http://www.self-titledmag.com/home Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:51:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sal P slips in and out of madness Photos/Text by Andrew Parks James Murphy is usually a happy-go-lucky kind of guy, but self-titled's never seen the LCD Soundsystem frontman/DFA don smile quite like he did throughout Liquid Liquid's special Santos Party House set last night. Perched over Santos' mixing desk with a ... http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/20/i-was-there-liquid-liquid-santos-party-house-111908/ A barely post-pubescent Liquid Liquid Secret DFA sessions, a DVD of unlocked live footage, and more collaborations than we could possibly keep up with—these are the details that Tussle's main knob twiddler, Nathan Burazer, managed to get out of Liquid Liquid in an exclusive self-titled interview with vocalist Salvatore Principato and ... http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/19/slippery-when-wet-an-exclusive-conversation-between-liquid-liquid-tussle/ Fischerspooner makes us actually miss 'Emerge' ... a lot "The melodic one," eh? Who do you think you're kidding, Kitsuné? This is a Maison compilation, after all, and doesn't Maison mean serrated synths and tweeter-blowing bass lines in English? Apparently not. Well, not in most cases this time around. While d.i.m. ... http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/18/long-player-of-the-day-various-artists-kitsune-maison-compilation-6-kitsune/ By Aaron Richter As we all know by now, new releases hit record-store shelves and digital-download services each Tuesday. That’s why self-titled presents the following every week: a new release you’d be stupid not to own (Buy It), one worth checking out if you’re the curious type (Burn It) and something you might ... http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/18/buy-it-burn-it-skip-it-kieran-hebden-and-steve-reid-isobel-campbell-mark-lanegan-max-tundra/ New Order with Tony Wilson and Rob Gretton. By Aaron Richter It used to be that Substance was the one essential entry point for anyone looking to learn about New Order. Now, such a necessary education is a bit pricier (and much more extensive) thanks to Rhino's two-disc expanded reissues the five New ... http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/17/chewing-the-fat-the-new-order-reissues/ [Color photos by Andrew Parks; Black & white shots by Aaron Richter] Melodramatic much? That's one way of putting M83's rather epic set at Webster Hall on Friday night. Setting things off with a carpe diem rendition of "Run Into Flowers," Anthony Gonzalez led his airtight backing band through nearly two ... http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/15/1mm-m83school-of-seven-bells-webster-hall-111408/ Wayne Coyne ponders life, liberty and a big fucking gas tank [Photos courtesy of Cinema Purgatorio] Interview by Andrew Parks While self-titled already told you what we thought of Christmas on Mars—Wayne Coyne's mind-fuck version of It's a Wonderful Life—the thing didn't quite hit us until a few days after we experienced its ... http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/13/the-st-interview-wayne-coyne-of-the-flaming-lips/ Photo by Ryan Russell While we hear that Pelican plans on hibernating this winter and emerging with a new album sometime next year, the band's still plugging away with the promotion of their current long player, City of Echoes. That includes their headlining spot on this month's Hydra Head's "Champions of ... http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/13/peep-show-pelican-lost-in-the-headlights/ [Photo by Grace deVille] By Aaron Richter As we all know by now, new releases hit record-store shelves and digital-download services each Tuesday. That’s why self-titled presents the following every week: a new release you’d be stupid not to own (Buy It), one worth checking out if you’re the curious type (Burn It) and ... http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/11/buy-it-burn-it-skip-it-los-campesinos-holy-hail-deer-tick/ HEALTH pleads its case for its band name to appear in all caps. By Aaron Richter My favorite thing about HEALTH is that they're not ugly. My second favorite thing about HEALTH is that nothing really seems to fit as you might expect it. First you've got a burly metalhead drummer brutalizing ... http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2008/11/08/1mm-health-the-knitting-factory-11708/