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PEEP SHOW: If You Miss The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s South Street Seaport Reunion Tonight, You Are Stupid
Back when self-titled was a lil musically ignorant pip-squeak, a friend let us borrow two records. One called Extra Width and another called Now I Got Worry. Listening to the music of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion was an eye-opener (and a brain-expander). It was filthy, sloppy and noisy, a bit dangerous and totally slutty […]
I WAS THERE: The Big Pink Unveil Live Show At Mercury Lounge Alongside Patrick Wolf’s Sister and Members of Sunn O))), Guapo and Pre
[Text/Photos by Andrew Parks] “They sound off,” s/t‘s managing editor wrote in a text message, “they” meaning the Big Pink. “You don’t agree? I’m ready to leave. This is Jesu with bad vocals.” Um, not quite.
HYPE CHECK (NORTHSIDE EDITION): Woods
Words and Photos by Aaron Richter The Band: Woods The Album: Songs of Shame (Woodsist) What’s Been Said: “Woods can evoke any number of their lo-fi ancestors, from early Guided by Voices to the murkier depths of the Siltbreeze or Flying Nun back catalogs, but they’re still able to retain their own immediately recognizable off-kilter […]
NORTHSIDE’S SET OF THE DAY: Deastro @ Ghostly’s 10th Anniversary Party, Studio B
[Photos/Text by Andrew Parks; slideshow available here] The Artist: Deastro His Latest Release: Moondagger (Ghostly) Why We’d Pay To See the Guy Again:
S/T SURVIVED … An Entire Fiery Furnaces Set, Their ‘In the Round’ Performance At Le Poisson Rouge To Be Exact
[Photos/Text by Andrew Parks] You know, we’ve always loved the idea–a brother/sister combo with an incredible amount of creativity and a consistent fuck-all philosophy–of the Fiery Furnaces. The music? In most cases, not so much. So what was it about last night that made us suddenly care about their songs as opposed to simply their […]
AND MUSIC’S BIGGEST ‘LOST’ FAN IS … Some Guy From Phantom Planet? Yep. He May Have the Show Figured Out, Too.
By Darren Robinson of Phantom Planet/Miniature Tigers I think Lost is the best show ever created. And of course I have a few theories and thoughts on where the writers found inspiration…
MUSIC’S BIGGEST ‘LOST’ FANS (RUNNER-UP): The Stills Explain Their Unhealthy Fascination With Oceanic Flight 815
By Tim Fletcher of The Stills The Stills are very, very, very, very, very into Lost. I think it’s one of the best television dramas ever created–up there with Twin Peaks, Carnivale, The Prisoner, and all that Sopranos/Oz/Six Feet Under stuff on HBO. I actually prefer it to almost all of these aforementioned shows, with […]
THE ‘LOST’ INITIATIVE: Major Lazer, Castanets, Enslaved and More Share Their Theories on the Most Twisted Network TV Show of All Time
If you’re like us, withdrawal set in a few weeks ago. Not from a lack of smack, mind you; more like yet another Lost season leaving us with more questions than answers. Now, there are a few ways to cope with this: Pore over the endless wiki entries at Lostpedia.com. Discover the ‘why-didn’t-I-think-of-that?’ greatness that […]