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FORGET THE ALBUM: Mastodon Ponders the Legacy of Edible Underwear and Furry Handcuffs, Serenades Us With Journey
Interview by Aaron Richter We torture musicians enough. We beg for our favorite new records to come equipped with stories, myths and legends. And when bands comply–as Mastodon has done mightily with its fourth full-length, Crack the Skye–we force them to recount the themes and concepts endlessly, in interview after interview. How many more times […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Flagrant Fowl’s OSCILLATIONS Mix
With self-titled‘s latest OSCILLATIONS party just a week away, we roped in one of the night’s resident DJs–Skooby Laposky, a.k.a Pocketknife of Flagrant Fowl infamy–for a special mix that offers insights into the influences of his label and hotly-tipped edits/productions with Cousin Cole. (See also: Michna‘s rad-as-hell Seeing Colors mix.) While we definitely dug hearing […]
THIS WEEK IN UNCOOL: Green Day Does It Again With “21st Century Breakdown.” Literally.
By Arye Dworken Of all George W. Bush’s “accomplishments” during his tenure at the White House, Green Day fans can thank him for scaring Billie Joe Armstrong straight. American Idiot was the pop-punk group’s brilliant statement of disenchantment with the government and the trio’s first attempt at full-blown epic maturity. The best thing about that […]
PEEP SHOW: Mono Leave Our Ears Ringing and Our Tearducts Tapped At Wordless Music Show
Prepare to have your face melted off, and be glad you weren’t sitting 20 feet away from last night’s speaker monitors like we were…
1MM: Fischerspooner Turns Music Hall of Williamsburg Into an Off-Broadway Show, Complete With Backing Tracks and a Madonna Cameo
[Photos by Andrew Parks] Now here’s an instance where a picture’s really worth a thousand words. Or as Casey Spooner put it at the close of Fischerspooner‘s intimate Music Hall of Williamsburg gig, “Now that‘s a show.” Indeed. Even Madonna stopped by (setlist via The Music Slut)…
PARENTAL ADVISORY: S/T Lets Mom and Dad Review New Music by St. Vincent, Phoenix and HEALTH
Mother’s Day is this Sunday. (Shame on y’all who forgot!) And what better way to celebrate than to put Mom to work reviewing music, right? We gave self-titled contributor Cassie Marketos a batch of songs–including tracks by Micachu, HEALTH, the Juan Maclean, Phoenix, Woods and St. Vincent–to force-feed her mom (and dad) and record their reactions. Says […]
I WAS THERE: Akron/Family Gives self-titled’s Black Heart a Much-Needed Spiritual Awakening At Bowery Ballroom
[Words/Photos by Sean Edgar] While we’re not exactly ‘religious’, per say, self-titled couldn’t help but succumb to Akron/Family‘s undeniably spiritual performance last night at Bowery Ballroom. Riding high off the recent release of their fourth critically-lauded album, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free, Pennsylvania’s finest postmodern hippies simply couldn’t keep their positive karma to themselves.
PRIMER: Aidan Baker Introduces a New Project (A Mix of Autechre and Can!) & Distills a Million Solo/Nadja Discs Into 10 Must-Haves
[Photo by Guylaine Bedard] If you’re like us and actually read Aquarius Records‘ thorough updates every week, you’ve probably noticed one name on the regular: Aidan Baker, either as one-half of Nadja or as the sole purveyor of limited albums, EPs and splits. To break his back catalog down into simpler terms, Baker had 99 […]