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COMING SOON: Panda Bear, ‘Tomboy’
The Artist/Album: Panda Bear, Tomboy (April 12, Paw Tracks) The Details: Using a series of limited singles as the template for his fourth solo album, Panda Bear recorded a couple more cuts at his Lisbon studio and asked former Spacemen 3 guitarist Sonic Boom to mix the entire affair. The result elevates the sample-driven pop […]
NEEDLE EXCHANGE 053: An Exclusive Mix By… Demdike Stare
Words and Mix by Demdike Stare This mix represents some of the least obvious, and further reaches of Demdike Stare’s music tastes. The main tracks are described below, which are mixed with anonymous loops and effects for added atmosphere… Opening up with the industrial/political machinations of Matthew Herbert’s Radioboy project, this leads to probably the […]
TEST PRESSING: Stream Two New Cut Copy Songs, “Take Me Over” and “Need You Now”
Time to let the proverbial cat out of the bag and say that Cut Copy will be on the next cover of self-titled, due to hit digital stands in mid-March. In the meantime, here are two songs from their first full-on pop record, Zonoscope…
NOW PLAYING: Lone, ‘Emerald Fantasy Tracks’
The Artist/Album: Lone, Emerald Fantasy Tracks (Magic Wire, 2010) A Short Review: The sleeve of Lone’s latest mini-LP screams “Remember (Walking In the Sand),” as refracted through Boards of Canada’s cracked prism. And yet the record itself is as restless and ready-to-rave as a Manchester warehouse, circa 1989.
VIDEO: Patrick Wolf, “The City”
Read our lengthy Patrick Wolf interview from self-titled‘s fourth issue below. Expect more info about his Lupercalia LP in the coming weeks…
The Dirtbombs Cover Detroit Techno Icons Like Cybotron and Carl Craig, Get Remixed By Kyle Hall, Omar S and Ectomorph
Detroit’s two enduring exports–techno and garage rock–converge on the Dirtbombs’ new Party Store LP, a guitar-guided tour of such dancefloor demigods as Cybotron, Derrick May and Carl Craig. Available next Tuesday through In the Red, it can be sampled after the jump, as we share the band’s A Number of Names cover (the skeletal punk-funk […]
EZRA THE INTERN INTERVIEWS … Electric Wizard
Our intern’s name is Ezra Teboul. He was born in Bordeaux, goes to school in Massachusetts, and thinks Dopethrone is the greatest album of all time. Dude’s an enigma, in other words. With that in mind, we recently asked Ezra to interview the grand sorcerer himself, Electric Wizard frontman Jus Oborn. The only problem? His […]
VIDEO: No Age, “Fever Dreaming”
Everything In Between is available now through Sub Pop. For more from No Age, head here.