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Kanye West and Jay-Z’s “Otis” vs De La Soul’s “Eye Know”- Which Otis Redding sample wins out?
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tUnE-yArDs at Hudson River Park’s RiverRocks
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Animal Collective at Prospect Park Bandshell
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Washed Out and Grimes at Bowery Ballroom
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Flying Lotus at Bowery Ballroom
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New Deerhunter Songs!
The boys of Deerhunter are at it again, with new songs "60 Cycle Hum" and "Nosebleed." Their last album, Halcyon Digest, came out in September and made a big noise, bringing a lot of well-deserved attention to the group after years of producing dazzling, but slower and more ambient music. Mere months later, Deerhunter is at it again, making me swoon with their silky smooth mel
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Soundtrack Sound Off: No Age Score Fashion Film for Rodarte
A few weeks ago I wrote about Deerhunter scoring an aimlessly ambient film for the fashion line Rodarte. It appears that Rodarte is at it again, recruiting indie band No Age for this season's short film, Rodarte: States of Matter. Apart f
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My Newfound Respect for Lady Gaga
Over my spring break, my friend offered me a free ticket to a Lady Gaga concert in Anaheim, California. I wasn't exactly a Lady Gaga fan- I don't really know any of her songs and I don't really know much about her at all other than the fact that she wore a meat dress to some event and caused a ruckus. But it was a free ticket to a show I had heard was a must-see. And so I went.
The
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Soundtrack Sound Off: Fever Ray song “The Wolf” in Red Riding Hood
The next film by Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke, Red Riding Hood (out now!), features a song by Fever Ray, or Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife, titled "The Wolf," which perfectly demonstrates the dark, sexy twist on the fairy tale remake. This song is haunting, ghoulish, and even a little off-putting towards the end. Watchin
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Soundtrack Sound Off: Deerhunter Score Short Film
Deerhunter, the Atlanta-based indie rock band behind the gorgeous album Halcyon Digest, recently scored a short film called The Curve of Forgotten Things. In the short, Elle Fanning wanders aimlessly around an oil site looking for nice things in wildly inappropriate outfits. This is
