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1MM: Photos of Yeasayer & Tanlines @ Guggenheim Museum
November 3, 2009
Photos by Jen Maler If you follow our Twitter feed on a regular basis, then you probably noticed last week’s initial impressions of Yeasayer‘s long-awaited second LP, Odd Blood, easily an early candidate for 2010’s Best New Music bin. Not to mention the most surprising avant-pop album we’ve heard in a while. Don’t believe us, […]
LISTENING STATION: Modeselektor Serve Up ‘Rave Soup’, a New Video, and the Key To Getting Laid
November 3, 2009
To give you an idea of a typical Modeselektor DJ set, their new Body Language mix features everything from the heady hip-hop of Missy Elliot to the sleek minimal techno of Robert Hood, with traces of Animal Collective, Busta Rhymes and Benga tossed in for good measure. Here’s where you can catch the Berlin-based duo […]
RECORDING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: From the Great Outdoors to a Damn Good Mint Julep Mix, Le Loup Explains the Making of Their Fantastic Family LP
November 2, 2009
[Photo by Jim Thomson] Recording Under the Influence is a recurring self-titled feature where we ask artists to ignore what inspires them musically for a minute and share what really went into the making of a particular record. In this post, Le Loup founder/frontman Sam Simkoff makes sense of their new Family LP, a spooky […]
TEST PRESSING: Stream Cold Cave’s New Album and Download a Mix From Frontman Wesley Eisold
November 2, 2009
In case you didn’t fall for it months ago like we did, Cold Cave‘s self-released Love Comes Close LP gets a proper Matador pressing tomorrow. The whole thing’s also streaming at Soundcloud right now. Check it out after the jump, along with a special 30-minute FACT magazine mix by frontman Wesley Eisold.
PEEP SHOW: Watch ‘The Rebirth of Germany’, a BBC Doc About the Rise and Fall of Krautrock
November 2, 2009
We’ve been on a serious kosmiche/Krautrock kick lately, absolutely inhaling the key albums of Cluster, Faust, Tangerine Dream, Harmonia and more. And now that the BBC‘s premiered a fascinating documentary on this very subject overseas, we’ve managed to hunt the whole thing down and upload it for your streaming/sharing pleasure…
1MM: A Place to Bury Strangers Claim “Head” Casualties at Bowery Ballroom
November 1, 2009
Words and Photos by Aaron Richter When the three members of A Place to Bury Strangers go to work, it’s like watching a surgery: The appearance of gruesome brutality is a deft guise for choreography and precision. Bright wires snaked the stage this past Thursday at Bowery Ballroom–a major show for APTBS promoting their latest release, […]
1MM: One Final Collection of CMJ Candids, Featuring White Denim, Lightspeed Champion, Midnight Juggernauts, The xx and The Temper Trap
October 31, 2009
Photos by Jen Maler For our complete coverage of CMJ, click here. Otherwise, here’s one last look…
MICROWAVE ONLY: Devil’s Night With Black Dice & Lightning Bolt
October 31, 2009
Photos by Turkishomework Each week we send Turkishomework out to capture a sliver of our city’s blurred-vision nightlife. This column was a no-brainer: Lighting Bolt, Black Dice and a rowdy crowd of costumed buffoons at Brooklyn’s new “Above the Auto Parts Store” spot.
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