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FROM THE STACKS: The Psychic Stewardess
We get a lot of crap CDs at the self-titled offices. But once in a while, a pleasant surprise slips into our promo stack. Here’s a recent delivery that knocked the s/t staff on its collective ass.
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Dirty Sound System, “Spring 2010 Mixtape”
The pair of Parisians behind Dirty Sound System are best known for their Dirty Edits series and bi-monthly Social Club Paris party, but they’ve also delivered two killer limited compilations in the past year: a “French psyche pop odyssey” called Dirty French Psychedelics and the freshly-pressed I Remember the First Time I Heard Your Voice, […]
Chris Devlin Makes Us a Mix of ’80s Music Featuring Wire, Lizzy Marie Descloux and More
Words + Mix Chris Devlin So I ran into a guy I know from Baltimore while on tour in Amsterdam. Matt Walter is his name, and he was there vacationing with his wife. We both really like music and have shared some tunes in the past, so we got to talking about music pretty quickly, […]
NOW PLAYING: Blank Dogs, ‘Phrases’ (Captured Tracks, 2010)
The Details: Blank Dogs, Phrases EP (Captured Tracks, 2010) A Quick Review: Hey, where did all the feedback & fuzz go? And what’s up with Mike Sniper’s vocals? They’re so…clean. Come to think of it, “Racing Backwards” is basically a circuit-bending ballad, and “Blurred Tonight” might as well be tucked between the Cure and some […]
THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: Converge
Words and Photos by Andrew Parks Whether you’re into metal or not, you need to see Converge at least once. Aside from being one of America’s last remaining hardcore bands, they are easily one of the most intense live experiences you’ll ever endure–a blinding battering ram of a rock show that’ll probably result in a […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Check Out Six New Tracks From Weird Wives, The New Noise-Rock Side Project of Surfer Blood
Photo by Jen Maler Oh Twitter, we love thee. Why, you ask? Because without you we wouldn’t know such important things as Zomby’s Soundcloud sketches and the following blast of Big Blackness from Weird Wives, a new noise-rock project from 3/5 of Surfer Blood (guitarist Thomas Fekete, bassist Brian Black and touring percussionist/keyboardist Marcos Marchesani) […]
I WAS THERE: And the Hottest Ticket of the Year Is … Ariel Pink?
[Photo by JΔMESON] Words by Andrew Parks The Artist & Their Latest Release: Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Round and Round 7-inch (4AD, 2010) The Show: Mercury Lounge, 5.4.10 The Set In a Few Sentences:
MEAL TICKET: White Hinterland’s Recipe For Kumquat Marmalade
We’ve already told you why White Hinterland‘s Kairos LP is one of the year’s finest makeovers–an abrupt but seamless shift from smoky, jazzy folk tunes to beat-heavy pop and R&B. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, singer/multi-instrumentalist Casey Dienel is also one hell of a cook. So now that spring has officially sprung at White […]