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RECORDING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Marissa Nadler On … Hermeticism, Cowboy Songs and Saloons, Road-Tripping and More
Recording Under the Influence is a recurring self-titled feature where we ask artists to ignore their most obvious musical inspirations for a minute and share what really went into the making of a particular record. This week: Marissa Nadler, who recently released her fifth proper LP–a self-titled effort that pushes her road-weathered storytelling to the […]
Flying Lotus Confirms Free Experimental Set At (Le) Poisson Rouge
Well this is kinda exciting: we’ve just been told that Flying Lotus has confirmed a secret experimental set at (Le) Poisson Rouge tonight. As first hinted at on his Twitter, the free show will feature a full band–at least “bass and piano,” according to the venue–and start at midnight sharp. See you there? In the […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Portishead’s ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’ Mixtape
With ATP‘s I’ll Be Your Mirror festival fast approaching, recurring curators Portishead have cut a two-hour mixtape that starts with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and closes with Beach House. Grab it below, and read our interview with the band’s main multi-instrumentalist, Geoff Barrow, here…
121 MINUTES: Swans, “New Mind”
Nothing like a Swans video that pairs VH1 Classic with bouts of Catholic guilt. Check out more of our favorite old videos here and read about Michael Gira’s record collection below…
BATTLE OF THE BANDS: Iceage Vs. Prurient @ Public Assembly
Words and Photos by Andrew Parks What is punk rock, really? If you ask anyone who’s witnessed it firsthand, they’ll tell you it’s got nothing to do with your record collection, haircut, or that Rotten sneer you practiced in the mirror for the past month. Punk rock just is; it’s a state of being you’re […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Robert Smith’s ‘Reflections’ Mixtape, Featuring Nick Drake, David Bowie, The Buzzcocks and More
We discovered quite a surprise when scouring our E-mail this morning: a link to a mixtape Robert Smith made for Modular Recordings, as inspired by the Cure‘s first three classics, Three Imaginary Boys, Seventeen Seconds and Faith. Since we love all of you almost as much as we love old Cure records, we captured a […]
FREE ASSOCIATION: Stream John Tejada’s Debut Kompakt LP, ‘Parabolas’, Plus Read His Track-By-Track Commentary
Aside from the night where his L.A. apartment was robbed–the night he’d returned from a long trip with a laptop full of ideas, naturally–the making of John Tejada‘s Kompakt debut was basically his Obama moment, a record driven by hopeful hooks and broader brush strokes than your typical techno LP. In the following exclusive, the […]
PRIMER: The Coathangers’ Top 5 ‘Golden Girls’ Episodes
Photo by Aaron Richter Here’s something you probably didn’t know about the Coathangers: they’re huge fans of the greatest geriatric sitcom of all time, The Golden Girls. Well, frontwoman Julia Kugel is at least. As she revealed in a recent eMusic interview, the band’s latest LP–the barnstorming Larceny & Old Lace– “is the name of […]