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SxSW Spotlight: …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
March 20, 2008
The Artist: Hometown heroes now split between Austin and Brooklyn; currently busy working on a new album in Texas with no label to pay their bills. (Interscope dropped Trail last year.) Their Latest Release: So Divided (Interscope, 2006) The Showcase: “The Showdown,” presented by Village Voice Media @ La Zona Rosa, 3.14.08 Their Set in […]
BUY IT, BURN IT, SKIP IT: She & Him, Fuck Buttons, Be Your Own Pet
March 19, 2008
SHE & HIM: Wayyyy better than Dogstar By Aaron Richter As you all certainly know by now, new releases hit record-store shelves and digital-download services each Tuesday. So every week self-titled presents 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 […]
THE S/T INTERVIEW: Yoni Wolf of Why?
March 19, 2008
[CW from top: Josiah Wolf, Doug McDiarmid, Yoni Wolf] [Photos by Jacob Hand] By Arye Dworken self-titled: Yoni, what’s shaking? Nothing much. Just got back from a jog. About to have some coffee and relax. Are you still out in California? Sure am. No plans to leave just yet. There’s been talk, some talk about […]
The Vines @ Bowery Ballroom, 3.17.08
March 18, 2008
Text/Photos by Aaron Richter We learned two things from the Vines show on Monday: (1) Frontman Craig Nicholls is still alive, and (2) the Vines perform the absolute worst cover version of OutKast’s “Ms. Jackson†that we could ever possibly imagine. Full review after the jump …
The Raconteurs Ready New LP For Release Next Week
March 17, 2008
Yep, it’s true. Here’s the plan according to the band: THE RACONTEURS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM “CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY” EVERYWHERE….IN ONE WEEK “Album†meaning: full length vinyl, CD and digital formats; and “everywhere†meaning: local mom and pop Indie retailers, corporate superstores, supermarkets, iTunes, Amazon, the band’s own website and any other location that […]
1MM: SxSW So Far (Lou Reed, Trail of Dead, N.E.R.D., Justice, and more!)
March 14, 2008
JUSTICE @ the Playboy Party Sorry we’ve been so quiet this week, but South By Southwest is proving to be as impenetrable and exhausting as ever this year. A full report will be coming early next week and complete photo galleries will be popping up intermittently from this point on, but for now, we give […]
BUY IT, BURN IT, SKIP IT: The ‘Meh’ Edition, Featuring Junior Boys and Del the Funky Homosapien
March 11, 2008
JUNIOR BOYS: Wax on, wax off [Photo by Timothy Saccenti] By Aaron Richter As you all certainly know by now, new releases hit record-store shelves and digital-download services each Tuesday. So every week self-titled presents a new release you’d be stupid not to own (Buy It), one worth checking out if you’re the curious type […]
THE S/T SCOOP: An Exclusive Isobel Campbell Interview About Mark Lanegan, Sunday at Devil Dirt
March 10, 2008
While the recent announcement of Sunday at Devil Dirt–the second full-length from the sweet and sour pairing of Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell–may seem like a surprise to most given Lanegan just released the Gutter Twins’ debut, we know better over here at self-titled. Why? Because Campbell told us the duo was almost done with […]
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