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1MM: 1349 @ Gramercy Theatre, 10.6.10

Photos by Andrew Parks As murky as their mix sounded on Wednesday night, 1349 was still…amusing, enough to warrant their own Web post. We’ll share some shots of Triptykon and Yakuza in a bit…

FREE ASSOCIATION: Stream Salem’s ‘King Night’ LP & Read Their Track-By-Track Commentary

Photo by Alexander Wagner So we’ve finished our ninth magazine issue–self-titled‘s first fully-interactive iPad edition through Zinio, the same digital store Spin, The FADER and Rolling Stone use–and figured we’d celebrate by sharing a stream of Salem‘s new King Night album. It gets a track-by-track treatment in ST009, including such insights as the following exchange […]

DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Phoenix, “Love Like a Sunset Pt. 3”

Maybe Phoenix‘s Madison Square Garden debut isn’t selling all that well after all. Either that, or the band’s label (Glassnote Records) simply wants to ensure a sellout situation by forcing people like us to Retweet an MSG reminder in exchange for the following club-ready remix…
Led Zeppelin

Bruce Lamont’s Favorite Led Zeppelin Cuts

As we told you during South By Southwest, Yakuza “is one of the most underrated bands in underground metal, a truly progressive force of nature that would be bigger than Opeth in a perfect world.” They’re also fronted by Bruce Lamont, a scale-climbing sax player with an stunning clean-to-caustic vocal range and two very different […]

DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: La Sera, “Never Come Around”

Interesting–Katy Goodman’s first post-Vivian Girls single sounds like…the Vivian Girls. With better production values and cleaner vocals, that is. And by the looks of the above photo, she has better taste in cosmetics now, too. Check out the A-side of La Sera‘s debut single after the jump, and pre-order her Hardly Art 7” here.