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February 3, 2012
MTV Accessorizes Itself With Music On I Just Want My Pants Back
I Just Want My Pants Back protagonist Jason Strider—a receptionist and aspiring music journalist who appears to live alone in a one-bedroom apartment despite claiming to have just $100 to his name—doesn't remember what sex tastes like because it's been six whole weeks since his last enco ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Helmet
I Just Want My Pants Back protagonist Jason Strider—a receptionist and aspiring music journalist who appears to live alone in a one-bedroom apartment despite claiming to have just $100 to his name—doesn't remember what sex tastes like because it's been six whole weeks since his last enco ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
TALKIN' ABOUT TONIGHT
Fucked Up's name says it all
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August 10, 2011
Wavves
Fucked Up's name says it all
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June 20, 2011
Live: Guided By Voices Reconfigure Time And Space
Guided By Voices w/Wavves, Surfer Blood McCarren Park Saturday, June 18, 2011 Better than: Just hearing the show without seeing it, which is what everyone who lives on my street got to do anyway. It's long been gospel that you can't tell Robert Pollard anything. Attempts by well-meaning biz type ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
COASTAL COOL
Although East is still better, amirite?
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February 15, 2011
Bonnaroo 2011 Announces Lineup, Starring Eminem, Arcade Fire, Lil Wayne, The Black Keys, And Buffalo Springfield
Star-studded lineup videos: now a thing. Yes, the Tennessee mega-festival, now in its tenth (!) year, has announced its initial lineup, the usual melange of rappers, rockers, and jam-band monoliths, this year headlined by Eminem and Arcade Fire, only one of whom won the Album of the Year Grammy 48 ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
Abraham Inc. At Le Poisson Rouge Is Your First Canceled Show Of The Day, And Probably Not The Last
We wouldn't want the accordion player to injure himselfPerhaps you were unaware that famed James Brown trombonist cohort Fred Wesley has recently been dallying in a "klezmer funk" band called Abraham Inc.; your unfamiliarity will last a little longer, alas, as their scheduled gig at Le Poisso ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
10 Halloween Costume Ideas For Music Nerds
Halloween is nearly upon us. You don't have a costume yet, because you're a music nerd. We are here to help. Abandon your half-assed Lady Gaga concept and try these practical suggestions instead.
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October 21, 2010
CMJ Day Two: Phoenix! With Daft Punk! At Madison Square Garden! Holy Shit!
Phoenix/Dirty Projectors/Wavves Madison Square Garden Wednesday, October 20 Better Than: Breathing normally This year, the biggest show of CMJ had the biggest secret to keep. I postulated recently -- maybe facetiously -- that this MSG bill fulfilled every part of the psyche. Well, the rampant ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
Your CMJ 2010 Panels, Cynically Summarized: Day 3 (Thursday)
Fatigue sets in as we reach CMJ's halfway point, but buck up: Plenty of sweet bands left to see, plenty of priceless industry wisdom to absorb via this afternoon's slate of panels, helpfully listed below with brief, jaded, profoundly unhelpful commentary.
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October 15, 2010
Giveaway: Five Pairs Of Tickets To See Phoenix At Madison Square Garden Next Week
Oh, indeed. The gala Phoenix/Dirty Projectors/Wavves show hitting MSG Wednesday, October 20th is a big we-made-it moment for the maximalist, SOTC-beloved French pop-rockers; we think it'd be great if you got to see it in person. We have five pairs of tickets. And since is this is a bigger dea ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
LO-FI IN THE BIG TIME
Three different rock bands in one unique gig
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October 4, 2010
2010, The Year of Indie Pets, Example #6: Mo-Mo-Hair Dances to Wavves "So Bored"
Given the resounding success of last week's declaration that 2010 is the Year of the Indie Pet, it behooves us to provide you with more evidence of this Very Important Trend. Which brings us to "Chinchilla Mohair Room," a slightly confusing, slightly ridiculous blog dedicated to a furry Mo ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
2010: The Year of Indie Pets
Best Coast TumblrBobb, Bethany, and Snacks It's become increasingly impossible to mention Best Coast, the three-person vehicle for noise-pop Cali-queen Bethany Cosentino, without referencing her pet Snacks. That darn cat is on the cover of her debut full-length Crazy For You, nonchalantly poised am ... More >>
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July 29, 2010
Looming Disaster: Ali Koehler, Best Coast's New Drummer, Is Allergic To Cats
Here's, courtesy the Guardian, is a wildly amusing as-told-to chat with Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino, who remains somewhat of an obsession for us these days, in large part due to her obsessions: namely, her cats. Lots of choice lines here, from "I'd sooner talk about my cats than my music" ... More >>
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July 21, 2010
This Week's Voice: Damon Dash Resurrected, Best Coast and Wavves, Wayne Coyne, Rick Ross, and More
Dame and Tallulah. Not pictured: Sienna Miller. Photo by Raquel M. Horn.In this week's Village Voice, Ben Detrick profiles the post-Roc-a-Fella edition of Damon Dash as he haltingly embarks on a kinder, gentler comeback. Elsewhere, Sean Fennessey dissects the two halves of California's pre-em ... More >>
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July 21, 2010
The Media T-Shirt Project!
It's Summer, and as we all know, many businesses get slow in the summer. Media is one of these businesses, and in media, you have to diversify in order to stay afloat, or something. It's bad enough you have to concern yourself with the terrible fate of blogger burnout in this heat! But making ... More >>
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July 20, 2010
Best Coast and Wavves, Sitting in a Tree
In praise of two great records from California's pre-eminent surf-fuzz power couple
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July 20, 2010
Wavves+ the Smith Westerns
In praise of two great records from California's pre-eminent surf-fuzz power couple
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June 28, 2010
Live: Braving The Humidity To See Titus Andronicus, High Places, Ducktails, And More At The Northside Festival
Titus Andronicus and Ducktails, respectively. Pics by Georgia, way more below.Whew, what a whirlwind of a weekend! The L Magazine hosted the 2nd-annual Northside Festival, a major throwdown of bands, art, film, and more bands, all packed into multiple venues across Williamsburg and Gre ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Last Night: Wavves Inspire Moshing, Crowd-Surfing, Rampant Bliss
He's doing much better now. Pics by Georgia, way more below.Wavves/Cloud Nothings/DOM Knitting Factory Thursday, June 24 The Northside Festival opening night was a hipster frat party in which every dude (and a few dudettes) tried to out-bro the next guy. Instead of shotgunning Budweisers, though ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Wavves Afterparty At Shea Stadium Broken Up By (Justifiably) Pissed-Off Cops
Protip: If you're ever looking to get a show shut down as fast as possible, whip a bottle at a police car. "The plan was originally for Ryan Schreiber, founder of Pitchfork, and Patrick Stickles, lead singer of the grouchy New Jersey band Titus Andronicus, to DJ at Shea Stadium from 2 a.m. un ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
L Magazine's Elaborate, Somewhat Intimidating Northside Festival Starts Tonight
Anyone seeking a four-day crash course in Brooklyn Rock (both from BK and of it, I guess) is hereby advised to delved deep into the Northside Festival, which packs hundreds of bands into multiple venues across the sweetest of boroughs, starting tonight with a raft of shows, led perhaps by the ... More >>
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April 30, 2010
2010 Northside Festival Lineup Announced!
And it looks like our buddies at L Magazine have outdone themselves: Titus Andronicus, Liars, Fucked Up, High Places, Les Savy Fav, Polvo, Twin Sister, and Wavves are just a handful of the hundreds of bands they've got lined up to play this thing. Northside happens June 24-27 in a variety of ... More >>
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April 27, 2010
Tonight! Gogol Bordello, Zach Hill, Class Actress, MNDR, And Keepaway
"Mixed with alcohol, it seems to be a remedy for just about anything," says Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hutz on the topic of music. This is especially true with his own stuff: GB mash traditional gypsy paraphernalia (accordion, violin, Borat accent) with inebriated, smash-bottle-on-head punk fe ... More >>
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April 6, 2010
Lollapalooza Lineup Announced in Full
Featuring the odd return of 1995, in the persons of Soundgarden and Green Day, modern arena-rock surrogates the Strokes, Arcade Fire, MGMT, Phoenix, the National, and the Black Keys, and who else but Lady Gaga? Music is a befuddling tapestry in which Cypress Hill will always have a home. Comp ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
Fang Island+Anamanaguchi
Featuring the odd return of 1995, in the persons of Soundgarden and Green Day, modern arena-rock surrogates the Strokes, Arcade Fire, MGMT, Phoenix, the National, and the Black Keys, and who else but Lady Gaga? Music is a befuddling tapestry in which Cypress Hill will always have a home. Comp ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
LISTEN UP
Preview the Armory Show with the Walkmen
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February 16, 2010
Tonight! Plastic Ono Band (For Real This Time), Wavves, Lightspeed Champion, and Bear Hands
Today, Yoko Ono is busy assembling the year's most disparate backing group. After yesterday's "dress rehearsal," her reincarnated Plastic Ono Band will be performing at BAM, with guests ranging from Eric Clapton to Sean Lennon to ... the Scissor Sisters? Also included in the lineup are Mark R ... More >>
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September 8, 2009
Princeton+Phil & the Osophers+Ice Palace
Today, Yoko Ono is busy assembling the year's most disparate backing group. After yesterday's "dress rehearsal," her reincarnated Plastic Ono Band will be performing at BAM, with guests ranging from Eric Clapton to Sean Lennon to ... the Scissor Sisters? Also included in the lineup are Mark R ... More >>
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August 21, 2009
Week in Review: There's Only One Viable Avant-Garde Art Form Nowadays, And It's Called Indie Rock
Sam HorineIn the week a Brooklyn indie-rock band either did or didn't kick a puppy in Prospect Park (sweat-soaked August news cycle, we see you), we amused ourselves making Rick Ross "Yo Mamma" jokes and watching rap panic take New York as 50 Cent did, and then didn't, shoot your grandmother. ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 18, 2009
BEACH BOYS
Get all lo-fi and sandy with Real Estate
Blogs
August 17, 2009
New Wavves, Pt II: "Hula Hoop"
We'd be remiss if we failed to post the new Wavves song up on Terror Eyes today. The Zach Hill saga continues: first "Cool Jumper," the emphatically jumped-up premiere of Nathan Williams's new two-piece configuration, and now "Hula Hoop," which is unfinished, apparently, not that America would nec ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
Talk to the Blog: Terminal Boredom's Rich Kroneiss on Haterism, Psychedelic Horseshit, and the "Indie Establishment" Oxymoron
Terminal Boredom began as a small webzine where garage rock aficionados critiqued new (preferably vinyl) releases. The site eventually added a messageboard, which soon attracted a wider arena of amateur opinionators who vented on everything from haircuts to shitty day jobs. It's also the place whe ... More >>
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August 14, 2009
Week in Review: All I Have Left Are My Memories and This Copy of The Razor's Edge Signed by Asher Roth
Photo of Jim Jones taunting hipsters by Rebecca Smeyne In the week Jim Jones put ten thousand dollars on a three-on-three basketball tournament sponsored by Converse and barred to the media, we got up in there anyway, and brought you the hilarious play-by-play. Take that, shoe company. Gera ... More >>
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August 12, 2009
New Wavves: "Cool Jumper"
Nathan Williams's MySpace seems to indicate that Wavves have picked up a new, fulltime member--Zach Hill, who I guess we can stop identifying as a member of Hella, since he's also a member of every other band, ever. Anyway, Hill is up there, as far as ridiculous, bestial rock drummers go, a ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
News Roundup: Pearl Jam, Wavves, Green Day, Dr. Dog
--Pearl Jam have put together an online scavenger hunt to promote upcoming album Backspacer. The band has placed nine images (designed by political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow) thoughout the internet (view one here). If you find all nine images, Eddie Vedder will play a private acoustic concert i ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Live: Wavves Totally Avoid Meltdowns, Further Injuries at Bowery Ballroom
CREDITTotally inaccurate depiction of this show, thankfully/alas Wavves/Woods Bowery Ballroom Wednesday, July 15 I feel bad for feeling slightly disappointed that nothing remotely disastrous happened here. Nathan Williams bounded onstage, his freshly broken wrist gingerly wrapped but still capable ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Tonight! Kronos, Man Man, Lovvers
The Kronos Quartet's latest effort, the Middle Eastern-themed Floodplain, was "inspired by the idea that areas prone to devastating flooding will experience creative rebirth after a catastrophe," which is great news for New Orleans residents with exclusive access to an ark. The famed "new music" e ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 8, 2009
Lovvers
The Kronos Quartet's latest effort, the Middle Eastern-themed Floodplain, was "inspired by the idea that areas prone to devastating flooding will experience creative rebirth after a catastrophe," which is great news for New Orleans residents with exclusive access to an ark. The famed "new music" e ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 1, 2009
SURF'S UP (IN ARMS)
We're drowning in POPO's happy confusion
Blogs
June 29, 2009
New Wavves Video: "No Hope Kids"
Wavves have a new video out, for Wavvves standout track "No Hope Kids." The basic material will be familiar to anyone who watched the "Daytripping with Wavves" segment on Pitchfork, or to anyone who's seen any footage of Nathan Williams, ever: he's walking around some bleached-out urban wasteland, ... More >>
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June 16, 2009
Download and/or Watch the Video for Woods' "To Clean"
Brooklyn's Woods, who put out records on Woodsist alongside the similiarly lo-fi Vivian Girls, Wavves, et al, have a new video out for "To Clean," an ace, Flying Nun-reminiscent track off their newest, April's Songs of Shame. The video is sort of needlessly epileptic/terrifying, but there's someth ... More >>
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June 5, 2009
Week in Review: Young, Self-Satisfied, Confident Celebrities
In the week "I ain't shoot nobody in like...since the early 90's" irretrievably entered the American lexicon, we learned with some dismay that David Carradine very likely left this earth the hard way. And more grim news: Koko Taylor, 1928-2009. Live: Doves cry at Terminal Hall, Art Brut's second-ni ... More >>
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June 1, 2009
The Wavves Deleted Apology Debacle: In Defense of Nathan Williams
So, you're Nathan Williams of Wavves. You just played a pretty disastrous show that Pitchfork, in full TMZ mode, called "a meltdown". What do you do? Well, you cancel your next bunch of shows, and then the next day, post an apology on your personal blog...before deleting it a few hours later. Very ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 25, 2009
Thee Oh Sees+Excepter+Catatonic Youth+Pink Skull
So, you're Nathan Williams of Wavves. You just played a pretty disastrous show that Pitchfork, in full TMZ mode, called "a meltdown". What do you do? Well, you cancel your next bunch of shows, and then the next day, post an apology on your personal blog...before deleting it a few hours later. Very ... More >>
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