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HYPE CHECK: Micachu & The Shapes Test Our Patience For Noise Pop At Pianos
March 30, 2009
[Photos by Aaron Richter; Text by Andrew Parks] The Artist and Their Current Album: Micachu & The Shapes, Jewellery (Rough Trade) What’s Been Said: “Micachu is an exceedingly precocious 21-year-old who may go on to completely transform our expectations of music – or she could disappear unexpectedly tomorrow because it would be dull to follow […]
S/T Survived … Getting Our Knees Slammed Into the Stage (Repeatedly) At Converge’s Europa Show
March 29, 2009
Words and Photos by Andrew Parks Look, I’m not gonna lie. The angry 16-year-old in me–the ex-hardcore kid that grew up in Buffalo, thought being straight-edge at 16 was an actual achievement, and really liked Snapcase for a couple years–was ecstatic about seeing Converge play a relatively intimate show in Brooklyn on Friday night. As […]
FROM THE STACKS: Crocodiles
March 27, 2009
[Photo by James Norton] 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.
I WAS THERE: The Prodigy Make All Of Our Regressive Raver Dreams Come True, Including That One Involving “Out of Space”
March 27, 2009
Photos/Text by Andrew Parks [slideshow here] “I’ll give you $40 to stand where you’re standing.” “I can’t do that man. I wish I could, but you’d just get kicked out.” “How about $80 then?” And so went an exchange between self-titled–stationed in Roseland Ballroom’s photo pit area–and one of the more insane Prodigy fans we […]
LISTENING TOO LATE: Pondering the Death of Alain Bashung
March 26, 2009
By Aaron Richter Alain Bashung died on Sunday, March 14. The next day, I listened to the French singer’s music for the first time. I found a copy of Bleu pétrole, released just this past year and considered Bashung’s late masterpiece, and heard a voice–familiar and bold, sorrowful and dramatic, broken yet defiant. Its Frenchness […]
PRIMER: Mono Shares the Stories Behind Their Back Catalogue
March 26, 2009
If you’ve heard one Mono album, you’ve heard ’em all, right? Well, not exactly. To be honest, Tokyo’s take on the almighty Mogwai is one of the only soft/loud, peak/valley projects capable of not only keeping our attention, but making self-titled‘s toughest staffers bawl their eyes out. Figuratively speaking, of course. You see, it’s all […]
SXSW SPOTLIGHT: Bishop Allen @ Secretly Canadian Showcase, The Mohawk, 3.19.09
March 26, 2009
The Artist: Brooklyn-based twee pop never sounded so fresh or unpretentious. Their Latest Release: Grrr: (Dead Oceans, 2009) The Set in a Few Sentences: If the only way for indie-ish bands to make a living anymore is by licensing their music to advertising campaigns, Bishop Allen should be sitting pretty in a comfortable tax bracket […]
Converge Post Teaser Video For New Album, Get Us REALLY Psyched For Their Show With Genghis Tron This Friday
March 25, 2009
So we were already balls-to-the-wall thrilled about the Converge/Genghis Tron/Coliseum bill in Brooklyn this Friday, and then we discovered this video …
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