Passion Pit get their emo on at SXSW 2009
Photo by Alexander Wagner
We sift the ‘net for today’s top stories so you don’t have to…
- Domino revealed a massive box set of Orange Juice’s complete recordings.
- FACT interviewed Zola Jesus, and the Quietus talked to Sun Araw.
- Rolling Stone went backstage with Bono.
- Jim Jarmusch is working on a Stooges documentary.
- Stephen O’Malley set the release date of the first cassette in his new Editions Mego series.
- PopMatters interviewed The Eels.
- Plus 8 celebrated their 20th anniversary.
- Exclaim spoke to Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler.
- Tyondai Braxton elaborated on his decision to leave Battles.
- Passion Pit started working on their second album.
- Neil Young revealed the details behind his new solo record.
- Soul Jazz compiled a solid Future Bass release featuring exclusives from Four Tet, Mala and more.
- Frieze looked at Oneohtrix Point Never’s YouTube alias.
- Wired unveiled the tracklisting for Brian Eno’s Warp debut.
- Underworld’s Karl Hyde staged his first solo art exhibit.
- The Line of Best Fit E-mailed some questions over to Mogwai.
- Future Sequence asked John Twells about the history of Type Records.
- Kanye West pledged to leak a song a week until Christmas.
- XLR8R premiered a new track from Andy Butler of Hercules and Love Affair.
- Pitchfork examined the “Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s.”
- The Cure’s founding drummer is trying to rejoin the band for a special Faith tour.
- Spin listed the “25 Fall Albums That Matter Most.”
- Of Montreal have already announced their next EP.
- Vanity Fair tracked down the woman who’s suing Vampire Weekend over their album cover.
