Sun Club's Totally Unseasonable Video for "Summer Feet"
These fuckin guys. Look at them. Enjoying their donuts! Give us a bite. Sun Club have just finished touring in Europe with Hinds having THE BEST TIME, because Hinds really know how to tour, and we've...
View ArticlePrimal Scream Enlists Sky Ferreira in Hazy Video for "Where the Light Gets In"
Primal Scream's new video for "Where the Light Gets In" stars frontman Bobby Gillespie and pop singer Sky Ferreria for a new age cabaret. Filmed against a strobing, technicolor backdrop, the video is...
View ArticleSt. Ranger Rides a Great American Wave in "Let's Go Wander"
St. Ranger is the solo surf rock project from Shawn Harris of The Matches, Maniac, and Fortress Social Club. St. Ranger, and the free-spirit attitude of the project come from the last few years of...
View ArticleABABCd is For Those Unsure Whether to Go to a Gig or Watch TV
Image: Bernard Winter Banalarama is a strange beast. Formed by Zac Bradtke and Nick Clarke, the emerging Melbourne 'TV' channel has an odd brood of series nestled under its wing. Among these is...
View ArticleDavid Vassalotti Writes Tumultuous Songs About Modern Life and 14th-Century...
“Death Will One Day Rob Us All” from David Vassalotti’s under-rated and now out of print 2011 debut album Book of Ghosts, is a track of sad beauty. Though the vocals are buried in a fog of fuzzed...
View ArticlePremiere: The Lavender Flu – 'My Time'
For most of the 2000s Chris Gunn played guitar in the Hunches a legendarily reckless Portland band that mixed the piss and vinegar of punk with ragged rock and roll. After 2009’s chaotic but brilliant...
View ArticleThis is What Happened When We Got the Keys to the Sydney Opera House
Images: Voena The layout of the evening seems pressurised. Not for the audience – quite the opposite there, in fact, with a looseness that didn’t threaten the decorum of the setting – but for the...
View ArticleBriggs Can't Believe That We Are Still Talking About Blackface in 2016
Image: Facebook “It’s 2016, in Australia, and you have to explain to people why blackface is not a good idea? That’s bananas," explains Australian hip hop star Briggs in relation to controverisal...
View ArticleMajid Jordan Discuss Living in Tents in The Studio With Drake and Their New...
With Majid Jordan's self-titled album creeping around the corner, the Toronto R&B duo is moving full steam ahead to get the word out. As a result, they decided to stop by radio station Hot 97 to...
View ArticleFrom Usher to "Scream": We Spoke to Jimmy Jam About the Greatest Shit He's...
This article originally appeared on Noisey UK. A great producer is like a really great wing buddy: They accentuate all your best points and they make other people love you. They’ll pay you...
View ArticleAlma Elste's "Limitless" Sounds Like One Sexy Exhale
It's been a minute since we heard from Alma Elste. Way back at the end of 2014 The Paris-raised singer bewitched us with her debut "Heart Melter." Since then she's released "Virtualism" (think My...
View ArticleWatch Tame Impala Perform Three Tracks on French TV, and Be Transported
(Image via) Were TV shows always this good? Between the likes of Kanye West, Frank Ocean, and Bieber performing on Saturday Night Live and the countless shows hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon,...
View ArticleNo Nostalgia: Jenny Lewis on 'Rabbit Fur Coat' Ten Years Later
The first songs I learned were hymns, stripped down and chock-full of harmonies, gospel became the soundtrack to my childhood. I sang “Precious Lord Take My Hand” to my dolls on countless afternoons...
View ArticleA Dead Forest Index Strike Through the Dark in "No Paths"
Photo by Kentaro Takahashi A Dead Forest Index is an experimental indie band from London by way of New Zealand, that makes the most resonant sound out of the most minimal instrumentation. Their...
View ArticleSwagger On: Here's "New Age Kid" by LA's Beat Club
There are so many aspects of this song that instantly appeal: 1. The shuffled beats. 2. The hip wiggle-inducing bassline. 3. The hushed doo-wop doo-wop refrains. 4. The psych-pop swagger of...
View ArticleWatch the Outrageous Trailer for Don Cheadle's Miles Davis Biopic 'Miles Ahead'
Don Cheadle's Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead just got a theatrical trailer, and frankly, "theatrical" doesn't begin to scratch the surface. The storied actor's Indiegogo-funded directorial debut...
View ArticleSoul Giant Charles Bradley Inspires "Change for the World" with His New Single
Dire times inspire stirring music, and 68-year-old soul singer Charles Bradley's new single "Change for the World" flips our nation's current state of social, racial, and political tumult into a...
View ArticleYou Absolutely Must Watch KEN Mode's Stark, Sweaty New Video for "Absolutely...
Photo courtesy of the artist The success of their latest album, Success, made it clear that KEN Mode is plenty compelling on record, but the Canadian noise rock-slash-post-hardcore trio still shines...
View ArticlePhilthy Rich, Freeway, and Paul Wall Commemorate The Jacka's Passing with...
It's been exactly a year since iconic Bay Area rapper The Jacka was shot and killed in Oakland. In that year, his influence has continued to reverberate, as his fellow artists have paid him tribute,...
View ArticleNever Meant: The Complete Oral History of American Football
This story is becoming more and more common in the internet age: Artist puts out album, artist puts down instrument, album builds cult following, and, 15 or so years later, the artist realizes the...
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