A Magazine for Craftmakers
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Cut Copy, “Take Me Over (The Loving Hand Remix)”
Photo by Andrew Parks Ever since Tim Goldsworthy took on his solo alias the Loving Hand, the producer has pushed his remixes well past the peak/valley limits of his previous work in the DFA. Case in point: the following Cut Copy track, which turns a shimmering pop song into a slightly psychedelic journey. If Yeasayer […]
VIDEO: Spank Rock and The Death Set Cover “Little Drummer Boy”
Amazing. And while we’re at it, here’s the original Bing & Bowie video we used to watch every year on MTV…
2010 IN REVIEW: Glasser, ‘Ring’
Quite a few records logged repeat listens on our office stereo this year. Here’s one of them:
2010 IN REVIEW: Xeno & Oaklander’s Favorite Coldwave Tracks
Photo by Turkishomework Have a listen and a look below, or in our iPad edition here…
2010 IN REVIEW: Triptykon, ‘Eparistera Daimones’
Photo by Andrew Parks Quite a few records logged repeat listens on our office stereo this year. Here’s one of them:
2010 IN REVIEW: Beach House, ‘Teen Dream’
[Photo by Jason Nocito] Quite a few records logged repeat listens on our office stereo this year. Here’s one of them:
2010 IN REVIEW: A-Trak Reviews 25 of the Year’s Top Songs
Photos by Elizabeth Weinberg When we sent Apache Beat singer Ilirjana Alushaj over to A-Trak‘s Brooklyn apartment to talk about the year’s top singles, we expected the discerning ear of a world class DJ. And we got just that. What he liked and loathed from self-titled‘s carefully curated playlist might surprise you, though…
NEEDLE EXCHANGE 050: An Exclusive Mix By … The Glass
[Photo by Rainer Hosch] The Glass and self-titled go way back. So far back, in fact, that they played our very first party in 2005: an unofficial CMJ showcase featuring Jason Forrest, Kinski, the Spinto Band, Head of Femur, Cheeseburger and Kudu. Our staff was still running DIW magazine back then, and while five years […]
2010 IN REVIEW: Brad Rose’s Top 5 Tapes Starting With the Letter R
By Brad Rose of The North Sea, Altar Eagle and Digitalis Industries Why the letter R? Well, besides my last name starting with R, my only uncle passed away on November 16 and his name started with R too. He gave me my first tape dubbing machine way back when, so this is a toast […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: jj’s New ‘Kills’ Mixtape
Grab it here, and check out the tracklisting below…
Kimya Dawson, Aesop Rock and More Share ‘Holiday Rampage’ LP
Now here’s a project that caught us a bit off guard: Geniusis, a festive collaboration between Kimya Dawson, Aesop Rock, Johnny Druelinger of Tin Tree Factory, Jason Carmer, and Quinn Tuffinuff. Grab their Holiday Rampage LP here. All the group asks in return is that you consider a donation to the Stonewall Youth Center. Skim […]