Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Ana Bernardino Laura Taylor Bonde do Role The DeathSet Europa May 14 photos by Rebecca Smeyne The DeathSet
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | yesterday
If the innovative composer and disco producer Arthur Russell were still alive, he might be amazed by all the attention that his too-short life (he died of AIDS in 1992, at the age of 40) and work have received lately. His songs, which were clearly ahead of their time, have been popping up everywhere from art shows to T-Mobile commercials. And now there’s Matt Wolf’s new documentary, Wild Combination:...
Young Manhattanite (Free subscription) | yesterday
So, as I pointed out the other day, no one in any position of power gives a shit about missing black women . Or missing black girls. (Or murdered bisexual teens. ) No, they really don't care, except for when they want to make a big show that they do care, and Nancy Grace can wring her hands and lament, for the last three minutes of her broadcast one night, that something's just gotta be done; it's...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Note Books series features musicians discussing their literary side. Past contributors have included John Darnielle, John Vanderslice, and others. The Mezzanine Owls are one of the most interesting Los Angeles bands to pop up in the past few...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Hot on the heels of Flight of the Conchords' triumphant top-3 Billboard debut for their self-titled Sub Pop full-length debut—not to mention their their ludicrously sexed-up gigs at Town Hall —the hirsute New Zealand comedy duo now unveils a new video for "Ladies of the World," featuring the most absurdly body-doubled dancing routines (on roller skates, even) since Rihanna's "Umbrella" video. Beck...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today's free and legal recordings of live shows, rarities, and demos available via bittorrent: Battles: 2008-04-25, Coachella [flac]* other Battles posts at Largehearted Boy Black Kids: 2008-05-12, Boston [flac]* other Black Kids posts at Largehearted Boy Dexateens: 2008-05-06, Pontiac [flac]...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Bosch: free and legal Serious Entertainment EP [mp3] "Serious Entertainment" [mp3] other Bosch music blog posts at Largehearted Boy Death to Anders: "Camera Lens" [mp3] from Fictitious Business (out July 15th) other Tim...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Mountain Goats guru John Darnielle, long hailed as among the most literary of indie-rock songwriters, has penned his first novel. Whether you can describe one of those 33 1/3 tomes—a pocket-book series, each title dedicated entirely to one album—as a "novel" is debatable, of course. But Darnielle's deft way with words, vividly hard-nosed but humanizing and sympathetic, is not. He's applied those gifts...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Can you guess which one of these girls pulled meat from her genitals? You no doubt missed funk carioca hipsters Bonde Do Role's own take on Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll on MTV Brazil's Overdrive , wherein Pedro D'Eyrot and Rodrigo Gorky replaced founding MC Marina Ribatski with Ana Bernardino and Laura Taylor. According to Wikipedia, the latter entrant won when she pulled "a...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. Jeffrey Brown is one of my favorite cartoonists, and his new graphic novel Little Things: A...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Indian Jewelry Indian Jewelry These Are Powers Death by Audio Tuesday, May 13 photos by Rebecca Smeyne Austin psych mutants Indian Jewelry have gone from thorny drugpunk to beautiful dronepunk in the course of two years. The music's bright, chuggy, and weird, full of references to birds and heaven and water—a good proposition for anyone who considers Deerhunter to be “subtle.” — CHRISTOPHER WEINGARTEN...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. I Have Fun Everywhere I Go is a whirlwind of a memoir. Capturing his experiences as...
Let's Just Eat Cheese! (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
This entry was posted on May 14, 2008 at 9:19 am and is filed under . You can follow any responses to this entry through the feed. You can , or from your own site.
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
photo by Nate Dorr, lovingly borrowed from our bros at Impose Being 5'6" gets Jonny Siera into tight spots. In Little Rock last March , it got him between an amp and a keyboard case, after he tumbled mid-set from a perch he'd scaled by means of an exposed water pipe. "It's all cool. No breaks." Scrapes are nothing new for Death Set shows, which for Siera amount to "lots of bruises but mostly sweaty...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Today's free and legal recordings of live shows, rarities, and demos available via bittorrent: Arcade Fire: 2004-10-02, CBC Radio 3 [flac]* other Arcade Fire posts at Largehearted Boy Breeders: 2008-05-01, San Francisco [flac]* other Breeders posts at Largehearted Boy British...
