Provided by Paste Like hardboiled noir detectives, we’ve been hitting the streets lately for the skinny on the shifting musical predilections of one Shawn Carter, AKA Jay-Z. We had our suspicions that he was wandering into, um, indie-er, musical territory when he put Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun on the opener of The […]
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Jay-Z Sampling Regina Spektor on New Track
October 5th, 2009 
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Comments Off on Jay-Z Sampling Regina Spektor on New TrackDevendra Banhart and the GZA to Team Up
October 5th, 2009 Val Provided by Paste Devendra Banhart is one of indie rock’s most idiosyncratic minds. Having a conversation with the hirsute folkie is a lot like trying to catch a fly: difficult to follow, but rewarding when you do. Similarly, Wu-Tang mastermind the GZA ties together complexly knotted rhymes like an expert Eagle Scout. So while we […]
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October 5th, 2009 Val Provided by Pitchfork No matter what you think about Weezer in 2009, you have to admit: their new album, Raditude, has piqued your curiosity. I mean, just based on the insane album title and cover alone, right? Now, one more reason to want to hear it: Lil Wayne raps on the thing. According to an […]
New Thom Yorke Videos Revealed
October 4th, 2009 Val Last night in Los Angeles, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke debuted his new band with a “public rehearsal” at the tiny Echoplex club. (Their first “official” shows are this Sunday at Monday at L.A.’s Orpheum Theatre.) Backed by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (who did, in fact, keep his shirt on), Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M. […]
Breeders/National Get Moving On Project
October 2nd, 2009 Val Provided by Pitchfork As previously reported, The Long Count is a multimedia piece by the National guitarists Aaron and Bryce Dessner and visual artist Matthew Ritchie, featuring vocals from the Breeders’ Kim and Kelley Deal, My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden, and the National’s own Matt Berninger. The mind-bending project hits the Brooklyn Academy of Music […]
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October 2nd, 2009 Val Provided by Spin Pearl Jam’s spark is back! The revitalized alt-rock sound of Pearl Jam’s, Backspacer, has secured the Seattle band the No. 1 position on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, with 189,000 album copies sold in the first week of release! The triumph is the quintet’s first chart-topper since 1996’s No Code, and career […]
Devendra Realeases Another Song off of Upcoming Album
October 2nd, 2009 Val Provided by Pitchfork “Baby”, the first song we heard from Devendra Banhart’s forthcoming album What Will We Be, was a bit of a left turn, even for a dude who basically only makes left turns: a sweet, simple soul shuffle with Michael Jackson undertones. But “Angelika”, the song below, is more wheelhouse old-school Devendra, a […]
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October 2nd, 2009 Val Provided by NME Jack White has directed the video for The Dead Weather’s new single ‘I Cut Like A Buffalo’. The film mixes vivid colours and black and white footage and was shot at the Nashville headquarters of The White Stripes frontman’s label, Third Man. The video will be shown in the UK for the […]
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October 1st, 2009 Val Courtesy of Pitchfork James Murphy has discovered Facebook. Or, more accurately, the man behind LCD Soundsystem has figured out that his band already had a Facebook page, and he’s now using it to drop all manner of intriguing news about the forthcoming LCD album. (Or at least we think it’s him. It hasn’t been confirmed […]
Final Fantasy is Back with Concept Album
September 30th, 2009 Val Provided by Pitchfork Heartland is all about a farmer names Louis. After extensive touring and arranging string-type things for Beirut, Pet Shop Boys, and Arcade Fire, Owen Pallett aka Final Fantasy is back with his long-in-the-works third LP, Heartland. The 45-minute album is out on January 12 via his new label, Domino, and features the […]
Falcatross Releases New Album
September 29th, 2009 Val Provided by Indie Muse If you are a fan of Bishop Allen, Clem Snide, John Vanderslice, or the Mountain Goats, I highly recommend checking out the Brooklyn based band Falcatross. Their debut album, Sprung, is one of my favorites of the year, and the mastermind behind the project, Pete Fitzpatrick, creatively incorporates a wide range […]
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September 29th, 2009 Val Provided by SubPop The original Sunny Day Real Estate members will be on Fallon tonight and playing songs off their 1994 Debut Album “Diary”.
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