonally fluid, slaloming between challenges as though doing nothing more demanding than strolling down senior hall from Trig to AP English ...

The new Mates of State album, Re-Arrange Us, is indistinguishable from most every other Mates of State album. I could comment on various tracks, but if you’ve heard previous Mates of State albums, ...

Indie pop duo Mates of State played a one-off NYC show at Rough Trade. With no new record to plug (last year’s You’re Going to Make It EP is their most recent), it was a low-pressure, high enegy set ...

and kids can make the rock life a lot less exciting, or maybe just exciting in a way that doesn't translate well. (Some would say dull, inert, or even lame.) That's fine for those who weren't all that ...

IT'S NICE to see that marriage and parenthood haven't slowed down Mates of State , but it isn't the band it used to be. Not that that is a bad thing. The husband-and-wife duo, now parents to two ...