SXSW: Iggy and the Stooges
Photos by Colin Kerrigan. For all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here. By this point, of course a Stooges concert is formulaic: They break out some gems from their back catalog and Iggy flails around...
View ArticleWatch: Joanna Newsom Covers Sandy Denny's "The North Star Grassman and the...
Joanna Newsom's music-making engine is slowly revving back up. She's recorded a gorgeous cover of "The North Star Grassman and the Ravens", originally by British folk singer-songwriter Sandy...
View ArticleSXSW: Kathleen Hanna Doc The Punk Singer Reveals Truth Behind Hanna's Retreat...
For all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here.The Punk Singer is Kathleen Hanna's life story so far, but it's also a coming out journey of sorts. Directed by Sini Anderson, the film chronicles Hanna's...
View ArticleSXSW: Waxahatchee
Photo by Erez Avissar/Weird Magic; for all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here.If Waxahatchee's new record, Cerulean Salt, has cast its spell on you, then it's perfectly reasonable to consider seeing...
View ArticleSXSW: White Lung
Photo by Erez Avissar/Weird Magic. For all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here.The conditions of last night's White Lung show at the Enabler PR showcase at Holy Mountain were ideal by SXSW standards....
View ArticleSXSW: Nü Sensae
Photo by Erez Avissar/Weird Magic. For all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here.Nü Sensae accomplished more in 15 minutes last night than some bands of similar raging noise-punk nature will manage all...
View ArticleListen: The-Dream Raps, Gets Pissed Off on New Track "Tron"
The-Dream: "TRON" on SoundCloud. The-Dream: "Parental Advisory" on SoundCloud. Update: The-Dream has also shared "Parental Advisory", a 50-minute "retrospective mix" he made with Mick Boogie. It...
View ArticleSXSW: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Photos by Trent Maxwell. For all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here.Karen O should never, ever be taken for granted. Ten years into the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, she has reached national treasure status-- a...
View ArticleSXSW: Chvrches
Photo by Trent Maxwell. For all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here.Up and coming Glasgow three-piece Chvrches have songs. Good ones. And quite a few. Several of the songs they played last night are...
View ArticleSXSW: Blue Hawaii
Photo by Trent Maxwell. For all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here."Is that Grimes?" asked a fellow concert-goer upon seeing Blue Hawaii frontwoman Raph Standell-Preston flail and wail in front of...
View ArticleSXSW: Eddi Front
Photo by Trent Maxwell. For all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here.Behind the record-hiss atmospherics of singer-songwriter Eddi Front's recent self-titled EP, her songs take on an air of mystery....
View ArticleLil Wayne Was Hospitalized for Seizures Again
TMZ reports that Lil Wayne was taken to a Cedars-Sinai hospital in L.A. on Tuesday night after apparently suffering "multiple seizures" following a music-video shoot. He was apparently released a few...
View ArticleSXSW: Eagulls
Photo by Erez Avissar/Weird Magic. For all of our SXSW 2013 coverage, head here.The Leeds-based melodic punk band Eagulls are not the sort of group that seems to be comfortable inside the corporate...
View ArticleEcho Chamber: DIIV: "Fuck SXSW"
Photo by Erez Avissar"Hi Austin. Fuck SXSW. There… I said it.Here, the music comes last. 5 minute set-up, no sound check, 15 minute set. The 'music' element is all a front, it's the first thing to be...
View ArticleSXSW: Pitchfork's Show No Mercy With Skeletonwitch, Trash Talk, Pallbearer,...
Photos by Trent Maxwell. Above: Trash Talk. For all of our 2013 SXSW coverage, head here. There were blues skies and warm spring breezes for a packed house at Pitchfork's Show No Mercy Day Party at...
View ArticleTyler, the Creator Expands Spring Tour, Adding Dates With Earl Sweatshirt
Photo by Erez AvissarOdd Future kingpin Tyler, the Creator, who's about to release his sophomore album, has added more dates to his international spring solo tour. He'll also be joined by Earl...
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