Sky Ferreira and DIIV’s Zachary Cole Smith Arrested

September 16

Sky Ferreira and Zachary Cole Smith of DIIV were arrested in Saugerties, New York Friday night, as the Daily Freeman reports. Ferreira was arrested “on misdemeanor charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest,” while Smith was “charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, one count of possession of stolen property and one […]

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CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share (Blood Diamonds Remix)

September 13

Title: The Mother We Share (Blood Diamonds Remix) Artist: CHVRCHES Album: SIngle Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Drum ‘n’ Bass, Aquacrunk, Synthpop If you haven’t heard the excellent original check it out here. Now here comes Canadian producer Blood Diamonds and puts in a little twist. A little tropical thunder there with a dash of drum ‘n’ bass. CHVRCHES have never sounded […]

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Blue Hawaii – Try to Be

September 05

Title: Try to Be Artist: Blue Hawaii Album: Untogether Year: 2013 Genre: Ambient, Ethereal Wave, Dream Pop, Future-Pop I like a group that’s true to its name. In this case, Montreal duo Blue Hawaii, through their tropically infused songs always find a way to bring me warmth. This song’s vibe is chill, sleaky and feels like the […]

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra – So Good At Being In Trouble

September 03

Title: So Good At Being In Trouble Artist: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Album: II Year: 2013 Genre: Lo-Fi, Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock From the moment that guitar starts, you know that Unknown Mortal Orchestra are stepping on hollowed ground and have just produced a great track. Ruba Nielson sings “So good at being in trouble/ So bad at being in […]

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Merchandise – Anxiety’s Door

September 02

Title: Anxiety’s Door Artist: Merchandise Album: Totale Nite Year: 2013 Genre: Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Garage Rock Lyrically? Potent. The structure? Stylistically widescreen awesomeness! On their others songs they embrace both a darkness and romantisicm in their songs but on this one we feel a kind of hypertension while leader Carson Cox sees “old men sleep in the road,” all […]

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Foxygen – No Destruction

August 29

Title: No Destruction Artist: Foxygen Album: We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock “There’s no need to be an asshole/ You’re not in Brooklyn anymore”. Well that escalated quickly. What I have to say about this is that Bob Dylan + Velvet Underground + Pavement +(not that […]

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The Men – Electric

August 28

Title: Electric Artist: The Men Album: New Moon Year: 2013 Genre: Garage Rock, Punk Rock “Electric” is the kind of track that 14-year old pop-punk enthusiasts listen too and convince their dads to go buy them a Gibson. The Men don’t care much for elaboration. Their plainly titled single “Electric” is a kind of accidental homage to […]

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Animal Collective – My Girls

August 28

Title: My Girls Artist: Animal Collective Album: Merriweather Post Pavilion Year: 2009 Genre: Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Dream Pop, Electronic Indie Leaked in late 2008, right in the middle of an ongoing economic meltdown, “My Girls” was perfectly of its moment, decrying materialism for simpler joys: “I don’t need to seem like I care about material things […]

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Queens of the Stone Age Diss Miley Cyrus

August 28

  Queens of the Stone Age have just added a December 14 show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to their tour. The press release announcing that show took a quick jab at another recent show at the Barclays Center: Miley Cyrus‘ performance at the VMAs. It reads: “On December 14 Brooklyn, New York’s Barclays […]

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Iceage – Coalition

August 27

Title: Coalition Artist: Iceage Album: You’re Nothing Year: 2013 Genre: Post-Punk, Noise Rock “Coalition” reveals itself as a devastating admission of doubt and sexual identity: “Wants me to take her/ But blockades run through my veins/ Something denies coalition with you.” It’s easy to miss the impact of Ronnenfeldt’s words, as Iceage’s music grows thicker, […]

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Torres – Honey

August 27

Title: Honey Artist: Torres Album: TORRES Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock For her astounding debut single Torres didn’t really do much. She plugged in a Gibson guitar, opened her mouth and sang an arena-rock anthem. “Honey, while you were ashing in your coffee/I was thinking of telling you’ve what you done to me,” she murmurs. Both the organ […]

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Sigur Rós – Brennisteinn

August 26

Title: Brennisteinn Artist: Sigur Rós Album: Kveikur Year: 2013 Genre: Post-Rock, Ambient There’s an initial shock from hearing Sigur Rós, now a trio, reciprocating with the incorporation of fractious time signatures, clanking percussion and detuned, tremor-inducing guitars that more typically serve as a backdrop for scorched black-metal howls rather than Jonsi’s typically glistening, ascendant vocals. Ian Cohen, […]

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The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army

August 24

Title: Seven Nation Army Artist: The White Stripes Album: Elephant Year: 2003 Genre: Garage Rock I don’t have to say much about this song. Everyone knows about it. From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell. Ehem…*cough* copyright *cough*. According to White, “Seven Nation Army” is what he used to call the Salvation Army as a […]

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Death Grips – Birds

August 24

Title: Birds Artist: Death Grips Album: Free Download Year: 2013 Genre: Experimental Hip Hop I think a free download was due to arrive since they did not. And by that I mean them being a no show in all their previous gigs. What’s amazing about this song is it’s surreal lyrics that keep burrowing and borrowing […]

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Glasser – Apply

August 23

Title: Apply Artist: Glasser Album: Ring Year: 2009 Genre: Indie, Experimental, Avante-Garde, Dream Pop Cameron Mesirow clearly had her ideas worked out long before she roped in Fever Ray co-producers Van Rivers and the Subliminal Kid for Ring, her debut album as Glasser. Compare the album version of “Apply” to the one she did a year before (on […]

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Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener

August 23

Title: Avant Gardener Artist: Courtney Barnett Album: The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas Year: 2013 Genre: Indie, Indie Rock The perfect blend of Bob Dylan, folk rock, indie and a little psychedelia, “Avant Gardener” tells the story of a girl dragging her underemployed ass out of bed late on a Monday morning to try her […]

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Escort – Cabaret

August 23

Title: Cabaret Artist: Escort Album: Cabaret – Single Year: 2013 Genre: Dance, Nu Disco, Disco, Funk Well, Brooklyn-based disco outfit Escort have always been nostalgic for those funky and glamorous New York 80s days they thought it was about time they released their secret desires. Not as catchy as their greatest hit “Starlight” but definitely more glamorous.

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Joy Division – Disorder

August 22

Title: Disorder Artist: Joy Division Album: Unknown Pleasures Year: 1979 Genre: Rock, Post-Punk I’ve been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand, Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man? These sensations barely interest me for another day, I’ve got the spirit, lose the feeling, take the shock […]

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Pavement – Gold Soundz

August 22

Title: Gold Soundz Artist: Pavement Album: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Year: 1994 Genre: Indie Rock There are a lot of ways to think about the music of a decade. Sometimes when you sit down to make a list like this, you think about songs that seemed important– maybe they changed music or were emblematic of prevailing […]

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Vampire Weekend – Diane Young

August 22

Title: Diane Young Artist: Vampire Weekend Album: Modern Vampires of the City Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock The video was directed by Primo Kahn and features cameos from Santigold, Chromeo, Sky Ferreira, Despot, Dave Longstreth from Dirty Projectors and Hamilton Leithauser from The Walkmen.[13] The plot of the video is simple and mainly focuses on a masked guy texting […]

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Crystal Castles – Alice Practice

August 16

Title: Alice Practice Artist: Crystal Castles Album: Alice Practice EP Year: 2006 Genre: Electronic, Experimental, Chiptune

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