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PRIMER: Melvins
“Daunting” is one way of describing Melvins‘ deep, deep discography–look at that list–although “good luck” may be more like it. That’s why we asked frontman Buzz Osborne to sort through their towering stack of live albums, studio records and EPs for us, giving us the dirt on more than two decades of essential heavy music. […]
NOW PLAYING: Led Er Est/Ancien Régime, Split 12” EP
The Details: Led Er Est/Ancien Régime, Split 12” EP (Mannequin, 2010) A Short Review: When Led Er Est played our OSCILLATIONS party the other night, we couldn’t help but notice the vellum-sheathed split LP on their merch table–an import-only pressing from Italy’s Mannequin Records. Sure enough, it features five cold-pressed exclusives, including a laser-tagged Solid […]
PEEP SHOW: MGMT, “It’s Working”
As directed by So Me of Ed Banger infamy. Too bad the rest of MGMT’s record is such a mess.
Dave Sitek Reveals the Guest List For His Maximum Balloon Debut
Maximum Balloon‘s first single, “Tiger” (the promising track that’s teased in the above clip, and features Aku from Dragons of Zynth), will be available on iTunes tomorrow–the first in a series of digital releases leading up to Dave Sitek’s debut LP on August 24. You can also check out a scantily-clad version of the song […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Jamie and Romy of the XX Deliver Two Very Different Mixtapes For Colette and The Pop Manifesto
Judging by the fact that their server crashed a couple times in the past week, some of you must know about the exclusive xx mix available from our friends at The Pop Manifesto right now along with features on Neon Indian, Smith Westerns and Pantha Du Prince. Carefully compiled for the lovers in the audience […]
PEEP SHOW: King Midas Sound, “Lost”
Check out a 60-minute mix from King Midas Sound here, and our feature with all three members–including the Bug’s Kevin Martin–here.
LISTENING STATION: Demdike Stare
If Alfred Hitchcock produced avant-techno records instead of mood-altering movies, they’d sound a lot like the boogie monster beats of Demdike Stare, a British duo best described by the following mix: And if that’s not enough for you, Sean Canty (Finders Keepers) and Miles Whittaker (Pendle Coven, MLZ) also gave us a run-through of their […]
The Vaselines Wanna ‘Sex With an X’ You Up
The Vaselines–a.k.a. a band we only know about because of Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged album–have finally gotten around to finishing their second album. Due out September 14 through Sub Pop, Sex With an X features a salacious record sleeve and 12 slices of “good clean smut with a twist of bitter.” Indie pop jams, in other […]