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NOW PLAYING: Various Artists, ‘SMM: Context’

The Artist/Album: Various Artists, SMM: Context (Ghostly International, 2011) A Short Review: Moving instrumental music for the motion pictures in your mind, impeccably sequenced and curated by people who care about that sort of thing. Available At: Amazon · Ghostly · Insound · iTunes

TEST PRESSING: Stream a Noise Mix From Prurient

Photo by Shawn Brackbill With Cold Cave‘s first proper Matador LP (Cherish the Light Years) on the way next Tuesday, we thought we’d share a couple things: (1) a maniacal mix Dominick Fernow (also of Prurient and Hospital Records) recently cut for the Quietus, and (2) the cover story we ran on the group in […]

Panda Bear Takes Us On a Tour of His Record Collection

Panda Bear recently stopped by NPR‘s studios to share some tracks from his upcoming Tomboy LP (available April 12th through Paw Tracks), as well as some of his favorite records from over the years. As it turns out, we expanded upon the latter in our current issue, asking the Animal Collective alum to fill in […]

Hype Williams’ Gun-Polishing Neighbor Reviews Their Videos

Since their music is as heady and high concept as hypnagogic pop gets–it’s akin to an art student’s waking nightmare, really–we told Hype Williams to do whatever the hell they want for a feature tied to their new One Nation LP. Here’s what they sent back…

DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Agalloch’s Rare (Le) Poisson Rouge Set

[Photos by La Glò] Fifteen years. That’s a hell of a long time to avoid playing New York City. And yet there Agalloch were at (Le) Poisson Rouge last week–delivering two hours of transcendent black-metal, rounded out by venom-dipped vocals, diamond-edged drums, and riffs that wind like the roads in some faraway land. And by […]