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Dave Sitek Joins Jane’s Addiction’s ‘Creative Team’

As TV on the Radio continues to enjoy an extended break, producer/multi-instrumentalist Dave Sitek has accepted a “creative team” offer from Jane’s Addiction. He’ll contribute bass parts to the band’s fourth album, which is currently being recorded in Rich Costey’s (Franz Ferdinand, Interpol) L.A. studio. “The process has been both inspiring and incredibly freeing,” guitarist […]
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VIDEO: In the Studio With The Black Lips and Mark Ronson

You read that headline right. The Black Lips have decided to link up with Mark Ronson for their seventh record. Studio footage can be found at the Creators Project site, but we also uncovered two clips from Ronson’s East Village Radio show where the Lips cover the Velvet Underground and Charles Manson. Check ’em out […]
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NOW PLAYING: Cat Power, ‘Moon Pix’

The Artist/Album: Cat Power, Moon Pix (Matador, 1998) A Short Review: Fluid flutes and back-spun Beastie Boys samples on a Cat Power album? Yep. All subtle touches on what’s otherwise a spare and spellbinding descent into Chan Marshall’s genuinely tortured soul. (Seriously–this was back when she’d hide under her bedsheets during interviews, or stop playing […]
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NOW PLAYING: Barn Owl & The Infinite Strings Ensemble, ‘Headlands’ LP

The Artist/Album: Barn Owl & The Infinite Strings Ensemble, Headlands LP (Important, 2010) A Short Review: Unlike the dusty outlaw drones of Barn Owl’s own recent work, this one-off collaboration is centered around Ellen Fullman’s Long Stringed Instrument, a third eye-tapping celebration of infinite time and space. Listen with the lights out. You’ll get there.
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