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Swans - 'No Words, No Thoughts' Video

VIDEO: Swans, “No Words/No Thoughts (Live)”

The “official music video” for “No Words/No Thoughts” is actually just a live edit from the deluxe edition of The Seer (stream it in full alongside Michael Gira’s commentary here), a leading candidate for our Albums of the Year list and quite possibly the most cohesive artistic statement Swans have ever released. That’s just the […]
Justin Hawkins of The Darkness (Photo: Andrew Parks)

THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: The Darkness

Photos by Andrew Parks Words by Arye Dworken Even now–nearly a decade after their breakthrough single “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”–it’s hard to know where The Darkness lands on the ironic rock ‘n’ roll scale. Is the British band just one elaborate art project? Or is the Suffolk foursome better suited touring alongside […]
DJ Shadow - 'Reconstructed' Box Set

DJ Shadow Unveils Best-Of Collection, Limited Box Set

If last year was the long-awaited return of new DJ Shadow recordings, 2012 has been just the opposite–a series of revisionist you-must-learn material that’s included a compilation of early MPC cuts and now this, a long overdue best-of LP. Due out September 11th through Hip-O, Reconstructed: Best of DJ Shadow is a 16-track survey of […]
Trust - 'Dressed For Space' Single

Stream Trust’s New ‘Dressed For Space’ Single

Arts & Crafts has unveiled a new Trust single, just in time for the duo’s–or is it a solo project now?–lengthy tour legs with Yeasayer and the Faint. No word on when it’ll be available, but you can stream the entire thing–including two remixes and a B-side–below…