As 2011 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. If By Yes is the latest project from the multi-talented Petra Haden. The band’s debut, Salt On Sea Glass (Chimera), took almost a decade to make and features Haden collaborating [...]
Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 27-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. It wasn’t that Nadine MacHilltop, curator of the Black Dot Museum of Political Art, didn’t like Hockney. She did. And she adored Diebenkorn. Paintings [...]
As 2011 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Amor de Días—the duo of Alasdair Maclean (Clientele) and Lupe Núñez-Fernández (Pipas)—just released debut album Street Of The Love Of Days via Merge. (Those of you who speak Spanish know [...]
Handsome Furs began in 2009 by touring Asia, playing all across the continent and documenting their adventures for CNN. While in Beijing, China, they happened to meet Han Xia, a film student. And the rest is history. She directs their latest video for “Serve The People,” off Sound Kapital (Sub Pop), the third album from [...]
As 2011 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Amor de Días—the duo of Alasdair Maclean (Clientele) and Lupe Núñez-Fernández (Pipas)—just released debut album Street Of The Love Of Days via Merge. (Those of you who speak Spanish know [...]
As 2011 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Amor de Días—the duo of Alasdair Maclean (Clientele) and Lupe Núñez-Fernández (Pipas)—just released debut album Street Of The Love Of Days via Merge. (Those of you who speak Spanish know [...]
“Patricia’s Thirst” is the first single from Choir Of Young Believers‘ forthcoming album, Rhine Gold (out March 20 via Ghostly International). The Danish band is known for its bombastic theatricality as well as its acoustic intimacy, and Rhine Gold promises to improve on that winning formula. A majestic and soaring tune, “Patricia’s Thirst” is all the Nordic [...]
As 2011 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Amor de Días—the duo of Alasdair Maclean (Clientele) and Lupe Núñez-Fernández (Pipas)—just released debut album Street Of The Love Of Days via Merge. (Those of you who speak Spanish know [...]
As 2011 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Heavy Years: 2000-2010 (Ernest Jenning) is the latest release from Brooklyn-by-way-of-Chicago singer/songwriter Chris Mills. The 14-track retrospective compiles songs from his last four albums, along with two new tracks recorded [...]
Bombay Bicycle Club, a folksy British group with winsome charm, has just released a video for “Leave It,” off A Different Kind Of Fix (A&M/Octone). The clip is a thoughtful introspection on the meaning of life, illustrated by a group of people sitting in chairs. As the camera swivels around the room, beginning with an [...]
