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By: Paul Denton September 13 marks the release of Glowing Mouth , the new album from Brooklyn’s Milagres out on Kill Rock Stars. The musical scope of Milagres sophomore album is big and due to the piano-based melodies and soaring falsettos, early press has compared the band to artists as diverse as Grizzly Bear and Prince , demonstrating the wide breadth [...]

By: John Ellis Now first off, I don’t condone the use of violence to solve any problems… except maybe Nazi’s… or the Ku Klux Clan… or… Alright, just fight with discretion. And if you find yourself in a situation with a mouthy bar patron, a racist, or a guy outside a funeral with a “God [...]

By: Koty Neelis Remember the good ol’ days when the only items you received in the mail were fun things like birthday cards, gifts from relatives, or the latest Rolling Stone?  Whether you’re in college or living the post grad life you can still find fun things in your mailbox. Ned Corbett-Winder, an art director [...]

    By: David Alexander Hipster. It’s a word we all use, usually to describe someone who is not just “cool”, but a very specific brand of cool. Hipsters aren’t “name brand” cool the way the kids in Hollister ads are. They are off-brand cool in a postmodern, too-cool-for-school kind of way. And whether we [...]

By: John M. Wohlgemuth After two failed launches, the film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel “The Rum Diary” is finally nearing its October 28th release date. The booze soaked story, which was written by Thompson in the 1960’s and is his 2nd novel preceded only by the currently unpublished “Prince Jellyfish,” details the bizarre [...]

Charlotte Gainsbourg will release her new album Stage Whisper via Because Music on November 7th. A double album of live and unreleased studio tracks, it will be the follow up to the critically acclaimed IRM album, which came out in January 2010. Stage Whisper’s studio material features collaborations with Beck, Conor O’Brien of Villagers, Noah and the Whale and [...]

Mathieu Santos is no stranger to success. After releasing two successful albums as bassist of Ra Ra Riot Santos decided to do his own thing and release his debut solo album, Massachusetts 2010. The album was released August 2 via Barsuk and is available to stream on Soundcloud here. Check out the video for “I Can [...]

Photos and Words By: Jessica Cassino I went to see Digitalism the other night at Terminal 5.  They were headlining the Hard Summer Tour. Prior to their arrival I was subjected to a few opening acts: Destructo, Designer Drugs, and Switch.  All three were pretty redundant. If I heard Designer Drugs yell, “MAKE SOME F***ING NOISE!” [...]

By: Koty Neelis One of my favorite discoveries of the summer, Lana Del Rey, caused a major stir with her D.I.Y video for her sad, sultry song “Video Games”. The video hit an impressive 500,000 views on YouTube before it was banned. The former jazz singer defines herself as a “gangsta Nancy Sinatra” and her [...]

The installation work “Enclosed Content Chatting Away In The Colour Invisibility” by Anouk Kruithof is truly fascinating. Anouk Kruithof (1981) is a dutch artist who lives and works in Berlin, The Netherlands and abroad. This installation is made out of approximately 3500 or so found coloured books. The installation changes everytime she (re)constructs it. Watch a video about the [...]

Pictureplane: Thee Physical (Lovepump United) Let’s talk about sex, baby. At least that’s what you’ll want to do after listening to Pictureplane’s Thee Physical, Travis Egedy’s album is centered around sexuality and the exploration of gender. It sounds exactly the way it was intended: music for the free spirits of a sweat-dripping dance floor. Yet [...]

YACHT: Shangri-La (DFA Records) Genre smashes YACHT investigate paradise in their ambitious concept album, Shangri-La. Five albums and a hundreds of performance art pieces, the duo have refined their electro-pop brew, masterfully layering psychedelic swirls, playful counter melodies, and vocalist Clare L. Evans’ unabashedly punk sing/shout vocals. It’s a riotous good time—but it too often [...]

The enigmatic band known as Marmoset have fostered a near-mythical cult status with their shambling, moody, and ethereal blend of indie pop. Now in their 16th year, Marmoset continue to be under-appreciated (yet critically acclaimed) heroes of lo-fi indie rock.     Widely considered to be the best-kept secret at Secretly Canadian for the first [...]

By Alyssa Reeder In New York City, beauty can be found in the trash lining the streets and rat invested subways, dirt can assume a surprising value. It can even replace the diamond as girl’s best friend. Sayo Granich Lee, West Coast-bred, NYC-based jewelry designer decided to market the very grime that coats the streets [...]

Brighton-based duo You Love Her Coz She’s Dead release their debut self-titled album on Glasstone Records on October 31st.  The album will be available digitally from August 29th. You Love Her Coz She’s Dead album release follows an iTunes featured ‘Hot Picks’ debut EP, singles, remixes & compilations on Kitsuné, EMI & Glasstone, and music appearing on films [...]

By: Jessica Cassino My day job is pretty lame. I sit at a desk all day answering phones and dealing with people’s crap. Do you know what I did today? I read fashion magazines and made fart sounds on my arm. Actually, I am lying. I read magazines all day and ignored my coworkers when [...]

Tonight, on the internet, you will have your first chance to hear the upcoming album by The Rapture, In The Grace Of Your Love. The band is going to drop by the DFA Records office and put on a copy of the vinyl test-pressing of the album. After it plays through, they’re going to take [...]

Mark Bianchi aka Her Space Holiday has finally released his 15 year musical project entitled Her Space Holiday. The project is Bianchi’s final album. The record itself encompasses all of the varied sonic themes that have spanned across his entire catalog. Listening to the album in chronological order there’s a distinct progression not only in songwriting, but in [...]

By: Jacob Weis About a month ago, I broke.  Amidst incessant urgings from friends at all sides, I listened to a track by Mumford and Sons.  It was “The Cave.”  Then it was “Little Lion Man,” then “Winter Winds,” then “Roll Away Your Stone,” then “Awake My Soul,” then— Damn. I’m in it now.  I [...]

Photo by: Heather Hyte Howling Bells will release their new album on September 12th on Cooking Vinyl.  Recorded in Las Vegas with The Killers’ Mark Stoermer producing, The Loudest Engine will be preceded by a clutch of live shows, including a London date at the Electric Ballroom on September 15th. The album release will be preceeded by [...]