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RECORDING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. On … Andy Warhol, Teen Magazines, Walt Whitman’s Jesus Complex, 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. Up to bat this week: Joshua Epstein of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the twisted pop duo who just helped deliver […]
FROM THE STACKS: 6th Borough Project
We get a lot of crap CDs at the self-titled offices. But once in a while, a pleasant surprise slips into our promo stack. Here’s a recent delivery that knocked the s/t staff on its collective ass…
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Live @ WFMU
Photo by Elizabeth Weinberg Since Ariel Pink just played two divisive shows in New York and Osama Bin Laden was captured and killed about a month ago, we thought we’d bring those two seemingly unrelated events together with a special WFMU performance from 2008. The half-hour set from Pink’s Haunted Graffiti band happens to feature […]
Domino Launches Week-Long Radio Station, Featuring Exclusives With Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, Optimo and More
Check out the full schedule here, or simply cue up Domino‘s live player below (the Guardian‘s up at the moment, with members of Franz Ferdinand, Simian Mobile Disco, Arctic Monkeys, and more taking over the controls later today)…
TEST PRESSING: Stream Jamie xx’s New Numbers Single, ‘Far Nearer’
So Jamie xx‘s new solo 12” is apparently so anticipated that the single’s label, Numbers, just launched an entire Web site devoted to it. Check that out here, snag the digital pressing at iTunes, or head right on down to the streaming player below for a taste of both soon-to-be-out-of-print sides…
VIDEO: Watch a Wire Bootleg From 1979
Oh, to be in this studio audience, especially when Wire brushes off an encore-happy fan with a simple, brusque “we don’t play requests.”
REVIEW: Dalglish, ‘Benacah Drann Deachd’
The Artist/Album: Dalglish, Benacah Drann Deachd (Highpoint Lowlife, 2011) A Short Review: Anyone who has fond memories of IDM’s heyday will get something out of this oil-spraying, machine-massaging look at what the appliances in your house do after dark. Beats get broken up into binary code, synths hits your speakers like sheets of static, and […]