Twitter Updates for 2008-08-18
Downloading the new David Byrne/Brian Eno. Three purchase options. I went with the digital download + CD (to be mailed in December). # For $70 you can get a custom package that sort of looks like an ice cream cake with a house as decoration. # Upcoming later today: A Live Twitter of our first […]
IN THE YEAR OF THE RAT: 2008’s Top LPs (So Far), Part One
JAY REATARD: The blood visions have stopped … for now [Photo by Andy Eisberg] self-titled‘s staff has decided to over-analyze 2008 a little early–sifting through our stacks before fall or winter’s big releases really hit. Presenting the premature Top 10 of associate editor Aaron Richter (picks from Andrew and Arye are on the way later […]
Twitter Updates for 2008-08-19
At Terminal 5. Antipop Consortium is quite tight despite being broken up for years now. Beans has also gained a lot of weight somehow. # Dear Bowery Presents, stop kidding yourself and booking shows at this godforsaken venue. # Antipops last LP holds up pretty damn well live, especially that ping pong song and the […]
IT’S ALL A BLUR: Notes From the Drum Lines of the Boredoms’ “77BoaDrum” and “88BoaDrum”
[“77BoaDrum” portrait by Andrew Parks] No. 11. That was the spot assigned to Christopher “Pow Pow” Powell (Man Man, Icy Demons, Need New Body) when he was asked to be one of 77 drummers in the DUMBO performance of the landmark Boredoms piece “77BoaDrum.” While he was only a few kits away from the Japanese […]
IN THE YEAR OF THE RAT: 2008’s Top LPs (So Far), Part Two
WHY?: Yoni Wolf (in the middle) shows off his Robert Van Winkle fade [Photo by Sarah Cass] self-titled‘s staff has decided to over-analyze 2008 a little early–sifting through our stacks before fall or winter’s big releases really hit. Presenting the premature Top 10 of managing editor Arye Dworken, with our final installment of LP picks […]
SUBTERRANEAN’S CHOICE: Ra Ra Riot, “Ghost Under Rocks”
Wondering when MTV’s gonna play music videos again? They certainly do on Subterranean, today’s answer to 120 Minutes. Presenting the show’s clip of the week, an s/t exclusive : This week over at ye ole Subterranean Blog we premiered the new Ra Ra Riot video for “Ghost Under Rocks” and so naturally that is our […]
IN THE YEAR OF THE RAT: Our Final Top LPs of 2008 List (So Far)
THE KILLS point and shoot By Andrew Parks With picks from self-titled‘s two supporting editors now out of the way (see Part One and Two of this fidgety year-end list feature), I spent this past weekend poring over what I’ve dug and disliked about 2008. While more time needs to be spent with some of […]
I WAS THERE: …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead @ Santos Party House, 8.25.08
[Photos by Shawn Brackbill] By Andrew Parks Before we get to any sort of review here, please take a look at the set list after the jump …
PEEP SHOW: …Trail of Dead, the Documentary
[youtube 57VDKd9VPk0] So we might as well dub the next couple days “…And You Will Us By the Trail of Posts” week. Aside from our review of last night’s special …Trail of Dead set and a studio report on the band’s sixth album that’s arriving later this afternoon, a reader just forwarded the double-take documentary […]