Photos by Vinna Laudico
Interview by Andrew Parks
Read the first part of our extensive Johnny Jewel interview in the magazine excerpt below—an early look at the issue we’ll be officially releasing later today—right alongside the rest and lots of audio from throughout the producer’s career…
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Yep, it’s another Italians Do It Better video from Alberto Rossini. This particular clip comes from the Desire album we first pushed more than two years ago. Maybe this means their next record’s not too far away?
Italians Do It Better recently shared four songs from Desire‘s sorely overlooked debut album, so we went ahead and dropped every last moonlit disco jam in a Soundcloud player below. If you can’t quite wait for the label’s next After Dark compilation (it’s on the way soon, we’re told), be sure to check out the mega-mix of IDIB rarities that Justine D cut for us here…
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When we noticed that Justine D was bringing the extended Italians Do It Better family back to New York this week, the self-titled staff had one simple question: why not ask the longtime promoter/vinyl-toting DJ/part-time pastry maker (no, really) to cut an exclusive IDIB mix for us? Justine answered the call and went one step further, sifting through many deleted singles and digging as deep as Chromatics’ long out-of-print Nite 12” and Glass Candy‘s screeching no-wave cover of “Johnny, Are You Queer?”—a song that was first pressed nearly a decade ago. She also included some liner notes for those of you who don’t know the difference between “Night Drive,” “Nite” and “Nite Nurses.”
Listen and learn below, and be sure to follow our Twitter feed for your chance to win tickets to see Glass Candy, Chromatics, Desire, and label co-founder Mike Simonetti at Webster Hall tonight.
Florence and the Machine
[Photo by Ivan Jones]
Sorry to break it to you, blogosphere, but we just don’t believe in lists anymore. They’re just so arbitrary, and a couple mouse clicks away from being obsolete, you know?
That’s why we decided to give you a completely random rundown of our favorite ’09 releases—because it’s not as predictable or pointless as an argument over “who’s No. 1 this year, Dirty Projectors or Animal Collective?” Be sure to watch out for a second set of s/t-endorsed records before the clock strikes 12 on Thursday night.
[Photo from Desire's tour diary]
We get a lot of crap CDs at the self-titled offices. But once in a while, a pleasant surprise slips into our promo stack. Here’s a recent delivery that knocked the S/T staff on its collective ass.
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