Moody surf goes quasi lo-fi with La Femme’s catchy “Sur La Planche,” off the brand new Le Podium #1: La Femme EP (Third Side). This French pop five-piece cooks up pulsing backbeats paired with B52’s-esque riffage. Matched with delectably flawless vocals and dance-inducing bass, La Femme’s first is a well-fashioned revival of ’80s-flavored new wave [...]
As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. How do you best the anti-guitar-god bluster of arguably the most sonically bold and melodically sophisticated band of England’s shoegaze era? If you’re Swervedriver’s unflappable former leader, Adam Franklin, you [...]
As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. How do you best the anti-guitar-god bluster of arguably the most sonically bold and melodically sophisticated band of England’s shoegaze era? If you’re Swervedriver’s unflappable former leader, Adam Franklin, you [...]
Happy Boxing Day to our international readers—and those of you who just want to keep the holiday spirit going. To help celebrate, here’s “The Day Before Boxing Day,” directed by Robyn Hitchcock and Hannah Bird. It’s an awesomely bizarre stop-motion video recreating the Nativity using vegetables and other random household objects.
As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. No one can call Brooklyn-based rockers We Are Scientists one-dimensional. The band has engaged in extracurricular activities ranging from creating a comedic TV series to self-improvement seminars. However, singer/guitarist Keith [...]
Since 2006, Nashville’s And The Relatives have quietly garnered a steady stream of support from Music City all the way to the far-flung editorial salons of Spin, which in 2009 proclaimed ATR one of “eight undiscovered bands worth a listen.” And deservedly so: The trio’s austere, riff-heavy indie rock, which has drawn comparisons to Pavement, [...]
As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. No one can call Brooklyn-based rockers We Are Scientists one-dimensional. The band has engaged in extracurricular activities ranging from creating a comedic TV series to self-improvement seminars. However, singer/guitarist Keith [...]
Philly’s own Kurt Vile is releasing his new album, Smoke Ring For My Halo, on March 8 via Matador … Vampire Weekend’s iTunes session was just made available for purchase. It contains six tracks recorded this fall at Avatar Studios in New York and includes covers of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m Going Down” and the Honeycombs’ [...]
As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. If there’s one thing Canadian quintet Stars has been able to do for the entire duration of its 10-year run it’s make us sigh wistfully over beautifully crafted lyrics and [...]
Merry Christmas from MAGNET. Here’s the video for the new Coldplay holiday single, “Christmas Lights.” Play it for your mom. She’ll probably really like it.
