Interview (Sort Of): Keytar Bear
So for those of you hibernating under rocks, there’s this dude who dresses up in a bear costume and plays the melody and riffs to R&B/Pop songs on a keytar. He’s been doing it in subway stations and…
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Watch: Britt Daniel’s Split Single Teaser Feat. Fred Armisen, Margaret Cho, Dave Grohl, and More
By Nick Canton Britt Daniel, of Spoon and The Divine Fits, despite planning the release of Spoon’s first album in four years sometime in 2014, has taken on another supergroup side-project. It’s called Split Single and it features Jon Wurster, the drummer of Superchunk and The Mountain Goats, as well as Jason Narducy, who I’m […]
Converse Rubber Tracks Live: Ryan Hemsworth, Giraffage, Wave Racer (The Sinclair: 3/18)
Converse Rubber Tracks live presented Ryan Hemsworth, Giraffage, Wave Racer and Bearstronaut (not reviewed) at The Sinclair on March 18th.
Stream Sufjan Stevens, Sergenti, and Son Lux’s New Album Sisyphus
By Nick Canton It was far too hopeful when Sufjan Stevens mentioned we wouldn’t be waiting as long between Age of Adz and his next album, but in the meantime, or perhaps instead, we have his hip-hop/pop team-up with Sergenti and Son Lux, the band and album of which are called Sisyphus. And you can stream […]
The Men Bring A Classic Sound To Great Scott
By Nick Canton Brooklyn’s The Men played Great Scott last Sunday night as they begin their tour to promote the new record Tomorrow’s Hits, which was released yesterday. I spoke to keyboardist Mark Perro last week, which you can read here. For the bands that preceded them, there was the darkened neon “Tomorrow’s Hits” sign […]
White Denim Are A Jam Band In Disguise
By Nick Canton Last week, White Denim played two sold-out shows at the Sinclair on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. I had seen them last year at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival and as I expected, it was a few white guys wearing blue jeans. I was interested in seeing them again, because although I remember having […]
Watch: Yeezus Film Trailer
By Nick Canton The upcoming Hype Williams-directed Yeezus tour film has a trailer that you can watch on your computer screen right now. Bonus: spend your day in the comments section for some insightful religious debates.
Interview: The Men’s Mark Perro
I got a chance to speak with Mark Perro, one of the founding members of Brooklyn-based punk outfit The Men, in anticipation for their upcoming show at the Great Scott on 3/2 and their new LP Tomorrow’s Hits, which will be released two days later on Sacred Bones.
Anamanaguchi Bring Their Nerd Punk To Close Out House of Vans Series At Middle East
By Nick Canton Photos by Jonathan Mehring Last Thursday night put an end to the House of Vans celebration at Middle East Downstairs, featuring the bands Anamanaguchi, Baths, and a special guest. The special mystery guest of the night that was advertised on all the press? Weeknight! I don’t think anyone had really heard of […]
James Blake Remix’s Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid m.A.A.d City”
By Nick Canton James Blake always comes off as someone who does better with a particular source material than with 100% original material, so it’s with great results that he remixed constant-stage-sharer Kendrick Lamar’s “Good Kid m.A.A.d City.” Blake, under his pseudony Harmonix, apparently made the entirety of the mix on an airplane. Listen here: […]