Watch an Animated River Run Through the Video for The Sea and Cake's "On and On"
The animated video for the Sea and Cake's "On and On", from their latest album, Runner, is a deceptively simple thing. What starts as a simple sepia pencil line morphs into a whole winding river,...
View ArticleHere's What Happens in the New Chapters of R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet
Photo by Parrish Lewis / IFCLast night, part three of R. Kelly's endless R&B opera "Trapped in the Closet" finally saw the light of day. (We got a chance to spend some time with Kells at a...
View ArticleAndrew W.K. Named Cultural Ambassador to the Middle East by U.S. Department...
Photo by Danny PardoeA bunch of people in Bahrain are about to get some inspiring life lessons about partying: The U.S. Department of State has invited Andrew W.K. to the Middle East as a cultural...
View ArticleWU LYF Break Up, Post Farewell Track
WU LYF is apparently no more. Last night, the band uploaded a new song to YouTube, titled "T R I U M P H" (listen above), beneath which members of the band described how this was the end. Frontman...
View ArticleReport: Sufjan Kicks Off Xmas Tour
Photos by Colin KerriganIf you flipped your television to any news program yesterday, you probably witnessed a strange and uniquely American phenomenon: stone-faced television reporters interviewing...
View ArticleWatch/Listen: New Chromatics Song: "Cherry"
Director Alberto Rossini has added his trademark vintage-filter touch to another Chromatics video. This one's for a brand new song called "Cherry", which is slated to appear on the upcoming Italians Do...
View ArticleWatch Tame Impala on "Jools Holland"
On Friday, Tame Impala stopped by "Later... With Jools Holland" once again. Watch them perform the Lonerism highlight "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards".Check out the band's Pitchfork.tv Log Cabin...
View ArticleListen to the Flaming Lips' Radio Drama, Featuring Bill Callahan, Grizzly...
The Flaming Lips, McSweeney's, and KCRW put together a sci-fi radio drama in the style of the Orson Welles radio classic War of the Worlds. It's called Wayne Coyne's Human Head-Shaped Tumor, it's one...
View ArticleAraabMuzik Taps Diplo, Skrillex for Next Album
Photo by Erez AvissarAraabMuzik is hard at work on his follow up to Electronic Dream. According to his interview with Billboard, the LP will feature collaborations with two of the world's biggest DJs:...
View ArticleListen: Ian Crause of Disco Inferno Shares First New Music in Over a Decade
Last year, British avant-rock band Disco Inferno reissued their first five EPs from the 1990s. (Check out our oral history on the band here.) Now, the band's guitarist and vocalist Ian Crause (pictured...
View ArticleStream the New Cassette from Mac DeMarco's Other Band, Walter TV
Walter TV is a Montreal via Vancouver band, and its ranks include the Viceroy-obsessed singer/songwriter/slacker Mac DeMarco. The band also features Pierce McGarry and Joe McMurray, who back up DeMarco...
View ArticleListen: Live Set from Late Pianist Austin Peralta
Austin Peralta, the pianist, composer, and Brainfeeder artist, passed away Thursday at the age of 22. He appeared on Flying Lotus' Until the Quiet Comes and collaborated with Erykah Badu, Jaga Jazzist,...
View ArticleU.S. State Department Pulls the Plug on Andrew W.K.'s Party Trip to Bahrain
Photo by Danny PardoeHere is the needle that'll deflate the big, giddy balloon of Andrew W.K.'s planned trip to the U.S. Embassy in Bahrain. DCist has gotten in touch with a State Department...
View ArticleBeyoncé to Direct Autobiographical Doc for HBO
Photo via InstagramBeyoncé is expanding her résumé once again. On February 16, HBO will air an autobiographical documentary directed and executive produced by B herself. According to an HBO statement,...
View ArticleStream Rage Against the Machine's Deluxe Anniversary Reissue of Their Debut...
Tomorrow, Rage Against the Machine will release a 20th anniversary reissue of their self-titled debut via Sony Legacy, under the title Rage Against the Machine XX. It's available in a variety of...
View ArticleJulio Bashmore Shares New Video for "Husk", Announces Tour
UK producer Matthew Walker, more commonly known as Julio Bashmore, has shared the new video for "Husk", a track released digitally on December 2 and via 12" in 2013 on his own label Broadwalk Records....
View ArticleWatch Flatbush Zombies Freestyle at the Movies on Pitchfork.tv's "Selector"
For the latest installment of freestyle series "Selector", Pitchfork.tv took Brooklyn rap crew Flatbush Zombies to Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg for popcorn and beats. Flatbush Zombies chose between...
View ArticleWatch How to Dress Well Sing "& It Was U" A Cappella in the Rain in a Park in...
Pitchfork.tv and La Blogothèque, in association with Converse, are pleased to present a series of Take Away Shows shot during Pitchfork Music Festival Paris. The segments were filmed in unique...
View ArticleYeah Yeah Yeahs, TVOTR's Adebimpe, A Place to Bury Strangers, Liturgy Playing...
To help with continued relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Sandy in the New York City area, native New York band Yeah Yeah Yeahs will play a tiny Brooklyn show at the Williamsburg bar Union Pool on...
View ArticleNew Big Boi: "In the A" [ft. T.I. and Ludacris]
We've already heard a number of cuts from Big Boi's upcoming record Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors-- including "Lines", "Gossip", "Mama Told Me", and "She Said OK". Now he's shared "In the A",...
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