Email Author Vijith Assar

2012 Stories by Vijith Assar

• The Blip Festival: Where the Geeks Are

  published May 23, 2012

  When his predecessor first took office, even basic familiarity with a Web browser was considered the exclusive domain of geeks, but Mayor... More >>

• Spiritualized

  published April 25, 2012

  In between the spellbindingly frail "Broken Heart" and the thrilling "Electricity," Spiritualized's beloved 1997 album Ladies And Gentlemen We... More >>

• Gotye

  published March 21, 2012

  After its second single went from viral video source material to one of the biggest songs in the country, Gotye’s Making Mirrors... More >>

• Coldplay

  published February 22, 2012

  If it weren’t enough that the leading British alt-rock band from the class of 2001 has begun making concept albums, their first such foray... More >>

• Tycho+Oneohtrix Point Never

  published January 25, 2012

  If there’s anything 2011 taught us, it’s that perfectly serviceable scrap-and-salvage versions of the woozy Boards Of Canada... More >>

• 'Silent Films/Live Guitars' w/ Kaki King+Lee Ranaldo

  published January 4, 2012

  Seriously, did the 2000s produce any other guitar hero with a more compelling voice than acoustic wrecking ball Kaki King? And you could even make... More >>

• Nat Baldwin

  published January 4, 2012

  The strongest bits from the solo outings by the Dirty Projectors bassist sometimes sound a little like a Thom Yorke devotee struggling to muster... More >>