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LISTENING STATION: A-Trak Shares Five of His DJ Set Staples, From a Get Physical Anthem to a Boys Noize Remix
[Photo by Angela Boatwright] Between his profile-raising part-time job as Kanye West‘s tour DJ and a recent move toward the DayGlo-dipped dance kid market with the Catchdubs-co-founded Fool’s Gold imprint, A-Trak is impossible to pin down these days. Hell, the guy even released an original cut through Kitsuné–a Parisian label best known for bleeding-edge electro–last […]
FREE ASSOCIATION: Tim Kasher Borrows From ‘Blood Meridian’ & That Pointy Bastard Pinocchio On Cursive’s Sixth LP, “Mama, I’m Swollen”
Here’s a snippet of what Tim Kasher had to say when we first asked him to give self-titled a progress report on Cursive‘s sixth record, Mama, I’m Swollen: This time around, we didn’t much feel like doing another “Cursive†record, but DID have the urge to write something; something together, but without the proverbial rudder […]
I WAS THERE: Glass Candy Turns (Le) Poisson Rouge Into Their Own Private Loft Party
Words and Photos by Andrew Parks Yes, Johnny Jewel‘s bedazzled look–a cross between a baseball cap-rocking rapper and Rainbow Brite–is a little much. Or maybe we just think that because none of self-titled‘s editors could pull it off ourselves. Not even Arye, sneaker freak collection and all.
1MM: Cazals @ The Studio at Webster Hall
Words and Media by Aaron Richter self-titled has been hearing murmurs about Cazals for a few years now. But until Friday night, we’d written off the group as one of those dime-a-dozen UK sub-buzz bands touting famous friends, a chic style and the inability to escape past the pages of NME (also see Littl’ans). From The Studio […]
TEST PRESSING: Paper Get Wild and Wire-y on Sweder Than Thou Debut
Photos by Andrew Parks If Bjorn Yttling of Peter, Bjorn and John is to be believed, we’re not supposed to take anyone who dislikes Paper seriously. Fair enough, although our first impression of the Stockholm-based trio was much more immediate and instinctive than a simple “boy this is swell” reaction.
FROM THE STACKS: Sleepy Sun
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.
PEEP SHOW: Patrick Daughters Discusses His Incredibly Disturbing Depeche Mode Video, “Wrong” (Complete With a Liars Cameo!)
“Disturbing” doesn’t even begin to describe Depeche Mode‘s new music video, a retina-realigning waking nightmare that’ll burrow into your subconscious within a viewing or two. So much so we can’t imagine it surviving the censors over at MTV, or any other stateside cable network for that matter. We E-mailed director Patrick Daughters (best known for […]
1MM: Gang Gang Dance Rattle a Room of Confused Hedge Funders and Arty Cool Kids @ MoMA’s Armory Show Afterparty
Photos/Text by Andrew Parks [slideshow available here] At this point, there is no hope for Gang Gang Dance. And by that, we mean the New York City quartet may never achieve an album that’s as transcendent and tight as their live show. Songs here and there, yes, whether we’re talking the squirrely hooks of “House […]