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NEEDLE EXCHANGE 017: An Exclusive Mix By … ARMS
A few years back, there emerged a promising Brooklyn band named the Harlem Shakes. It released a solid debut of jangle rock titled Technicolor Health, gained momentum and buzz by touring relentlessly, and just when it seemed that the Shakes were breaking out:they broke up. All the while, guitarist Todd Goldstein was working on a […]
Top 5 Messiest Atlanta Mess-Around Moments
Words + Photos AARON RICHTER Coming home on the plane, self-titled smelled like a damp ashtray, but it was worth it: two days of Georgia-curated garage-rock sloppiness, otherwise known as the Atlanta Mess-Around. Spread across 529 and the Earl, this second go-round for the festival saw local scene staples (various permutations of, altogether, about 10 […]
TEST PRESSING: Themselves, “Skinning the Drum (Odd Nosdam Remix)”
[Photo by Mathew Scott] Hey, remember when we hosted an impromptu cLOUDDEAD reunion? Those were the days. While Doseone, Why? and Odd Nosdam probably won’t release another record anytime soon, this remix–plucked from an upcoming Themselves collection–brings two-thirds of the post-everything trio together for a drum-heavy workout that’s much more restless/block party-ready than Nosdam’s own […]
THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: John Lydon of the Sex Pistols and PiL
[Lead Photo by Duncan Bryceland] By Andrew Parks While it pains us to admit it, we first heard Metal Box–Public Image Ltd.‘s infamous canister of career-defining 12-inches (a.k.a. Second Edition)–a couple months ago. And not even by choice. The 1979 album simply started playing by chance, a forgotten eMusic purchase salvaged by iTunes’ shuffle function. […]
PEEP SHOW: M.I.A. Hates Red-Headed People (And Other Things We Learned From Her New “Born Free” Video)
We’re not sure what’s more disturbing: (A) M.I.A.‘s insistence on using the above photo as the lead press shot for her as-yet-untitled third album, or (B) the following Romain-Gavras video, which we posted along with the Parisian director’s other key music videos. (He also co-directed 2008’s Justice doc, A Cross the Universe.)
HAPPY ENDING: We Toast Optimo’s Final Night At the Sub Club With Five of Our Favorite Mixes and a Stack of Old Flyers
“And now silence,” wrote DJ/producer Rory Phillips late Sunday night. “R.I.P. Optimo (Espacio). The last of the U.K.’s great weekly parties.” Phillips should know. As one of the residents of London’s long-running (and dearly-missed) Trash night alongside Erol Alkan, Phillips spent nearly a decade being the British answer to JG Wilkes and JD Twitch. That’d […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: These New Puritans, “Attack Music (Hervé Remix)”
[Photo by Harley Weir] Now that we’ve finally gotten around to hearing These New Puritans‘ new Hidden LP, we can safely say it’s one of the year’s ballsier second acts–a move toward making apocalyptic pop music, with very few links to the Fall and Gang of Four allusions of the UK quartet’s last album. The […]
TEST PRESSING: Hudson Mohawke Tries To Save Dan Deacon From Himself On His New ‘Woof Woof’ EP
Photo by Andrew Parks As much as we dig Dan Deacon‘s live show, self-titled can’t stand when he pitch-shifts his voice to the point of sounding like a Looney Tunes character. We’re pretty sure some of you are into it, though. So with that in mind, here’s Hudson Mohawke‘s space station rendition of “Woof Woof,” […]