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BUY IT, BURN IT, SKIP IT: Mudhoney, Scarlett Johansson, Islands
Mudhoney then By Aaron Richter As we all know by now, new releases hit record-store shelves and digital-download services each Tuesday. So every week self-titled presents a new release you’d be stupid not to own (Buy It), one worth checking out if you’re the curious type (Burn It) and something you might have heard about […]
I WAS THERE: Hercules and Love Affair @ Studio B, 5.17.08
[Photos by Fred Benenson] By Arye Dworken Let’s say you had no idea about the Pitchfork review or the James Murphy connection. Not only that; let’s say you showed up to Studio B on Saturday night knowing nothing about Hercules and Love Affair and waited for them to finally hit the stage at 1:20 AM […]
LONG PLAYER OF THE DAY: Four Tet, Ringer
Okay, so this one’s essentially an EP–an EP that spreads 31 minutes over just four tracks. And what an extended player it is, showing a fresh side of Four Tet that was first hinted at on his tantalizing “Tonto” remix. Easily one of his finest knob-twiddling efforts, the Battles track went from being a spastic […]
1MM: Cut Copy/Black Kids @ Studio B, 5.13.08
CUT COPY: Partying like it’s 1989 Text/Photos by Andrew Parks Now that Black Kids have been through a hype/backlash cycle without ever releasing an actual record, self-titled–consider us BK oblivious until tonight–can safely say everything you’ve heard lately is true. Namely the impossible to deny fact that they sound like, well, kids: inexperienced and sloppy, […]
THIS WEEK IN UNCOOL: Weezer, N.E.R.D., Death Cab For Cutie and Sloan
PHARRELL WILLIAMS @ The Fader Fort, SxSW 2008 [Photo by Andrew Parks] By Arye Dworken Eight songs from Weezer‘s forthcoming “Red Album” leaked all over the Internet this week. The most surprising thing about them? They don’t all completely suck. “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)†is an epic Queen-like […]
BUY IT, BURN IT, SKIP IT: The Black Angels, Death Cab For Cutie, The Presets
THE BLACK ANGELS: Drifters in the dark [Photo by Briana Purser] By Aaron Richter As we all know by now, new releases hit record-store shelves and digital-download services each Tuesday. So every week self-titled presents a new release you’d be stupid not to own (Buy It), one worth checking out if you’re the curious type […]
THE S/T INTERVIEW: John Reis of The Night Marchers/Hot Snakes/Drive Like Jehu
By Matt Siblo Few figures within the punk rock spectrum provoke more intense fandom than John Reis, one of the key string-pullers behind Rocket from the Crypt, Drive like Jehu, Hot Snakes and Swami Records. While each of his bands have a distinct sound, they all sport an age-old swagger–a hybrid of greaser machismo and […]
BUY IT, BURN IT, SKIP IT: No Age, Animal Collective, Tokio Hotel
NO AGE: Ready for their close up [Photo by Andrew Parks] By Aaron Richter As we all know by now, new releases hit record-store shelves and digital-download services each Tuesday. So every week self-titled presents a new release you’d be stupid not to own (Buy It), one worth checking out if you’re the curious type […]