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2015. Patti Smith by Steven Sebring

Patti Smith Is Working on “Tons” of New Literary Projects

“I’m always just working. I have tons and tons and tons of unpublished material.”

October 06, 2015

Courtney Barnett. Blue Series. Third Man.

LISTEN: Courtney Barnett to Release Jack White-Produced Single, Shares Boys Next Door Cover “Shivers”

The Australian rocker has also announced a deluxe edition of “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit,” out in November.

October 06, 2015

2015. St. Vincent playing her signature Ernie Ball guitar.

CONTEST: Win a St. Vincent Signature Ernie Ball Music Man Guitar

Plus VIP access for two to FLOODfest Brooklyn.

October 06, 2015

Caravan Palace // photo by Antoine Delaporte

PREMIERE: Paris’s Caravan Palace Bring Ragtime to the Raving Masses with “Russian”

Twenty-three skidoo!

October 06, 2015

TORONTO, ON – SEPTEMBER 17: Director Chantal Akerman poses for a portrait to promote her film “Demain on Déménage” during the 29th Annual Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, Friday, September 17, 2004. (Photo by Donald Weber/Getty Images)

RIP: Chantal Akerman (1950–2015)

The experimental filmmaker was 65 years old.

October 06, 2015

Tortoise // photo by Andrew Paynter

LISTEN: Tortoise Announce New Album “The Catastrophist,” Share Single “Gesceap”

The experimental Chicago post-rock group returns on January 22 with their first album since 2009.

October 06, 2015

The Last Panthers opening credits

WATCH: New David Bowie Song “Blackstar” Scores Opening Credits of “The Last Panthers”

The Sky Atlantic/CANAL + prestige drama debuts November 12 in Europe.

October 06, 2015

2015. “Vinyl” trailer. HBO

WATCH: Bobby Cannavale Never Stops Hustling in Full “Vinyl” Trailer

The HBO series premieres in January 2016.

October 05, 2015

Run The Jewels / photo by Jasmine Safaeian

LISTEN: Adult Swim Releases a Brand-New Run The Jewels Track “Rubble Kings Theme (Dynamite)”

The final Adult Swim single does not disappoint.

October 05, 2015

Surf Rock is Dead “Equinox” video

PREMIERE: Surf Rock is Dead Defy Their Own Name, Share Surf-Flecked “Equinox”

The Brooklyn group’s first single gets a video.

October 05, 2015

photo by Suzanne Cordeiro

LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Austin City Limits Festival Weekend One (10/2–4/2015)

Riding high through weekend one of Austin’s other major festival.

October 05, 2015

Whopper Wine

Burger King Now Selling Whopper Wine in Spain

The “your way” at which you can have it now apparently includes “drunk”

October 05, 2015

Dilly Dally. Sore cover.

Dilly Dally, “Sore”

Her count-off at the top of opener “Desire” is a battle cry for a war she wages against her own vocal chords throughout the record.

October 05, 2015

Janet Jackson “Unbreakable” album cover

LISTEN: Janet Jackson Gets Us Through With “Gon’ B Alright”

#FunkyFriday

October 02, 2015

Serial Logo Collage.

Art & CultureFilm + TV

“Serial” the TV Show Is Coming

Also, keep an ear out for the two new stories coming from the original podcast this fall.

October 02, 2015

2015. Sound Board Dark Red

Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

Our picks for the best tracks out there for the week of September 28–October 2, 2015. Headphone-tested, FLOOD-approved.

October 02, 2015

2015. Trevor Noah

Art & CultureEvents

RSVP: Free Entry to Politicon in Los Angeles

Featuring “The Daily Show”‘s Trevor Noah, “VEEP”‘s Tony Hale, and more.

October 02, 2015

There’s a Beastie-Boys-Related “Star Wars” Character

You see I walk like Jabba The Hutt, with the style so new y’all be like what

October 02, 2015

Tinariwen perform on Day Two of Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

LISTEN: Tinariwen Share “Tinde Final” From Upcoming “Live In Paris, Oukis N’Asuf’”

The Tuareg desert-rockers’ live set is out November 20 on Wedge.

October 02, 2015

ACL 2014 / Photo by Pooneh Ghana

LIVE-STREAM: Austin City Limits Music Festival This Weekend

All of the music, none of the heat.

October 02, 2015

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