- MusicMay 16, 2013, 08:27AM
J. Lo's Vapid, Half-Cougar Spectacle Continues Unabated
"Live It Up" and too much time with Pitbull.
- MusicMay 07, 2013, 06:46AM
The Flaming Lips Rediscover Their Experimental Roots
The Terror isn't the same old pop absurdism we're used to.
- MusicMay 03, 2013, 06:15AM
Boards of Canada's Cryptic New Album Promotion
Tomorrow's Harvest is out in June. Good luck finding out anything else.
- MusicMay 01, 2013, 06:07AM
Their Life Is Their Art
Exposés and tell-alls are too important to be ignored.
- MusicApr 26, 2013, 07:38AM
James Blake Stretches Out on Overgrown
But keeps his holistic approach.
- MusicApr 26, 2013, 06:26AM
On the Late Jason DiEmilio's Frenzied, Destructive Guitar Work
Lessons in making the guitar less boring.
- MusicApr 18, 2013, 11:25AM
Scott Russell's First Album is Explosive and Masterful
The Terra Firma records founder takes it to another level.
- MusicApr 18, 2013, 07:47AM
Singer Chris Connor Is Not A Legend
But her 1957 set of Gershwin songs is great.
- MusicApr 17, 2013, 05:52AM
Javelin Offers Master Class In Great Pop Songwriting
On their latest LP, Hi Beams.
- MusicApr 16, 2013, 11:41AM
Previewing Record Store Day, 2013
Not to miss: Deerhoof and of Montreal.
- MusicApr 15, 2013, 06:37AM
On Jay-Z's "Open Letter" and Its Implications
Just Keeping It Real-ish.
- MusicApr 12, 2013, 11:05AM
Dance Away! DJ's Now Rule the Music World
And brostep’s gonna last forever.
- MusicMay 17, 2013, 07:32AM
Three Blunt Line Readings
Triple Threat: Kyle Clyde, Harry Fraud feat. Earl Sweatshirt & Riff Raff, Terry Allen
- MusicMay 16, 2013, 07:26AM
8 Things You Learn At A James Blake Concert
Good music gives you an orgasmic experience.
- MusicMay 14, 2013, 07:25AM
Middle-Aged Guys Honking
Looking back at the great Bill Harris and Friends.
- MusicMay 08, 2013, 03:19AM
Three Cluttered Vacancies
Triple Threat: Dial Up Modem, C. Reider, The Knife.
- MusicMay 07, 2013, 03:01AM
The Blankness of Pop
Little Boots will shake your brain.
- MusicMay 03, 2013, 05:18AM
Three Querulous Dancefloor Rejects
Triple Threat: Pissed Jeans, Jon Hopkins, Speak Onion.
- MusicMay 02, 2013, 05:29AM
Free Bradford Cox!
Cox's foxiest gems are available online; here are six choice cuts.
- MusicApr 30, 2013, 06:03AM
The Clash Were a Bunch of Foppish Delinquents
A very fast reading of Pat Gilbert's Passion Is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clash.
- MusicApr 24, 2013, 02:57AM
El Guincho’s Alegranza! Is a Lost Masterpiece
Album unfairly dismissed as a gauche and annoying.
- MusicMay 17, 2013, 09:21AM
The So So Glos and Titus Andronicus Cover "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
- MusicMay 14, 2013, 01:13PM
Holy Ghost! - "Dumb Disco Ideas" Official Video
Directed by Ben Fries. Dynamics is out later this year on DFA. Stereogum has a write up. The Vogue Vibes has a recent interview.
- MusicMay 14, 2013, 09:47AM
Vinyl on Wood
Radiohead's Idioteque, laser cut on wood. Both amazing and useless! More here.
- MusicMay 09, 2013, 10:33AM
Wolf People - "Empty Vessels" Official Video
Directed by Phil Poole. Their second album, Fain, is out now on Jagjaguwar. The band recently announced their first ever US tour dates, playing shows in Boston, Detroit, Columbus and Pittsburgh in mid-October with Unknown Mortal Orchestra. You can watch another video from Fain (also directed by Poole) here. More at the band's official website.
- MusicMay 08, 2013, 09:47AM
Smith Westerns - "Varsity" Official Video
Alan Del Rio Ortiz directs. Soft Will is out June 11 on Mom + Pop. CoS has more, including tour dates. Interview has... uh, well, a photo gallery actually.
- MusicMay 02, 2013, 06:01AM
Stornoway - "The Bigger Picture" Official Video
Tales From Terra Firma, the band's second album, is out now on 4AD. Stornoway is touring North America throughout May, dates listed at their official website.
- MusicApr 30, 2013, 10:03AM
Color Me Impressed
"The goal of this site is to share every know Replacements (and related) live recordings available." Check it out here. Via BuzzFeed.
- MusicApr 29, 2013, 09:04AM
Iggy Pop: Major Labels vs. Indie Labels
Ready to Die, Iggy Pop's fifth album with The Stooges, is out April 30 on Fat Possum. CoS has a review. You can stream the whole album at NPR.
- MusicApr 29, 2013, 05:52AM
Little Boots - "Broken Record" Official Video
Victoria Hesketh's second album, Nocturnes—a celebration of "90s house, seventies disco and futuristic electronics"—is out May 5 on On Repeat. DIY has an interview. Via The Guardian.
