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TEST PRESSING: Get Psyched For OSCILLATIONS With a Couple of Classic Glimmers Mixes, Including Tracks From Switch, Brian Eno and Prince
Still not sure if you’re gonna make it to OSCILLATIONS at Studio B tonight? We’ve got a couple reasons for you to vote YES to a night on the town–or the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn–with self-titled, beginning with two Beats in Space mixes from the Glimmers. David ‘Benoelie’ Fouquaert was also nice enough to share […]
SXSW, DAY TWO: M. Ward, No Age, The Meat Puppets and “Perky Spokesmodel Types”
Text/Photos by Lizz Kannenberg I decided to do a little experiment on SXSW’s second day of music: Not wait in any lines. The Paste day party? Look at that line! No thanks, I’ll take my chances on the mean street off of 6th.
SXSW, DAY ONE: Vivian Girls, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Sleepy Sun and More
Text/Photos by Lizz Kannenberg Opening Day at the SXSW Music Conference is a little like the first day of summer vacation from high school: It’s warm, you’re free from responsibility and you can’t wait to find some freakin’ beer. Luckily there’s plenty flowing at the day parties, which greases the skids nicely for a showcase-hopping […]
FROM THE STACKS: Wrekmeister Harmonies
We get a lot of crap CDs at the self-titled offices. But once in a while, a pleasant surprise slips into our promo stack. Here’s a recent delivery that knocked the S/T staff on its collective ass.
SXSW SPOTLIGHT: Joe Pug @ “Stimulus Package” Party, Paradise, 3.18.09
Text/Photos by Lizz Kannenberg The Artist: Chicago’s stunning young balladeer can turn a beer-soaked 6th Street club into a pin drop-ready sanctuary. His Latest Release: Nation of Heat (self-released, 2008) The Set in a Few Sentences: Joe Pug may be a singer/songwriter, but this isn’t background music for your morning latte. The 24-year-old Pug, a […]
SXSW SPOTLIGHT: Shout Out Out Out Out @ Terrorbird Media/Force Field PR Party, Red 7, 3.18.09
Text/Photos by Lizz Kannenberg The Artist: Edmonton presents barn-burning fist pumpers with a penchant for getting things moving … even during daylight hours. Their Latest Release: Reintegration Time (Normals Welcome Records, 2009) The Set in a Few Sentences: Shout Out (x4) are a live band’s live band. Their usual get-‘em-up dance storm could have been […]
SXSW SPOTLIGHT: DD/MM/YYYY @ The Leafy Green Showcase, Emo’s, 3.18.09
Photos/Text by Lizz Kannenberg The Artist: A Toronto-based fivesome that brings its art-damaged prog rock to life through Frankenstein-ish instruments and lots of duct tape. Their Latest Release: Black Square (We Are Busy Bodies, 2009) The Set in a Few Sentences: Even synth dorks and music school dropouts had trouble identifying all of DD/MM/YYYY’s bizarre […]
I WAS THERE: Peter Bjorn and John Perform First ‘Living Thing’ Set For Parker Posey, Zach Condon and a Room of Heavily-Intoxicated Socialites
Text/Photos by Andrew Parks Nothing against Peter Bjorn and John‘s decidedly ‘experimental’ new album (Living Thing, out March 31 through Almost Gold) or anything, but the high point of last night’s lavish W Hotel set wasn’t the galloping grooves of “It Don’t Move Me” or the spare, steely beats of “The Feeling.” It was the […]