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LISTENING STATION: DJ Signify Pulls Tim Hecker, Panda Bear Out of His Crates
DJ Signify (real name: Justin Levy) is best known as a key member of the 1200 Hobos collective. At the peak of its powers, it included such underground-shaping beat-makers/scratch technicians as Mr. Dibbs, Doseone, Buck 65 and Sixtoo. These days, Signify’s back behind the boards with Of Cities, his first studio album in nearly five years. Convinced his record […]
FEED THE ANGER: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love S/T Boss Andrew Parks
What, me worry? Andrew at his best. By Aaron Richter In the interest of truth telling, up until about six weeks ago, I’d always worried about my boss, self-titled Editor-in-Chief Andrew Parks. Not worried that his fiery temper when dealing with the Bolivians might put both his and my life at risk (not an actual […]
TEST PRESSING: Black Dice, “Glazin”
[Photos by Shawn Brackbill] As is typically the case with new Black Dice records, we’re still not sure what to make of the hiccuping samples and squiggly synths that slither across Repo‘s severely warped grooves. That said, we dig it and don’t know why, which might explain why we gave Andy Beta so many pages […]
PEEP SHOW: “The Black Lips in India” Trailer on Vice TV
Of course we all knew this was coming. The Black Lips’ recent escapades in India (bottles thrown, governments angered, etc.) were all caught on tape by Vice cameras. And VBS is producing a Web series documenting the debauchery. Here’s the NSFW trailer. Looks like Cole tried to play guitar with his penis. Band members Cole […]
DEAR READERS: Calling All Top Fives
In honor of our new feature The S/T Five, we’re looking for your best music-related Top Five lists. Top Five outfits worn by Prince? Top Five things from a Guided by Voices song that you’d like to actually see in real life? Top Five lead singers who could beat other evenly matched lead singers in […]
THE S/T FIVE: When Bruce Attacks
The Top Five Moments From Bruce Springsteen’s Super Bowl Halftime Show By Aaron Richter 1. Steven Van Zandt yelling “It’s Boss time!” Pure cheese. And we love it. 2. Bruce sliding on his knees and slamming into the cameraman. Pete Townsend, he is not, but a damn fine effort, nonetheless. 3. The choir that emerged […]
THE S/T INTERVIEW: Jolie Holland
[Photos by Scott Irvine] Interview by Micah Kelber Before you assume Jolie Holland‘s just another singer-songwriter, know this: Tom Waits is her “fairy godfather” and she’d love to tackle a collection of phonetic Vietnamese cuts sometime soon. Her new Anti- album, The Living and the Dead, also speaks for itself alongside the following MP3s … […]
INSIDE ST002: Lindstrøm Shows Us His Favorite Spots in Oslo
Dancing in the dark at Studio B As you may or may not have heard, Lindstrøm was in town last night, taking us all on a tour of the space disco station in his mind. And what a utopian place it was, reminding us of the Oslo guide Mr. Feedelity contributed to our current issue. […]