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NOW PLAYING: The Dismemberment Plan, ‘Change’
The Artist/Album: The Dismemberment Plan, Change (DeSoto, 2001) A Short Review: As much as we love Barsuk’s recent (long overdue) repressing of Emergency & I, the Dismemberment Plan’s final LP is a must-listen as well. Rightfully declared a “night album” by frontman Travis Morrison, it swiftly veers from the midnight drive mania of songs like […]
TEST PRESSING: Stream Naum Gabo’s “Theme From Great Cities” Edit
Naum Gabo is one-half of Optimo, plus some dude named James Savage. Need another excuse to sample their trip back to the year our editor was born? We didn’t think so.
VIDEO: Light Asylum, “Dark Allies”
Welcome to the song that’s stopped us in our tracks every . . . single . . . time we’ve seen Light Asylum. Now if only they’d release a proper LP already.
TEST PRESSING: Stream a New Minks Song, “Araby”
Minks’ limited Araby cassette is available at Other Music, Amoeba, Big Love, and the following dates with Dum Dum Girls: 2/16 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill 2/18 San Diego, CA – The Casbah 2/21 Denver, CO – Hi Dive 2/23 St. Louis, MO – Biliken Club 2/24 Chicago, IL – The Empty […]
The Horrors’ Frontman Unveils Cat’s Eyes Project At the Vatican
As first reported on Pitchfork, Faris Badwan of the Horrors recently played a special Cat’s Eyes set at the St. Peter’s Basilica. The church gig was arranged by Badwan’s new bandmate, opera singer/multi-instrumentalist Rachel Zeffira. She’s performed in the space before, and somehow convinced them to let the duo serenade the afternoon mass crowd and […]
VIDEO: Watch Harvey Milk Play a Seething Birmingham Set
For more We Have Signal sessions, go here. And if you’ve ever wanted to see a band make fun of their own songs, this Harvey Milk piece is pretty priceless.
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Hype Williams’ FACT Mix, Which Features Everything From Burzum To Lenny Bruce To Steely Dan
Check out the complete Hype Williams tracklisting over at FACT.
David Lynch Talks About His Creative Process, Danger Mouse, Deleted ‘Blue Velvet’ Scenes, and More On KCRW
“I love working with wood. I love the smell of cutting wood. All woods have a smell, it’s so beautiful. Pine is my very favorite. I have a SawStop, do you know what that is?” No we do not. But we do know that the above quote and the rest of the KCRW interview below […]
Ghostly Curates ‘Context’ Compilation, Featuring Aidan Baker, Leyland Kirby & Nine More Artists That Make Us Cry In Public
It’s been a while since Ghostly International last revived its ambient-leaning “SMM” imprint, so the sad sack in all of us rejoiced when we heard about the label’s new Context series recently. Set to drop on March 1, it’s “a hand-picked selection of some of the world’s finest musicians…who traffic in SMM’s slow-moving, texture-focused compositions, […]