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A QUICK TALK WITH LOU BARLOW ABOUT … Bromances, Angry White People, and Ghostbusting
[Photos by Eric Fermin Perez] By Arye Dworken Lou Barlow‘s latest solo LP, Goodnight Unknown, was released this week. It’s a grown-up blend of tempered frustration and ghostly introspection; or as Barlow maintains in the following interview, an opportunity to channel his sensitive side on a global scale. It’s a politically fraught time and the […]
SUPPORT THIS: We Were Promised Jetpacks Deliver Breakthrough Set At Bowery Ballroom
[Photo by Alexander Wagner] The Artist: Yet another Scottish act with anger management issues. Their Latest Release: These Four Walls (FatCat) Who They Opened For: The Twilight Sad and Brakes Brakes Brakes @ Bowery Ballroom, 10.7.09 Why the Bill Should Have Been the Other Way Around:
IN THE MOMENT: The Twilight Sad’s Singer Emerges As the Scariest Scotsman Since Begbie At Feedback-Flinging Bowery Ballroom Show
[Photos by Andrew Parks] We’ve seen it before; seen your steel glare, that look of disgust, that clear indication that our camera’s epileptic fits are ruining your ‘concert experience.’ To which we say, “Fair enough. You win. We don’t need to treat every self-titled show like an impromptu photo shoot.” What we will do, however, […]
1MM: Live @ Austin City Limits With Dirty Projectors, The Dead Weather, Them Crooked Vultures, Phoenix, Kings of Leon, Mos Def & More
[Photos by Jen Maler] Fresh off yesterday’s collection of candid shots, here’s a front-and-center live set from Austin City Limits, beginning with Alison Mosshart of The Kills and Dead Weather. If you haven’t read our full band interview with the latter, do it now. Jack White’s particularly priceless–almost as priceless as he is behind the […]
1MM: Backstage @ Austin City Limits With Daniel Johnston, Phoenix, …Trail of Dead, The Dodos, Heartless Bastards, White Lies and More
In the spirit of her tireless All Points West coverage–mud pits and Maynard James Keenan, be damned–we recently asked photographer Jen Maler to capture live and candid shots at Austin City Limits. Here’s what she came up with on the backstage side of things…
I WAS THERE: Sufjan Stevens Beckons Us To Come On and Feel The Ill Noise At Bowery Ballroom
[Photos by Andrew Parks] By Arye Dworken Five years ago, Sufjan Stevens promised to press one LP for every state in the union, as backed by his banjo and towering orchestral pop pieces. As he’d soon admit, the plan was both preposterous and inspiring. “I may regret that,” Stevens told The Washington Post in 2005, […]
LISTENING STATION: Starkey Shows Us the Meaning of “Street Bass” With Some Choice Selections From Joker, Eprom and More
As anyone who’s ever been to a Trouble & Bass party will tell you, dubstep is not as London-centric as you might think. In fact, it reaches as far as Philadelphia in the case of Starkey, a T&B associate who also helps run Seclusiasis alongside longtime DJ/producer, Dev79. Since his Ephemeral Exhibits (Planet Mu) record […]
PEEP SHOW: Watch A Steadily-Updated Stream of Live Clips From Thom Yorke’s ‘Secret’ L.A. Show, Including New Songs and Radiohead B-Sides
Damn you, L.A. It’s enough that you enjoy sunshine every day and $2 tacos New York will never quite nail. Now you’ve gone and lured Thom Yorke in for a “warm-up show” with a new band that features Radiohead’s longtime producer (Nigel Godrich), Beck’s drummer (Joey Waronker), Forro in the Dark frontman Mauro Refosco, and […]