By Alex Nathanson
On Monday, the Muggabears, Joan of Arc, Ponytail, Mae Shi, and The Death Set played at the Market Hotel to a room full of really sweaty kids. Japanther was listed on the Market Hotel’s MySpace, but sadly they were not to play. Like every other Market Hotel show it was ridiculously hot inside, but it didn’t keep anyone …
Relive that sticky sensation on the back of your legs as you wander the boardwalks with Sam Horine in search of free hot dogs. Survey the crowds of Coney Islanders, only some of whom are there to get heat stroke and hear Stephen Malkmus play songs that weren’t on Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain….
The Coney Island Siren Festival is the Village Voice’s 2008 pick of the indie litter.
Words by Jamie Peck
Photos by Sam Horine
As outdoor summer concerts go, Siren Fest tends to separate the armchair rock enthusiasts from the die-hard fanatics. It’s far (an hour from Manhattan), hot (no shade), long (about nine hours) and hard on your bodily functions (you must …
Words by Will Deitz and Jeremy Krinsley
Photos by Will Deitz
When photographing a show, it’s generally a good idea to take pictures of more than just the frontman. If you’re shooting Talking Heads, you should get a few shots of Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and Chris Franz in there. But with Liars, you can’t. …
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Thu Jul 24, 2008
We have it from MF DOOM label Stones Throw that they will be releasing Madvillainy 2: The Box on September 15. Consisting of a 25-track CD of material off of 2004’s Madvillainy remixed by Madlib, a 7″ of Madlib’s “One Beer (Drunk Version)”, an honest-to-Memorex cassette tape of the Madvillainy demo preemptively leaked …
Tue Jul 22, 2008
Fans get the “Platonic Abstract Ideal Version” of “Fresh Born” from Offend Maggie
Deerhoof has stumbled on a revolutionary new copy protection. None of this password-protected bullcrap either, Deerhoof’s new song has been released in a non-digital format which will only be available to those who are able to 1) read sheet music, 2) …
Tue Jul 22, 2008
New mp3 from Anticon’s hip-hop hold outs.
It’s not quite “I Wear My Sunglasses At Night,” but Restiform Bodies deserve props for the chilling Euro-pop chorus and the “Stay High” 3-6 Mafia-esque intro. They must be hanging out with Gary Wilson lately.
Restiform Bodies, “Bobby Trendy Addendum”
It’s quite the catchy tune, I’ll give …
Mon Jul 21, 2008
A bunch of indie bands update The Cure on new album
While other bands are just dressing up like the Cure, here’s a bunch of people doing the opposite: trying to make the music world a little less ridiculous. And though the cultural barometer on them might be hovering around “begrudging respect” at the …
Fri Jul 18, 2008
KiD CuDi has been up-and-coming for a while now. He is a rapper/singer out of Cleveland, Ohio, now living in Brooklyn, who is on Plain Pat’s Fool’s Gold label. I saw this guy about eight months ago in a showcase at S.O.B.s and I knew this guy was making big moves. Now …
Fri Jul 18, 2008
Sharing some of the internet’s plentiful bounty of music videos: You Me
How did people make music before the internet? It seems impossible in retrospect but surely there must have been music before the internet, I’ve seen the photos. Maybe back then they had some sort of pre-internet made out of wood and brass. Or maybe they were aided by aliens, …
Fri Jul 18, 2008
New R&B singer and fellow Texan, Tawana, has a new song called “Do It Again” that has been working my speakers since I got it in my inbox earlier today. She sounds a little Beyonce-rific on this, but the beat is delightfully future and the song is solid. Give it a hear.
Tawana, “Do It Again”
Thu Jul 17, 2008
How did we miss this?
Rumors of a Zack De La Rocha solo album circulated into the Bermuda Triangle territory that keeps Dr. Dre’s Detox and Chinese Democracy from our grips, even when a DJ Shadow-produced single made the rounds umpteen million years ago, it gave us hope …
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In Issue Six, we talked to Thurston Moore and Jim O’Rourke
What better way to initiate digging into our own archives and bringing you the best of our print than an interview with Sonic Youth? You’re right, there is no better way.
Stroking NY’s Ego
By Evan Dashevsky
From the beginning of time, Sonic Youth has been …
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