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THE PERFECT STORM: We Corner The Dead Weather For One of Their First Full-Band Interviews
[Lead photo by Floria Sigismondi; live photos by Andrew Parks] By Courtney Balestier In case you haven’t heard the news, Jack White’s in another band. That’s right–the musical mastermind behind the White Stripes and the Raconteurs is on the road again with the Dead Weather. Any White fan–hell, any modern rock fan, period–will recognize the […]
WORKED UP SO (A)SEXUAL: An Open Letter to The Faint, As Inspired By the Band’s Webster Hall Show
[Text/Photos by Andrew Parks; slideshow available here] Dear Todd, Clark, Jacob, Joel and Dapose: Let’s get one thing straight here: We dig you guys. We really do. Hell, we have for a good seven years now. Case in point: our editor was courted by his longtime girlfriend at a notorious Making Time party headlined by […]
THE S/T INTERVIEW: DJ Hell
Interview and Photos by Aaron Richter DJ Hell has been here before. “Welcome back,” says the concierge. “It’s been years,” replies the 46-year-old German DJ/producer with a chuckle. Unsure whether the concierge honestly remembers Hell or if he’s just being polite, we walk downstairs at Manhattan’s Tribeca Grand for a basement-level photo shoot, and the […]
HYPE CHECK: Amazing Baby Drop the Backup Singer Bullshit, Focus on Straight-Up Rocking
[Text/Photos by Andrew Parks; slideshow available here] The Artist and Their Free, Buzz-Stirring EP: Amazing Baby, Infinite Fucking Cross (self-released) What’s Been Said: “Witness the reinvention of glam rock: sighed vocals, sizzling riffs and sky-high choruses, all delivered with the perfect amount of prissiness.” – Rolling Stone “These Brooklynites have been together since Christmas and […]
I WAS THERE: The Wrens Make Us Wish We Were From New Jersey (For An Hour At Least)
[Photos/Text by Andrew Parks; slideshow available here] “For those of you who are new to us,” Kevin Whelan–the Wrens‘ bassist/keyboardist/vocalist/residential madman–says to a sold-out Bell House crowd, “We’ve been a band for 20 years. We’ve never had any side projects…” Enter a round of hooting and hollering. To which Whelan responds, “I’m glad you applaud […]
PEEP SHOW: Radiohead, “Paranoid Android” (The Mario Paint Edit)
The video below, beloved s/t readers, is dedication. (As inspired by this Pitchfork story.) Have a good weekend, but keep watching our RSS feed and Twitter for links to a lengthy Wolves in the Throne Room interview, our SXSW video series with Adidas, and photos/reviews of the Wrens, Amazing Baby, Ladytron, the Faint and–if we’re […]
HYPE CHECK: Lissy Trullie—Cute Girl With Guitar or a Reason to Care About Lower East Side Rock?
[Photos/Text by Andrew Parks] The Artist and Her Self-Released Debut: Lissy Trullie, Self-Taught Learner EP What’s been said: “She might look like Agyness Deyn and play gigs at art galleries, but with a tomboy growl and Television–ish guitar hooks, her first EP brings enough attitude to put art stars in their place.” – Rolling Stone […]
PEEP SHOW: The Latest Music Videos, Including an S&M Spin on Patrick Wolf and a MoMA-Approved Department of Eagles Clip
[Photo of Marcel Dzama by Doug Dubois, for The New York Times] Since Subterranean–MTV’s sole supporter of cutting-edge music videos–keeps getting shuffled between dead zone time slots, we figured we’d start doing the channel’s job for them. Here are five clips we kept refreshing this week, including Patrick Wolf at his creepiest and a killer […]