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THE AUGHTS IN REVIEW: Doseone On … Department of Eagles’ ‘The Cold Nose’
[Photo by Alexander Wagner] Instead of going on and on about our top picks of 2009 and the past 10 years–we’ll do that later–self-titled asked some of our favorite ‘09 artists to share their favorite records. The following is as free associative as it gets: Doseone‘s (Themselves, Subtle, cLOUDDEAD) knee-jerk take on Department of Eagles‘ […]
2009 IN REVIEW: White Rainbow On … Dam-Funk’s ‘Toeachizown’
[Photo by Sarah Meadows] Instead of going on and on about our top picks of 2009 and the past 10 years–we’ll do that later–self-titled asked some of our favorite ‘09 artists to share their favorite records. This particular post is brought to you by White Rainbow and the unstoppable space-age soundscapes of Dam-Funk…
2009 IN REVIEW: The Gaslamp Killer On … The Long Lost’s Self-Titled LP
Instead of going on and on about our top picks of 2009 and the past 10 years–we’ll do that later–self-titled asked some of our favorite ’09 artists to share their favorite records. Here’s a folk-infused full-length from The Long Lost, which The Gaslamp Killer wholly endorses despite that Jack the Ripper name of his.
Adam Green Announces Special Lit Lounge Show, Shares a Song Off ‘Minor Love’
Adam Green, the anti-folk survivor best known for ‘that Juno song’ and such family favorites as “Choke on a Cock” and “Crackhouse Blues,” has revealed the details of his sixth (?!) solo record, Minor Love. Due out February 16 through Fat Possum, it features the production of Devendra Banhart’s bosom buddy (Noah Georgeson) and 14 […]
MICROWAVE ONLY: In Which We Declare a Moratorium on Covering Suckers and Tanlines
Photos by Turkishomework Each week we send Turkishomework out to capture a sliver of our city’s blurred-vision nightlife. This past Thursday, she caught Tanlines and Suckers, two bands we’ll now refrain from referencing until they finish a goddamn album.
PEEP SHOW: Watch New Order Play New York’s Ukrainian National Home Way Back In 1981
We had an iTunes moment this morning, one involving a timeless track suddenly appearing in shuffle mode. And what a track it was: New Order‘s “Ceremony,” quite possibly one of post-punk’s finest moments, a devastating mix of hope and helplessness. To see what we mean, check out the following YouTube clips, a six-song bootleg from […]
TEST PRESSING: Download Three Dance Mixes From Justin Vandervolgen of TBD/Try To Find Me, Just In Time For Our Holiday Party With The Rapture
One of the reasons we weren’t all that into !!!’s recent Terminal 5 set was the obvious absence of Justin Vandervolgen. The multi-instrumentalist/producer left the band nearly two years ago and, well, we haven’t gotten over it yet. That’s because his mixing skills made sense out of the band’s controlled chaos, leading to such modern […]
THE AUGHTS IN REVIEW: FaltyDL On … Squarepusher’s ‘Ultravisitor’
[Photo by Sabine Mirlesse] Instead of going on and on about our top picks of 2009 and the past 10 years–we’ll do that later–self-titled asked some of our favorite ’09 artists to share their must-listen LPs. In the following post, FaltyDL tries to make sense of Squarepusher‘s mid-decade disasterpiece.