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I WAS THERE: LCD Soundsystem Try Not To Lose Their Edge With the Kids At Music Hall of Williamsburg
Words and Photos by Andrew Parks In case you didn’t know, Thursday night marked the longest gap between LCD Soundsystem shows since James Murphy was spinning Can and Chic at APT until 5 a.m. And while the DFA don made sure to remind us of this fact at least 10 times, he didn’t have to. […]
Janet Weiss of Quasi and Sleater-Kinney Shares ’10 Ways To Be a Kick-Ass Drummer’
Quasi photo by John Clark Forget Janet Weiss’ gender for a minute. Ask anyone who’s ever seen her locomotive-like work in Sleater-Kinney, Quasi or the Jicks–she isn’t one of the greatest female drummers of all time. She’s one of indie rock’s greatest drummers period. And here are some of the reasons why. Ten of them, in […]
PLAY A SONG FOR ME: Beach Fossils, Blank Dogs and Frankie Rose Share Their Favorite Black Tambourine Tracks
[Photo by Tae Won Yu] As we said in an extensive feature about Slumberland Records’ 20th anniversary, the grated guitars and misty melodies of Black Tambourine are a major influence on today’s noise-pop scene, with echoes of their essential back catalog popping up in the Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Vivian Girls and just […]
1MM: Atoms For Peace & Flying Lotus @ Roseland Ballroom
Photos by Andrew Parks Okay, so it wasn’t exactly a Radiohead show. But then again, it wasn’t billed as one either. Instead, Atoms For Peace‘s second night at Roseland was a nice reminder of the subtle pleasures in Thom Yorke’s solo work and just how versatile his backing band (Flea, Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco and […]
The Sight Below Makes Us a Mix Featuring The Cure, Joy Division, This Mortal Coil and More
Featuring The Cure, Kraftwerk, This Mortal Coil and more
MOVIES FOR THE BLIND: Cage Cheers For a ‘Baby-Stealing Psycho’, Uncovers a ‘Kubrick Film On Crack In Another Language’
Chris Palko first stormed onto the underground hip-hop scene as Cage with “Agent Orange,†a Clockwork Orange-sampling single from his 2002 album, Movies For the Blind. His free associative film column pays tribute to that record and runs on our daily site at the start of every week.
NOW PLAYING: Harmonia & Eno ’76, ‘Tracks and Traces’ (Reissue)
The Details: Harmonia & Eno ’76, Tracks and Traces (High Wire Music reissue, 2009) A Quick Review:
FROM THE STACKS: Nice Face
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.