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1MM: The Verve @ WaMu Theater/Madison Square Garden
RICHARD ASHCROFT: How does that sonnet go again? Photos/Text by Andrew Parks There were very little surprises during the first half of the Verve‘s tw0-night stand at New York’s WaMu Theater. That is if you don’t count the band’s anti-climatic opener: a no-name DJ (literally; he wasn’t credited on the bill or even thanked onstage) […]
THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: Earth
By J. Bennett It only took him a decade, but it seems that Earth mastermind Dylan Carlson has finally managed to shake off his reputation as The Dude Who Bought Cobain The Shotgun. And it’s about fucking time. When he appeared in Nick Broomfield‘s 1998 documentary Kurt & Courtney–pasty, bedraggled, and practically nodding off mid-interview–Carlson […]
320’s & 12’s: The Latest Singles From the Juan MacLean, Booka Shade and Kate Simko
THE HOUSE THAT JUAN BUILT: Nancy Whang, Juan Maclean Presenting self-titled‘s weekly roundup of vinyl/digital singles … MUST SPIN OF THE WEEK: The Juan MacLean, “Happy House” (DFA) Everyone knows pacifiers and parachute pants should only be worn by the most hopeless of E-tards. That goes without saying. So why did this throwback dance track […]
S/T VIDEO OF THE DAY: We Want Our MTV
Next month marks the long-awaited debut of self-titled‘s first digital issue. Of course, that means we’re knee-deep in deadlines right now–caught in a cycle of caffeinated editing that’s best expressed by the following classic MTV clip … [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpzbmHMcEQ]
PLAYED OUT: James Pants
Some words of advice for the beaten/broken-down interns out there–grin and bear it, bitches. James Pants certainly did, as he went from stuffing envelopes to turning heads as a prized signing of Stones Throw. And who can blame Peanut Butter Wolf for passing on the promotion? After all, J.P.’s really onto something with Welcome, his […]
THE S/T INTERVIEW: Elbow
By Arye Dworken Since their 2001 debut, Asleep In The Back, the mellow/melancholy Brit band Elbow has been unjustly dismissed here in the U.S. The problem, ultimately, is they never quite achieved the pretentious cred of, say, Radiohead, or gone the completely opposite route of reducing themselves to the cloying, formulaic sap of a troupe […]
1MM: Berlin, In (Graf) Writing
[Photos by Andrew Parks] If you ever stumble upon self-titled‘s archive, you’ll notice an apparent lack of posts from early February. The reason was not laziness; truth be told, we were on vacation. But not just any vacation–we were over in Europe, trying to uncover just why Berlin’s been considered the world’s up-and-coming art/music epicenter […]
Q&A with The Futureheads | Interview by Karen Ruttner
IT’S GETTING BETTER It’s fair to say that the Futureheads are the buzz band of the moment in the UK. Which is both strange and silly, really, considering they’ve been around for nearly eight years and already got tagged a ‘Next Big Thing’ band a few short years ago, as they headlined major festivals and […]