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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Chromatics, ‘Kill For Love’ (Drumless Version)
As if the nearly 90-minute roll time of Chromatics’ Kill For Love record isn’t enough to digest, Johnny Jewel has uploaded a drum-less version of the record for mass consumption. Here’s how he explained the alternate cut at Pitchfork: It’s 11 tracks, because some of the tracks don’t have drums to begin with. It’s all […]
NOW PLAYING: Jane Weaver, ‘The Watchbird Alluminate’
The Artist/Album: Jane Weaver, The Watchbird Alluminate (Finders Keepers, 2011) Our Review: If Finders Keepers’ Web site is to be believed, The Watchbird Alluminate is a “collaborative LP with a close-knit group of musicians, noisemakers and vocalists/narrators to create automatic-music and re-illuminate an eleven-page novella about telepathy, technology, lost-love, wiccan, war and watchbirds.” A simpler […]
NEEDLE EXCHANGE 099: An Exclusive Mix By … Dntel
While he’s best known as the beat conductor behind Ben Gibbard’s short-lived Postal Service project, some of Jimmy Tamborello’s best work has been under his Dntel alias, from Sub Pop’s recently reissued Life is Full of Possibilities LP to the new album that drops through DJ Koze’s Pampa imprint on June 5th. Lighter on the […]
Stream Animal Collective’s New 7” Single, ‘Honeycomb / Gotham’
Honeycomb / Gotham doesn’t arrive in 7-inch form until June 26th, but you can pre-order the Animal Collective single through Domino now and get the MP3 version. Look out for news about the band’s next LP very soon…
The Flaming Lips Release Blood Vinyl Version of ‘Heady Fwends’ LP
Wayne Coyne has unveiled a video pitching Flaming Lips fans on the $2500 ‘blood vinyl’ version of the band’s limited Heady Fwends LP. Featuring the actual bodily fluids of Ke$ha, Justin Vernon, Yim Yames, Lightning Bolt, Sean Lennon, Neon Indian, Chris Martin and more, the pricy pressing benefits the Oklahoma Humane Society and the Academy […]
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST: ‘No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn’, a Beastie Boys Tribute
Words by Andrew Parks Not to be ‘one of those guys’ who lapses into CD-age nostalgia or anything, but the last time I waited out a “Midnight Madness!” sale was for the Beastie Boys’ Hello Nasty album in 1998. I believe Media Play was the place, junior year of high school the time. And what […]
Beastie Boys Publicist Shares Official Statement on Adam Yauch
If anyone knows the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch well enough to offer up a proper tribute, it’s the group’s longtime publicist, Nasty Little Man, quite possibly one of the only firms to actually be name-checked in an album title (see: 1998’s Hello Nasty LP). Their full official statement on Yauch’s passing can be found below…
VIDEO: Watch a Classic MTV Interview Between Adam Yauch’s Nathaniel Hornblower Character and the Beastie Boys
Rather than rush an obit for the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch–who has reportedly passed away after a long battle with cancer–we thought we’d share a video that captures the very essence of what made MCA so damn special. Please feel free to leave a comment with your favorite Beastie Boys song and why, as we […]