Yes, it is obvious that this is a comedy show when Stephen Colbert says things like “Skinny Love” is an anthem for a women’s yoga class, or asks Justin Vernon if Bon is short for Bonathan. But at the heart of this interview, and certainly throughout the live performance, is a sincerity and obviously deep […]
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Apparently it is true that Lou Reed and Metallica are recording a record together. The internet exhaled a collective, “Huh?” But at the same time we know that we are all at least a little (OK…a lot) excited to hear this. From Metallica’s site: …we are more than proud to announce that we have just […]
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Canada! It’s a land where the cable music channel still has programming about music! A cable channel that has Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham hosting a show called The Wedge. A show where Arcade Fire recently appeared to talk about how cool they are. Here’s some things that stand out to me about this 30 minute […]
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Cults’ self-titled reveals itself as being a record you can put on when getting together with friends for a barbecue or laying in bed at night staring up at the stars.
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Good news! This video isn’t misogynistic! We know that not because it doesn’t feature Kanye west in bed with dead girls, arranging them to put their arms around one another. Or because Nicki Minaj is dressed as a dominatrix grinding on herself. Nope, it’s because it says so in a disclaimer before the video plays! […]
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Supergroup Mister Heavenly – the band made up of Man Man’s Honus Honus, Islands’ Nick Thorburn, Modest Mouse’s Joe Plummer – has announced details about the release of their debut album. It will be called Out of Love and is slated for an August 16 release on Sub Pop. Sadly, although present as a touring member, George […]
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Seeing Toro Y Moi in this stripped down setting really shows off how much a virtuoso Chaz Bundick is. It’s one thing to craft an electronic masterpiece like Underneath the Pine (one of my favorite records released this year). It’s another to be able to play those songs without the bells and whistles, with just […]
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Next week Daniel Lopatin and Joel Ford, formerly known as GAMES, are putting out their debut record under their new, more Google-able name Ford & Lopatin. The two are still putting out sweet, synthy jams, including titles like “Too Much Midi (Please Forgive Me)” on their record titled Channel Pressure. Apparently the album follows some sort […]
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David Byrne is the type of guy who is perpetually the exact definition of cool. Writing books about riding his bike in different places around the world, making buildings into playable instruments, teaming up with indie hard-hitters (like Dirty Projectors on Dark Was the Night), it’s like he can do no wrong. Arcade Fire are […]
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I remember when I first heard Clap Your Hands Say Yeah it was so exciting. They were such an exciting success story of a band who DID IT. On their own terms. And they made pretty rad tunes too. They have a new album called Hysterical coming out in September. Watch a teaser video below. […]
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Remember the movie The Craft where there were all those witches doing weirdo stuff over at each other’s houses? Do teenagers really get into this stuff? Something about putting the soft, sweet coos of James Blake being played over these cultish acts, and Blake himself watching over them from the sidelines, just makes them seem […]
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What do you really expect from Dan Deacon? I will almost be shocked if his Francis Cord Coppola score he’s creating isn’t absolutely bonkers. But here, he gives us a 17-minute weirdo short film titled Hilvarenbeek. It was made, much like his previous Ultimate Reality, in collaboration with artist Jimmy Joe Roche. I would say it’s best […]
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