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NOW PLAYING: Vetiver, ‘The Errant Charm’
The Artist/Album: Vetiver, The Errant Charm (Sub Pop, 2011) A Short Review: From the rave-up riffs of “Ride Ride Ride” to the windswept strings and simmering synthetic textures of “Soft Glass,” Vetiver’s fifth album acts as a fitting bridge between the dog days of summer and the first sepia-toned signs of fall. More than just […]
TEST PRESSING: Stream Deerhoof’s 7” With Jeff Tweedy and His Sons
[Pitchfork] Side A: Deerhoof (Feat. Jeff Tweedy), “Behold a Raccoon In the Darkness” Side B: The Raccoonists, “Own It”
VIDEO/MP3: Matthew Dear, “Slowdance”
Read more about Matthew Dear here and grab a free download of “Slowdance” below…
NE066: An Exclusive Cave In Mix
Photo AARON RICHTER This week’s exclusive mix was compiled by Cave In and originally offered as a digital “cassette” in the enhanced edition of our quarterly magazine. Interested in more exclusive music, starting with our next issue in September? Subscribe to self-titled for the iPad, Android and standard Web browsers here. Otherwise, please enjoy the […]
COMING SOON: Wooden Shjips, ‘West’
The Artist/Album: Wooden Shjips, West (Thrill Jockey, September 13th) The Details: Like everything Ripley Johnson touches, Wooden Shjips’ first properly produced LP–as engineered by Trans Am co-founder Phil Manley and mastered by Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom–is a profoundly psychedelic vision of what it’s like to live at the very bottom of a lava lamp. It […]
Chino Moreno Releases Free EP Outside The Deftones, Draws Grammatically Challenged Comparisons To Witch House
You know what we’re not afraid to admit? The fact that we actually like a lot of Deftones songs; probably because Chino Moreno is a closeted Cure fan and has been known to lead the not-quite-nü-metal band in faithful covers of the Cocteau Twins, Jawbox, the Smiths and goddamn Duran Duran. So it’s with this […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Southern Lord’s ‘Power of the Riff’ Mixtape, F/ Pentagram, Pelican, Trap Them, Eyehategod, and More
To buy tickets for any of the stops on Southern Lord‘s five-date Power of the Riff run, click on the flyers below. Otherwise, we highly recommend blasting All Pigs Must Die right about now…