Jay Electronica Shares Album Tracklist
Jay Electronica's Act II: Patents of Nobility (the Turn) has been expected since he signed to Roc Nation two years ago. And while there's still no word on when the album will actually come out, Jay...
View ArticleListen: Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig Shares Mix on Diplo's Radio Show
Photo by Brook Bobbins Last night on Diplo's BBC Radio 1 show "Diplo and Friends", Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig curated an hour-long mix. It included songs by Fleetwood Mac, the Grateful Dead,...
View ArticleFestivals In Brief: End of the Road, North Coast, Electric Picnic, Electric Zoo
WHAT: End of the Road WHEN: August 31 - September 2WHERE: Dorset, EnglandWHO: Grizzly Bear, Patti Smith, Beach House, Grandaddy, Van Dyke Parks, Alabama Shakes, Perfume Genius, the Antlers, Woods,...
View ArticleListen to Animal Collective Radio Now
Animal Collective's previously announced weekly radio show, Animal Collective Radio, broadcasts Sunday nights starting at 9 p.m. Eastern. The first show is live at radio.myanimalhome.net right now....
View ArticleNew Animal Collective: "Today's Supernatural"
Here's "Today's Supernatural", the first single from Animal Collective's forthcoming new album, Centipede Hz. Panda Bear premiered the song earlier tonight on Animal Collective Radio. Centipede Hz is...
View ArticleListen to the New St. Vincent and David Byrne Track "Weekend in the Dust"
Following "Who", David Byrne and St. Vincent have shared the second track from their forthcoming collaborative album, Love This Giant. Stream the track, "Weekend in the Dust", above or at their...
View ArticleListen to Two New Panda Bear Instrumentals
Last night's edition of Animal Collective's radio broadcast Animal Collective Radio was hosted by Panda Bear. In addition to the new Animal Collective single "Today's Supernatural", Panda Bear also...
View ArticleGrandaddy's Jason Lytle Announces New Solo Album Dept. of Disappearance,...
It's a big year for Grandaddy fans-- the band is playing reunion shows, and now, frontman Jason Lytle has announced a new solo album. Dept. of Disappearance is out October 16 via Anti-. That's the...
View ArticleVideo: Liars: "Brats"
Here's a new video to go along with Liars' "Brats" from WIXIW. It features a very Gorillaz-like animatronics setup that plays out like a video game. Animated by Ian Cheng, its main characters include...
View ArticlePhotos: A$AP Rocky and AraabMuzik Crash Grimes and Pictureplane's Party in...
Above: Grimes and A$AP Rocky by Erez Avissar Grimes, Pictureplane, and others played the Dreams 3.0 party thrown by Weird Magic at Brooklyn's 285 Kent this weekend, with guest appearances by A$AP...
View ArticleVideo: Frankie Rose: "Know Me"
Following her videos for "Night Swim" and "Gospel/Grace", Frankie Rose today offers a video for another cut from February's excellent Interstellar, "Know Me". The futuristic sci-fi clip was directed...
View ArticleLil B Has a New Mixtape Called Obama Basedgod
We're just 100 days out from the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, and Lil B's certainly feeling it. He's just released a new mixtape called Obama Basedgod, filled with requests that you vote for him....
View ArticleWatch Destroyer Perform "Libby's First Sunrise"
Pitchfork.tv on YouTube today presents a new episode of City of Music, the MPLS.TV series which highlights private studio performances in unique locations throughout Minneapolis. This installment...
View ArticleMatt & Kim Announce Fall Tour
Matt and Kim: "Let's Go" on SoundCloud. Beloved boy-girl Brooklyn indie duo Matt & Kim will hit the road in support of their upcoming full-length Lightning, which is out October 2. They'll travel...
View ArticleWHY? Announce New Album, Mumps, etc.
WHY?: "Sod in the Seed" Yoni Wolf's WHY? will put out a new full length, the very unfortunately titled Mumps, etc., on October 9 through Anticon in the U.S. and October 8 through City Slang in Europe....
View ArticleThurston Moore Joins Black Metal Band Twilight
Photo by Jeremy Farmer In his post (?) Sonic Youth career, Thurston Moore has taken a bit of an aesthetic turn: he's joined the black metal supergroup Twilight. Nachtmystium guitarist/vocalist Blake...
View ArticleListen to a New Grizzly Bear Song: "Yet Again"
Here's "Yet Again", another song from Grizzly Bear's upcoming album Shields (out on September 18 through Warp). It was premiered on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show Listen to that here, and stream the...
View ArticlePerfume Genius Announces North American Tour
Photo by Angel Ceballos Mike Hadreas a.k.a. Perfume Genius will continuing touring in support of this year's excellent Put Your Back N 2 It. He's announced a headlining North American tour for...
View ArticleEcho Chamber: Thurston Moore on Twilight
Photo by Jeremy Farmer "We're not coming together to make music, we're joining forces to destroy all rational thought." -- Thurston Moore has some big plans for his new black metal supergroup,...
View ArticleRead an Excerpt From Twin Shadow's Novel
In between touring and recording, Twin Shadow's George Lewis Jr. has found time to pen a novel. It's called The Night of the Silver Sun. In our recent interview, Lewis told us that the Twin Shadow...
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