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Watch: Metz – “Eraser”
We're always up for new Metz bits, and this video should hold us over for a spell. It's a wild hypno-explosion that plays like dark, creepy shots taken last nig... Read More...
Video Premiere: The Auras – “I Get High”
Song titles don't get much more straightforward than this one from trippy Torontonians, the Auras. And there they are in the video, smoking whatevers and gettin... Read More...
What’s Next – Albums We’re Looking Forward To In 2016
Polishing the crystal ball, laying the tarot, reading palms, scanning tea leaves—however you prefer to do it, predicting what the future may hold is a fin... Read More...
Track Premiere: Little Star — “For Goth Easter”
Christmas is almost upon us, but here we are already thinking about another holiday. "For Goth Easter," from Portland trio Little Star, begins droll, minimal, l... Read More...
Track Premiere: Switches – “Spinning Out”
Word is there's a rumbling garage rock scene going in Edmonton, Alberta. And from the sounds of this new tune from Switches, it is not of the psychy, gauzy, nor... Read More...
Track Premiere: Monograms – “Downer”
As is the evolution band formation in the 21st century, Monograms began as a guy (in this case, Ian Jacobs) and his laptop on a mattress somewhere. That resulte... Read More...
Watch Andrew W.K. Backstage At The Knitting Factory
We thought the Andrew W.K. holiday show at Knitting Factory last Friday was so nice, we're covering it twice. Check out Earl Maldoun's post-show, backstage chat... Read More...
Year-End Charts! No. 1 Of 2015: Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love
Rank
Weeks
Artist & Title
Label
1
25
SLEATER-KINNEY No Cities To Love
Sub Pop
2
29
COURTNEY BARNETT Sometimes I Sit And Th... Read More...
Video Premiere: RYAL – “Another Song”
Somewhere between a glitchy bedroom-pop loner and a female Chris Isaak, RYAL's new elegiac single waxes and wanes forward towards intentions of something more e... Read More...
Video Premiere: The Kickback – “Scorched Earth Brouhaha”
Here's the second video from the first album by Chicago six-string hook rippers, the Kickback. "Scorched Earth Brouhaha" kicks along in the vein of recent spark... Read More...
Andrew W.K. @ Knitting Factory: December 11, 2015
Fast becoming an annual tradition, Andrew W.K. presented his solo holiday show last Friday night at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. But first, Brooklyn duo Rats M... Read More...
Video Premiere: Bent Denim – “China Doll”
For a couple of guys that look like they'd feel geeky even at a Magic: The Gathering convention, Bent Denim make some really romantic music (albeit of the narco... Read More...