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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Christmas Songs From Crystal Stilts, Dent May, Best Coast & Wavves, Crystal Antlers, and Blackalicious
Have a listen to all that holiday cheer after the jump, and check out more free music here.
RECORDING UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Gary War
Recording Under the Influence is a recurring self-titled feature where we ask artists to ignore their musical inspirations for a minute and share what really went into the making of a particular record. Here’s what Gary War “ingested” while making his murky, synth-chased Police Water EP, available now on Sacred Bones…
Future of the Left Share Three New Demoes, Remind Us How They’re Basically Mclusky With Different Members
We’ll never quite get over the fact that Mclusky–Britain’s best real deal rock band of the past 10 years–broke up way back in 2005, but the following Future of the Left demos are a nice reminder that frontman Andy Falkous and drummer Jack Egglestone are still whipping up on hell of a racket in Mclusky […]
2010 IN REVIEW: Flying Lotus On … The Year’s Top Films, TV Shows, and More
Photo by Emir Eralp Words by Andrew Parks As we explained in the cover story of self-titled‘s eighth issue, Flying Lotus wanted to mess with our minds visually well before he became a buzz-stirring beat maker. And even when the producer shifted his focus from abstract films to abstract soundscapes, the end result still sounded […]
THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: Ducktails
Photo by Elizabeth Weinberg Interview by Cassie Marketos From the undertow chords of Real Estate to the solo beachcomber cuts of Ducktails, Matt Mondanile makes pop music that’s as breezy and blurry as the sepia-toned scenes in his postcard collection. In the following extensive interview–captured over “non-veggie†sliders at a Brooklyn dive bar and excerpted […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Toro Y Moi, “Still Sound”
[Photo by Jordan Blackmon] Check out the lead-off single from Toro Y Moi‘s Underneath the Pine LP (due out February 22 on Carpark) after the jump, along with his thoughts on the year’s best music from our new issue…
2010 IN REVIEW: Tombs’ Favorite LPs, From Surfer Blood To Watain
[Photo by J Hubbard] For more on Tombs, head here. Otherwise, here are the year-end thoughts of one of self-titled‘s favorite metal bands, starting with a page torn from our new magazine issue…
BUY THIS SONG NOW: Girl Unit, “Wut”
John Roberts tipped us off to the above track as part of his year-end picks. Read more of them below, and be sure to check out Night Slugs’ rather killer Allstars compilation if you dig Girl Unit’s slightly solemn post-rave stylings…
VIDEO: Watch Girls’ Australian Tour Diary
Talk about a brilliant use of “Through the Eyes of Ruby”…
NE049: An Exclusive DJ Nobody Mix
Since dropping his decade-old Nobody debut Soulmates, Elvin Estela’s covered the Flaming Lips (“What Is the Light?”), toyed with Auto Tune (One For All Without Hesitation) and severely stoned pop soundscapes (Blank Blue), and collaborated with everyone from Prefuse 73 to members of Mars Volta and Beachwood Sparks. The producer’s long-running streak as one of […]