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WATCH: The Trailer for Eels’ Live At Royal Albert Hall Performance Promises Big Pipe-Dream Wish Fulfillment

Throughout 2014, Mark Oliver Everett and Eels were on a massive tour in support of the project’s eleventh studio record, The…

January 16, 2015

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After Nineteen Days, Two Rock Climbers Are The First To Free-Climb El Cap’s Dawn Wall

A historic mountain climb that began two days after Christmas finished at 3:00 p.m. PST yesterday afternoon as Tommy Caldwell and Kevin…

January 15, 2015

Caribou / 2014 / photo by Thomas Neukum

Caribou’s Dan Snaith Just Put Together A Thousand-Song-Long YouTube Playlist

There’s no doubt about it: Caribou had a great 2014 and, coming off of such an epic year with the release of the…

January 14, 2015

Angel City / Flight School header / photo by Max Sweeney

Flight School: Angel City Brewery in Los Angeles

Brewmaster Layton Cutler takes us through a flight of five of the many success stories of Angel City Brewery, including a few of their flagships as well as two limited-edition experiments, discusses the history of beer-making, and explains a how an IPA gets its bite.

January 13, 2015

House of Cards season 3 trailer

Hail to the Chief: “House of Cards” Season Three Trailer Reveals the Highest Stakes Yet

When we last left Frank Underwood, the master manipulator had risen possibly further than even he had anticipated—and now we…

January 12, 2015

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Sufjan Stevens Announces New Record, “Carrie & Lowell,” Releases Album Trailer

Stevens’s seventh studio album will be released March 31 on Asthmatic Kitty

January 12, 2015

Talking Heads 1980 live performance

WATCH: This Full, Never-Before-Seen Talking Heads Show from 1980 Is Incredible

OK, this is rather amazing. Behold: Talking Heads live. Nope, sorry, no Coachella reunion this year (best let some things go,…

January 09, 2015

Duplass Brothers play the HBO credits

WATCH: The Duplass Brothers Slay The Classic “HBO Feature Presentation” Theme

Further proof the Duplass brothers can do no wrong: musical duo! For a silly Friday treat, the writing-directing duo riffed…

January 09, 2015

Jose Gonzalez performs TLC’s “Waterfalls on Swedish TV

WATCH: José González Covers TLC’s “Waterfalls” on Swedish TV

Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to.

January 09, 2015

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Aphex Twin Announces New EP, “Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2”

Richard D. James apparently isn’t done with us quite yet. Coming right on the heel’s of last year’s Grammy-nominated Syro,…

January 09, 2015

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WATCH: David Cronenberg’s “Maps To The Stars” Looks Delightfully, Frightfully Unhinged

David Cronenberg‘s career has evolved with such precise method over the decades, it’s easy to submit oneself willingly to the…

January 08, 2015

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WATCH: The First Teaser Trailer for Marvel’s “Ant-Man” Introduces the Relationship Between Lang and Pym

The long-drawn-out drama on the production set of Marvel‘s Ant-Man was an industry water-cooler staple last year. The passion project of…

January 07, 2015

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night / The Girl puts on eyeliner.

Ana Lily Amirpour Details Follow-up to Iranian Vampire Western Debut, “A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night”

The writer-director’s second film will be “a post-apocalyptic cannibal love story set in a Texas wasteland.”

January 07, 2015

Porcupine in a cage

This New Replacements Song Is A Half-Hour Jazz Improv Jam

The Replacements have kinda-sorta released new material here and there in the lead-up to and following their official reunion in…

December 22, 2014

The Interview teaser poster

Sony Pulls “The Interview” Amidst Terrorism Threats from the “Guardians of Peace” Hackers [UPDATE]

In a surprising turn of events, Sony Pictures has decided to cancel the Seth Rogen–James Franco goofball comedy The Interview, as…

December 18, 2014

Screenshot from Purity Ring’s “Push Pull”

LISTEN: Purity Ring Releases New, Pulse-Laden Single, “Push Pull”

Corin Roddick and Megan James made a memorable mark in 2012 with their debut Shrines, a jewel of a 4AD pop record—shimmering…

December 04, 2014

WATCH: These Are the Droids We’ve Been Waiting For: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Teaser

Who needs coffee when you’ve got fandom? As promised, the official teaser for the J. J. Abrams–helmed Star Wars Episode VII…

November 28, 2014

Killer Mike in St. Louis

WATCH: Killer Mike Delivers Impassioned Speech on Michael Brown and Ferguson from St. Louis

“I knew it was coming… I knew it wasn’t going to be a good day. I have a twenty-year-old son and a twelve-year-old son and I am so afraid for them.”

November 25, 2014

Will Butler / 2014 / self-portrait

LISTEN: Arcade Fire’s Will Butler Debuts First Raucous, Spirited Single, “Take My Side”

Will Butler, younger brother of Win, was recognized most in the earlier days of Arcade Fire as wearing a helmet, drumming…

November 24, 2014

Screenshot from Run The Jewels’ “Blockbuster Night Part 1” music video

WATCH: Killer Mike and El-P Take the Graveyard Shift in Uncensored “Blockbuster Night Part 1” Video

Music can save your life, but Run the Jewels probably won’t.

November 21, 2014

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