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GO EASY ON ME: Confessions of a No Age Virgin
The view from the bathroom break line Text/Photos by Aaron Richter I’m 96-percent positive that I’m the last person in the world to see No Age live. The LA duo has been through New York, done the CMJ circuit and roughed it out at SXSW enough go-’rounds that most of my friends seem to need […]
1MM: Fuck Buttons @ Mercury Lounge, 5.6.08
Okay, it’s official: “Sweet Love For Planet Earth” is one hell of a candidate for song of the year. A whirlpool of drone-on distortion and cutting, cathartic vocals (the line “will we evolve?”–at least we think that’s what Benjamin John Power’s screaming–is a frightening call to arms), it’s easily the best thing Fuck Button‘s done […]
Win a Pair of Earth Tickets At New York’s Knitting Factory!
If you’re wondering where today’s “Story of the Week” entry is, you’ll just have to wait until our massive Animal Collective interview drops tomorrow. For now, we’ve kept this Earth one up in honor of their New York show tomorrow and the pairs of tickets we have to give away. Want one? Hurry up and […]
THE S/T SCOOP: Common Holds Private ‘Invincible Summer’ Listening Session
In Studio A of Manhattan’s Legacy Studios, Common gave self-titled and a couple other choice publications an eight-song preview of his new album, Invincible Summer, which he says will be released in mid-July. Believe it or not, the record–partially inspired by the months the rapper spent in Prague while acting in the upcoming film Wanted–is […]
BUY IT, BURN IT, SKIP IT: Santogold, Portishead, Jamie Lidell
SANTOGOLD: Just do it 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 […]
1MM: The Verve @ WaMu Theater/Madison Square Garden
RICHARD ASHCROFT: How does that sonnet go again? Photos/Text by Andrew Parks There were very little surprises during the first half of the Verve‘s tw0-night stand at New York’s WaMu Theater. That is if you don’t count the band’s anti-climatic opener: a no-name DJ (literally; he wasn’t credited on the bill or even thanked onstage) […]
LONG PLAYER OF THE DAY: Steve Moore, ‘The Henge’
So we originally revisited The Henge (Relapse)–the solo debut of Zombi keyboardist/bassist Steve Moore–after reading J. Bennett’s Earth story and seeing the dude’s name pop up as Dylan Carlson’s full-time organist. The twist being that Steve Moore the Earth/Sunn O))) Sideman is not the same guy as Steve Moore of Zombi. Apparently the underground metal […]
S/T Video of the Day: Aphex Twin @ Coachella
So we’re a little bummed–the operative word being little–about missing Coachella this year, only because Aphex Twin and Portishead rarely, if ever, tour in the U.S. (The Verve‘s own triumphant return to the states will be chronicled with a series of shots from their New York City show Monday night.) If you’re wondering what Mr. […]