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NE011: An Exclusive Nils Frahm Mix
As much as we love extreme music–ear-gouging stuff like the Ben Frost set we saw at (Le) Poisson Rouge the other night–it’s not allowed anywhere near our Sunday morning stereo. That spot is reserved for sedate but stunning records like the spindly piano pieces of Nils Frahm, a young Berliner who’s been cultivating a cult […]
FROM THE STACKS: Golden Triangle
[Photo by Sebastian Miynarski] 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.
1MM: A Drug Cartel-Free Look At the MtyMx Festival, Including Photos of Dan Deacon, HEALTH, Lemonade and High Places
Since our staff didn’t have the cojones to cover Monterrey’s MtyMx Festival right after South By Southwest, we sent our new favorite Dutchman, Nick Helderman, down to document it for the rest of us. The following post is his photo essay version of what we like to call the Todd P Experiment. (A killer slideshow […]
Liam Gallagher Goes Gunning For Ben Sherman With His New Pretty Green Line
[Photos by Boo] “Get off the stage, grandpa” wasn’t the only thing we kept thinking during the Who’s Super Bowl halftime show last month. We also couldn’t help but wonder when some of the sharpest-dressed British dudes of all time lost their Quadrophenia look for good. While we realize a bunch of 60-year-olds shouldn’t be […]
COVER STORIES: From Leather-Clad Goth Kids To Their Soft Spot For the Soft Pack, Nada Surf Rationalizes Their ‘If I Had a Hi-Fi’ Record
Photo by Autumn de Wilde Utter disbelief. That’s the reaction we got from a close friend after revealing just how much we love Nada Surf‘s Let Go album. What do we look like? The kind of guys who only listen to death-metal and ultra-limited noise LPs? Actually, don’t answer that question. Go ahead and grab […]
SXSW SPOTLIGHT: Presenting Sleigh Bells, a Rick Rubin Experience Without the God Complex or Shitty Hair
Photos by Aaron Richter The Artist & Their Latest Release: Sleigh Bells, Sleigh Bells (self-released CD-R, 2009) The Showcase: Levi’s/FADER Fort, 3.20.10 The Set In Quite a Few Sentences (This Was One of SXSW’s Most Debated Acts, After All):
SXSW SPOTLIGHT: Are You Afraid of the Dark? Not When Tim Harrington’s Around!
Photos by Andrew Parks The Artist & Their Latest Release: Les Savy Fav, Let’s Stay Friends (Frenchkiss, 2007) The Showcase: Frenchkiss @ Galaxy Room, 3.19.10 The Set In a Few Sentences:
MICROWAVE ONLY: Busting TVs and Eardrums With Oneida, Sightings and The Library Is On Fire
Photos by Turkishomework Each week we send Turkishomework out to capture a sliver of our city’s blurred-vision nightlife. This past Friday, she caught a show we would have loved to see at South By Southwest: Oneida, Sightings and Brooklyn’s latest bid at recreating the power-pop bliss of Guided By Voices, The Library Is On Fire.