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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: One of Jay Reatard’s Final Recordings, A Cover of “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle”
Photo by J Bennett We’re not going to read too far into the following Nirvana cover, one of Jay Reatard‘s final recordings. We’d rather let the guy’s sorely-missed brilliance shine on through.
WHAT WE’VE LEARNED FROM … Jay Reatard
Photo/Intro by Andrew Parks Interview by J Bennett Now that we’ve had some time to reflect on the sudden passing of Jay Reatard (real name: Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr.), self-titled has decided to let the man speak for himself in a series of quotes from J Bennett’s weekend in Memphis with the brutally honest musician; […]
Autechre Reveal New ‘Oversteps’ Record, Get Their 23-Year Career Broken Down Into 1888 Words By One of Britain’s Most Notorious Critics
When we asked Warp’s co-founder to clearly define Autechre for the label’s twentieth anniversary last fall, Steve Beckett had this to say: “People who aren’t properly in-the-know associate Autechre with ‘intelligent techno’, but to me, they’re just Manchester B-boys, really. Like you’ll go to their house and there’ll be an endless stream of classic hip […]
PRIMER: Carl Craig On … Soundtracks
While we’re certainly psyched to see rare performances from Tim Hecker, 2562 and the Moritz Von Oswald Trio at the New York edition of Poland’s Unsound Festival, one of the week’s real selling points is its Warhol Series. Especially the silent Blow Job/Kiss screening that’s set to the modular synthscapes of Carl Craig and nsi.–it’s […]
RECORDING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Pink Skull On … Jack Kirby, ‘Shrooms, Anthony Burgess and Sean Connery’s Craziest Movie
[Photo by Jody Rogac] Recording Under the Influence is a recurring self-titled feature where we ask artists to ignore their musical inspirations for a minute and share what really went into the making of a particular record. In this week’s installment, Pink Skull‘s Julian Grefe reveals his double life as a sci-fi nerd and the […]
TEST PRESSING: Download Nosaj Thing’s Remixes of The xx and Drake, Plus an L.A. Podcast
Nosaj Thing–one of L.A.’s most talked-about producers outside of his beat-chopping buddy Flying Lotus–has shared a pair of recent remixes for Drake (“Forever”) and the xx (“Islands”). Both are moonlit and moody, creeping along to a bleary-eyed backdrop of spacey synths and diamond-edged drums. Check ’em out after the jump, along with tour dates and […]
PEEP SHOW: Watch Swans’ Rare Concert Film, ‘A Long Slow Screw’, and Read a ‘Statement’ From Jarboe on the Band’s Sudden Reunion
Now that Michael Gira‘s surprised miscreants like us with news of a Jarboe-less Swans reunion, we’ve been left with no choice but to play Children of God on repeat this morning. And then there are the following classic video clips, a YouTube transfer of the band’s rare concert video, A Long Slow Screw, and a […]
Dirty Projectors Upload Limited ‘Ascending Melody’ 7-inch For Your Listening Pleasure
[Photo by Aaron Richter] Dirty Projectors know some of you are dirt poor and/or don’t own a turntable. That’s why they just uploaded a new limited 7-inch called “Ascending Melody”–because they like you. “These songs are from the Bitte Orca sessions,” the band wrote on their MySpace page. “They are awesome but they just didn’t […]