Here’s a list of the artists we need to hear more of—and the single album they did put out is why.
Jay Z. Beyonce. Rihanna. Madonna. Kanye West. Over the past few years these figures, among others, have been deemed members of the upper-upper echelon of music royalty: the kings and queens capable of doing whatever they damn well please. With the launch of Tidal, these entertainment powerhouses, along with 11 more of their peers, hoped to be the first to finally eliminate freemium as a standard in the streaming world. The initial announcement was brief, awkward, full of vague grandiose statements, and it was a bit of an elite circle jerk as they all stood there grinning at each other.… Read more »
Ah, modern love. Long gone are the delicate romanticisms of ye courtships of olde, replaced with a shockingly complex system of digital signals—both literal and figurative—to express your feelings for someone in the 21st century.
Happy New Year! This week’s feature rings in the first day of 2015 with a closer look into “The New Year” by Death Cab For Cutie, and the cover by Jake Ewald of Modern Baseball and Kiley Lotz of Petal.
It’s no question that late night drives are best accompanied by great music, but sometimes choosing the playlist to fit the mood you’re in when you’re alone with your thoughts can be difficult. This week we’ve compiled some of our favorite albums to play on those long, nighttime drives when you’re feeling especially introspective.
For most artists, it may be challenging to recreate their favorite songs, but Young Statues have released a solid cover record that reflects their own originality and maintains the integrity of the artists that inspire them the most.
Last year, Chris Walla raised eyebrows when he called brooding “Twilight” bloodsucker Edward Cullen “an a–hole.”
Death Cab for Cutie kicked off its U.S. tour last night with a stop at Philadelphia’s Tower Theater, a converted movie house with acoustics ready-made for frontman Ben Gibbard’s supernaturally clean and earnest whisper. Gibbard, recently engaged to fellow indie icon Zooey Deschanel, took the stage after solid performances from opening acts Cold War Kids and Ra Ra Riot and delivered an intimate solo rendition of “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” to a quiet, seated crowd. The rest of the band emerged and hit their stride with “The New Year,” a cut off of 2003’s “Transatlanticism” that ended… Read more »
F. Scott Fitzgerald may have depressingly opined that “there are no second acts in American lives,” but Nada Surf is certainly making the case for second acts in indie rock. The band had an accidental alt-rock radio hit in 1996 with “Popular,” only to be signed and then summarily dropped by Elektra. This sort of rise and fall would spell the end for many bands, but Nada Surf kept on going, buying back and reissuing its shelved major-label album, “The Proximity Effect,” in 1998. Since then, the band released two records on Seattle-based indie Barsuk: 2003’s “Let Go,” which has… Read more »
The Kurt Cobain documentary which features voiceover from the Nirvana frontman himself is due to be released in the U.S. in October. AJ Schnack’s documentary film Kurt Cobain: About A Son is set to come to cinemas in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle in early October. According to Schnack’s blog: “The film will open in New York at the IFC Centre on Wednesday, October 3 at Landmark’s Nuart in Los Angeles on Friday, October 5 and in Seattle at Landmark’s Varsity on October 12. Additional cities and dates will be announced soon.” The film sets impressionistic images of Washington… Read more »
