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View ArticleVideo Premeire: Elijah Wolf “Wilson State Park”
Photo by Zosha Warpeha The wonderfully tranquil experience of Elijah Wolf’s “Wilson State Park” video is both a meditation and therapy session. The video pairs dreamlike animations from fellow...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Poliça and s t a r g a z e sessions
Photo by Graham Tolbert The Wild Honey Pie and director Emmett Kerr-Perkinson have teamed up to create a haunting and intimate visual diary of Poliça and s t a r g a z e in studio at Douglass...
View ArticleListen: Conduit “To The Tower”
Have you ever thought about what you would do if the car you were in was about to fall off a cliff? Would your flight or fight response kick set off a “planned” survival reaction that you’ve...
View ArticleDeath trax: Champagne Superchillin’s “tongues, pastis et SPF”
Photo by Noelle Duquette. Death Trax is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week Champagne Superchillin share their playlist and a short...
View ArticleListen: “Grey Area” by Jerry Paper ft. Weyes Blood
Jerry Paper may or may not be a real person. I mean, Lucas Nathan is a real person, but whether Jerry Paper is just a stage name for the synth artist Lucas Nathan, or if he is a multi-dimensional...
View ArticleInterview: CCTV and existentialism with Warmduscher
Jack Everett (ex-Fat White Family) was in town, so I jumped at the opportunity to meet him. We talked about the after Fat White Family, the tour life, Rock, Warmduscher and also about his last...
View ArticleSong Premiere: Justin Dean Thomas “Staring At A Wall”
Photos and Album art by Ana Cristina. If you’re anything like the rockers and punks that prowl the gritty streets of NYC at night, then this song is for you. With your leather jacket perfectly...
View ArticleWatch: Colin Caulfield “Looking for Revenge”
DIIV’s Colin Caulfield falls in love with a truck in his new video for “Looking for Revenge,” and things get pretty steamy. The My Strange Addiction inspired video tells a modern love story of a car...
View ArticleListen: Cat Power “Woman” ft. Lana Del Rey
For those of you here because of the mention of Lana Del Rey, I have some bad news for you, Lana is only here doing backup vocals. If you are not paying attention you will miss her, and even her usual...
View ArticleTwo photographers, one fest: A scrapbook from Coney Island Music Festival
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan and Jessica Gurewitz. The Muckers LK Navy Gangs Beechwood Juan Waters Public Practice Shannon Shaw Future Punx The Garden LK (Sandy) Alex G
View ArticleEntering the Void with MONSTERWATCH
Photos and feature by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here. On stage they’re a mass of shaking heads and flailing limbs, but at the entrance to their rehearsal space, Substation, punk rockers...
View ArticleIdles shares retro visuals for anthemic “GREAT”
I’m not prone to hyperbole, but Idles are one of the most crucial bands around especially considering everything going on the world right now. Their debut album, Brutalism, served as a raucous and...
View ArticleBrooke Candy make begins her redemption with the video for “My Sex”
Photo by Alis Pelleschi. When Brooke Candy jumped on the scene in 2012 she seemed shockingly transgressive. From her otherworldly appearance in the video for Grimes’ song “Genesis” to her...
View ArticlePremiere: “Castle Factory” by Telefones
Photo by Emily Hollis. Today, Nashville-based, art rock/post-punk band Telefones is out with “Castle Factory,” the A-Side off their forthcoming 7″. Hot off of opening for Iceage last spring, the group...
View ArticleDeath Trax: Ava East
Death Trax is a new mixtape series where people (somewhat obviously) curate music for their own funerals. This week artist and musician Ava East shares her playlist and a short poem. Words of light...
View ArticleTwo nights of Glove in New York City
Photos by Jessica Gurewitz. Saturday August 18th at El Cortez Gnarcissists Glove Chorizo Sixteen Jackies Sunday August 19th at Berlin Honduras Glove The Muckers
View ArticleI listen to this album a lot: Marina and the Diamonds “The Family Jewels”
2010, like every other year I spent in high school, was rough for me. I was a 300 pound 15 year in old 11th grade and being the ahead of my time genius that I was, found it hard to get along with or...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Boogarins’s “Natureza Morta/Alma Fertil”
Boogarins’s 14 minute music video for “Natureza Morta/Alma Fertil” is not your average tour doc. The Brazilian band used this opportunity to showcase six new songs they produced during a five day...
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