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Andrew Bird, Questlove, Thundercat, Kim Gordon and others played the 'Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets' (pics)

Thu, May 02 2013 1:26pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

"James Chance. You too with the sheet music?"

Album Review: Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

Wed, May 01 2013 4:20am - Source: Consequence of Sound

Colin Stetson is a classically trained saxophone player who uses circular breathing to play more notes in a song than Steve Vai and Joe Satriani combined and plays them on the outré four-and-a-half foot tall bass saxophone.

Red Bull Music Academy begins, win tix to Flying Lotus

Mon, April 29 2013 3:43pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

The Red Bull Music Academy began their huge NYC residency (details HERE and HERE ) last night (4/28) with a party by FIXED DJs and TURBOTAX DJs. It was the first of many events that happen in NYC through May 31.

Interview: Cold Cave

Fri, April 05 2013 9:03pm - Source: Death + Taxes

Wesley Eisold is the magnetic writer and brain behind the fanatic-inspiring underground darlings Cold Cave, and the frontman for seminal Boston hardcore band American Nightmare.

ANDY O'CONNOR'S TOP 10 THINGS OF 2012

Tue, January 15 2013 8:38pm - Source: crustcake

If you want an albums list, you can find that at Metalsucks. 10.

Show No Mercy: Pig Destroyer

Fri, November 02 2012 3:29pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

Pig Destroyer 's fifth album, Book Burner , came out last week on Relapse.

Vatican Shadow: Ornamented Walls

Mon, October 22 2012 5:33am - Source: Pitchfork Media

During the last five years, I've probably spent more money collecting the musical output of Dominick Fernow than that of any other musician.

Director's Cut: Sharon Van Etten: "Magic Chords"

Fri, October 19 2012 4:23pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

The video for "Magic Chords" features ostensibly naked, dead people floating face-up in a lake, their fate unexplained.

Popdose at Kirkus Reviews: “Light and Shade”

Mon, October 15 2012 11:39am - Source: Pop Dose

For almost 80 years, Kirkus Reviews has served as the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike.

Love & Art: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Interviewed

Mon, October 08 2012 5:17pm - Source: The Quietus

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge's definition of a quiet week differs very much from most people's.

Things The Quietus Learned At Incubate Festival 2012

Fri, September 21 2012 1:28pm - Source: The Quietus

Last week, the Quietus temporarily relocated to Tilburg, in the Netherlands for this year's edition of the Incubate festival.

Graded on a Curve: Violent Femmes, Hallowed Ground

Thu, July 26 2012 6:45pm - Source: The Vinyl District

If the 1983 self-titled debut by Violent Femmes is one of the hot half-dozen expressions of Teen Angst American Style ever waxed, then Hallowed Ground, the group's still divisive second effort from the following year is one of rock music's core texts in how to successfully flout expectations.

Happy Birthday, Rolling Stones...

Mon, July 16 2012 9:24am - Source: Uncut.co.uk

Today, as you may have heard, is apparently the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones' first gig.

Vatican Shadow - September Cell / Operation Neptune Spear

Fri, July 13 2012 3:20pm - Source: The Quietus

Catharsis is a common theme running through all of Dominick Fernow's work.

Czech It Out: Karlovy Vary Film Festival Explored

Fri, July 13 2012 11:49am - Source: The Quietus

Welcome to the 47th annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a summer fixture in this fairy-tale spa resort, nestled in a wooded ravine in the northwest corner of the Czech Republic.

"There's No Prescribed Reaction": Consumer Electronics' Philip Best Interviewed

Wed, July 11 2012 9:14am - Source: The Quietus

30 years is a long time in music, and if that 30 years has been remarkable for its commitment to some of the most disturbing subject matter and extreme approaches to sound creation ever devised, then it stops looking like anything as prosaic as a career and takes on the characteristics of a holy mission or madman's quest.

Popdose at Kirkus Reviews: Coming Out, In Hindsight

Mon, June 11 2012 1:52pm - Source: Pop Dose

Kirkus Reviews is the industry bible for bookstore buyers, librarians, and ordinary readers alike.

Her Version Of Events: Emeli Sandé Interviewed

Wed, February 08 2012 12:45pm - Source: The Quietus

Pop renaissance woman, Emeli Sandé seemed to appear fully formed out of nowhere in 2010 adding her luxuriously soulful vocals to big hits by Chipmunk and Wiley.

Marshall Fine: Live from Sundance Film Festival 2012: Tuesday, Jan. 24

Wed, January 25 2012 3:37pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Anytime I see five movies in a day at a festival like Sundance and have a strong positive response to three of them, a positive response to the fourth and walk out of the fifth, well, that's a pretty good day.

In Left Field: My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless'

Wed, January 11 2012 11:37am - Source: Prefix Magazine

The end of 2011 saw a lot of press centered around the twentieth anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind , and for good reason.

Drum's Not Dead: Ali 'Perc' Wells Interviewed

Thu, December 15 2011 3:19pm - Source: The Quietus

The first time I encountered the music of Ali Wells, aka Haringey-based electronic artist, DJ and label boss Perc, was at a Demdike Stare gig, where new Quietus staffer Rory Gibb was DJing.

2011: Celebrating The Continued Shattering Of Our Culture

Tue, December 13 2011 1:18pm - Source: The Quietus

A question we're often asked is whether our ultimate dream is to have a Quietus magazine, as if to appear in print is the ultimate dream of any writer or publisher.

More Than The Mind Can Take: An Interview With Cut Hands

Tue, October 18 2011 4:16pm - Source: The Quietus

Though quietly intense where his music revels in volume and abrasion, a conversation with William Bennett displays pleasing textural similarities to his compositional approach.

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

Mon, October 17 2011 10:12am - Source: The Quietus

Some journalists will tell you that they require face to face access to musicians to get anything out of them worth writing about.

Mattress - Eldorado

Wed, September 21 2011 7:32am - Source: The Four Oh Five

The enfant terrible for every musician is the genre label.

Balam Acab: Alec Koone travels back home to craft his first album.

Mon, August 29 2011 2:33pm - Source: XLR8R

Alec Koone travels back home to craft his first album.

The End Is Nigh: An Interview With Locrian

Wed, January 05 2011 1:51pm - Source: The Quietus

What does the end of the world sound like?

CRUSTCAKE INTERVIEWS: R. LOREN OF PYRAMIDS, SAILORS WITH WAX WINGS, AND WHITE MOTH

Thu, December 09 2010 7:07pm - Source: crustcake

You could say I've been a bit obsessed recently with the work of Denton, Texas', R. Loren , mastermind behind Pyramids , Sailors With Wax Wings , and White Moth .

R. LOREN OF SAILORS WITH WAX WINGS/WHITE MOTH: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW

Thu, December 02 2010 10:04pm - Source: Metal Sucks

It takes cojones to put two drastically different albums together at once, even more cojones to organize the contributions of two-dozen collaborators.

An Hallucinatory Experience: R Loren On Sailors With Wax Wings

Wed, November 24 2010 2:48pm - Source: The Quietus

White Moth, which brought together Lydia Lunch, Alec Empire and Dalek - among others - to pursue the silvery skeins of commonality between digital hardcore and black metal; and Sailors With Wax Wings, which has united Ted Parsons (Swans/Godflesh/Prong), Colin Marston (Krallice/Behold…The Arctopus), Aidan Baker (Nadja), Simon Scott (Slowdive), Dominick Fernow (Prurient/Cold Cave), Vern Rumsey (Unwound), Hildur Gudnadottir (Múm/Throbbing Gristle/The Knife/Fever Ray), Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride), Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Marissa Nadler, J. Leah and James Blackshaw, in a ghostly global collaboration named for the work of a long-dead poet.

Charlotte Church: why I had to sing again

Wed, October 06 2010 5:20pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

Church's first album in five years, Back to Scratch, is out on November 1.

Most blogged artists: Monarchy, Cold Cave, Tokyo Police Club

Wed, June 09 2010 2:36pm - Source: The Independent - Music

London-based duo Monarchy holds its spot as The Hype Machine's most blogged act of the moment on June 9, having recently premiered a track called "Love Get Out of My Way," according to The Hype Machine.

Prurient News

Andrew Bird, Questlove, Thundercat, Kim Gordon and others played the 'Night of Improvised Round Robin Duets' (pics)

Album Review: Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

Red Bull Music Academy begins, win tix to Flying Lotus

Interview: Cold Cave

ANDY O'CONNOR'S TOP 10 THINGS OF 2012

Show No Mercy: Pig Destroyer

Vatican Shadow: Ornamented Walls

Director's Cut: Sharon Van Etten: "Magic Chords"

Popdose at Kirkus Reviews: “Light and Shade”

Love & Art: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Interviewed

Things The Quietus Learned At Incubate Festival 2012

Graded on a Curve: Violent Femmes, Hallowed Ground

Happy Birthday, Rolling Stones...

Vatican Shadow - September Cell / Operation Neptune Spear

Czech It Out: Karlovy Vary Film Festival Explored

"There's No Prescribed Reaction": Consumer Electronics' Philip Best Interviewed

Popdose at Kirkus Reviews: Coming Out, In Hindsight

Her Version Of Events: Emeli Sandé Interviewed

Marshall Fine: Live from Sundance Film Festival 2012: Tuesday, Jan. 24

In Left Field: My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless'

Drum's Not Dead: Ali 'Perc' Wells Interviewed

2011: Celebrating The Continued Shattering Of Our Culture

More Than The Mind Can Take: An Interview With Cut Hands

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

Mattress - Eldorado

Balam Acab: Alec Koone travels back home to craft his first album.

The End Is Nigh: An Interview With Locrian

CRUSTCAKE INTERVIEWS: R. LOREN OF PYRAMIDS, SAILORS WITH WAX WINGS, AND WHITE MOTH

R. LOREN OF SAILORS WITH WAX WINGS/WHITE MOTH: THE METALSUCKS INTERVIEW

An Hallucinatory Experience: R Loren On Sailors With Wax Wings

Charlotte Church: why I had to sing again

Most blogged artists: Monarchy, Cold Cave, Tokyo Police Club

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