A Magazine for Craftmakers

1MM: Boris @ Webster Hall, 7.10.08

Photos by Andrew Parks self-titled has seen so many Boris shows (including this special set a few months back) that we seriously considered skipping last night’s Webster Hall gig, easily their biggest New York City show yet. Boy are we glad we didn’t. As you’ll see from the first photo after the jump, people were […]
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PRIMER: Abe Vigoda Breaks Down Smashing Pumpkins’ Back Catalog

[Photo by Dan Monick] In an interview with Paper Thin Walls way back when, Abe Vigoda guitarist/vocalist Juan Velazquez seemingly lost a few of the band’s Smell-related cool points by saying, “I don’t know if we sound anything like them but we’re all definitely Smashing Pumpkins geeks. Like I’m definitely psyched that ‘Cherub Rock’ is […]
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1MM: Oneida/High Places/Titus Andronicus/Abe Vigoda/Vivian Girls/Ponytail @ The Yard, 7.12.08

Molly Siegel of PONYTAIL Photos by Emily Elsen Before we get into our shots from Todd P’s marathon of a summer party, here are links to each of the bands along with an s/t-approved MP3. [audio:http://www.self-titledmag.com/wp-content/uploads/audio2/01%20Dead%20City_Waste%20Wilderness.mp3] Abe Vigoda, “Dead City/Waste Wilderness“ [audio:http://www.self-titledmag.com/wp-content/uploads/audio2/04%20Up%20with%20People.mp3] Oneida, “Up With People“ [audio:http://download.stereogum.com/mp3/High%20Places%20-%20Shared%20Islands.mp3] High Places, “Shared Islands“ [audio:http://www.nowwearefree.com/music/yummypigtails.mp3] Ponytail, “Celebrate the […]
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1MM: Jay Reatard @ Prospect Park Bandshell, 7.15.08

Photos by Andrew Parks No offense against the Black Lips–they are our current cover story, after all–but Jay Reatard just stole self-titled‘s blackened heart and became our favorite gutter rock artist since, well, the Black Lips. Not because the bassist in the photo above looks like a younger King Buzzo, either. To be honest, we […]
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1MM: Dungen @ Le Poisson Rouge, 7.15.08

Photos by Andrew Parks Two photo sets in one night? Indeed; and expect even more in the coming month as self-titled steps up our summer music coverage. (Speaking of, contact us if you’d like to contribute live shots from anywhere in the country … or world for that matter.) Anyhow, the following harshly-lit  photos are […]
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I WAS THERE: Broken Social Scene @ Mercury Lounge, 7.17.08

Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew of BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE [Photo by Jonny Leather] By Arye Dworken No, there was no Feist cameo. While Broken Social Scene played a not-so-surprise show last night at the Mercury Lounge with just the core members in attendance, she never hit the stage for an impromptu “Lover’s Spit.” (And she […]
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1MM: Liars @ McCarren Park Pool

Angus Andrew of LIARS Photos by Andrew Parks Wow. Just wow. As odd as it was to witness Liars‘ doomsday punk approach in broad daylight at JellyNYC’s weekly “Pool Parties” series, self-titled couldn’t help but hold a smile throughout the group’s noisy, gnarly set. For one thing, Angus Andrew is still indie rock’s finest frontman–a […]
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THE S/T INTERVIEW: Colin Newman of Wire

[Photo by Adam Scott] By A.D. Amorosi With each release since Pink Flag‘s 1977 pressing, Wire has created a series of challenges that few bands of its stature and age–despite all those pesky breaks/breakups–would bother to maintain. Distanced yet direct, frontman Colin Newman, bassist Graham Lewis, drummer Robert Grey and guitarist Bruce Gilbert brought texture […]
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Karen O

PHOTOS/REVIEW: Native Korean Rock (Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs) @ Union Pool, 7.21.08

Words/Photos by Andrew Parks Some requests once Karen O opened her premiere solo performance up to suggestions: “‘Art Star!'” “‘Rich!'” “‘Maps!'” To which the playful Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman responded, “This isn’t a fucking Yeah Yeah Yeahs show! This is something different!” Indeed it was–’it’ being the 11:30 p.m. engagement of Karen O’s one-night-only “Native […]
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