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The crowd at FYF Fest / photo by Rozette Rago

Events
5 Under-the-Radar Acts to Catch at FYF Fest

Like you need someone to tell you to see Kendrick.

August 26, 2016

Photo by Imeh Bryant for The Paley Center

Art & CultureFilm + TV
Disappoint Your Mom and Recreate Your Favorite “South Park” Scenes at LA’s Paley Center

The South Park 20 Experience comes to the media organization’s Los Angeles branch.

August 24, 2016
Live Stream Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak Twentieth Anniversary Stage this Saturday at Electric Zoo: Wild Island

Aoki has been throwing cakes for longer than you realized.

August 20, 2016

photo by Daniel Cavazos

Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Eaux Claires (8/12–13/2016)

Justin Vernon takes us deep into the Wisco woods.

August 16, 2016
Staff Picks
Return of the Tapes: Peeking into the Window of Five of the Best Bedroom Artists

As these artists show, you don’t need a recording studio to make a great record.

August 10, 2016

Local Natives at FLOODfest Chicago / photo by James Richards IV

Events
RECAP: Local Natives Soar at FLOODfest Chicago

Can’t stop the music.

August 01, 2016

2016. Benoît Pioulard cred Jake Muir

PREMIERE: Benoît Pioulard Mends His Broken Bones on the Wistful “Layette”

“The Benoît Pioulard Listening Matter” is out October 14 via Kranky.

July 29, 2016

Local Natives performing on plane. Photo by Virgin America/Bob Riha, Jr.

WATCH: Local Natives Play at 35,000 Feet En Route to Lollapalooza/FLOODfest

“This is our first time playing on an airplane.”

July 28, 2016

Lollapalooza logo header

Staff Picks
Celebrate the First Day of Lolla 2016 with 19 Videos from 19 Lollapaloozas

One from every year of the festival’s history.

July 28, 2016

CHICAGO, IL – JULY 31: Kevin McKeown of Black Pistol Fire crowd surfs at the BMI Stage at Grant Park on July 31, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images)

WATCH: Lollapalooza Comes to You Live from Chicago’s Front Yard

Pour yourself a shot of Malört and settle in.

July 28, 2016

Panorama / photo by Joyce Jude Lee

Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Panorama (7/22–24/2016)

Coachella goes east.

July 28, 2016

Of Montreal-2016-Cred_Ben Rouse

Suffering Is Stiff: of Montreal Courts Trauma on “my fair lady”

No relation to “Pygmalion.”

July 22, 2016

Union Park / photo by James Richards IV

Events
LIVE, IN PHOTOS: Pitchfork Music Festival (7/15–17/2016)

Sufjan Stevens, Savages, Blood Orange, and more keep it 100 at Union Park.

July 18, 2016

Sherbert Gang / no credit

PREMIERE: Rawkus Records Founder Joins Sherbert Gang, Heads West for Beat-Happy “Battle Cry”

Brian Brater and Amir H. Fallah set their sights on the sun.

July 18, 2016

FLOODfest header image

Events
RSVP: FLOODfest Chicago 2016

Local Natives, Classixx, and Baio will bring the party to our very own mini-fest rocking Chicago on Saturday, July 30.

July 17, 2016

Wilderado / photo by Cara Robbins

PREMIERE: Wilderado Offer You a Glimpse of “Morning Light” in New Video

From the LA-via-Dustbowl quartet’s debut EP, “Latigo.”

July 13, 2016

2016. Michael Jackson Moonwalker game screenshot

Art & CultureFilm + TVStaff Picks
Another Green World: Our Favorite Non-Musical Forays from Musicians

The new semi-animated Toro Y Moi concert film got us thinking: when it comes to making things that aren’t music, which musicians have done it best?

July 13, 2016

2015 Beach House press photo cred Shawn Brackbrill

We’re Giving Away Fresh-Pressed “Vinyl” from Beach House, Martin Courtney, Holy Ghost!, and MOORS at Pitchfork Fest

Made from recycled plates and cut on demand!

July 13, 2016

XYLO screenshot America performance Original Tracks

PREMIERE: XYLØ Escape to the “Afterlife” for Original Tracks

The LA brother-sister duo deliver a stripped-down take on the “America” EP cut.

July 12, 2016

Cloud Nothings at Pickathon / photo by Tim LaBarge

PREMIERE: Cloud Nothings Achieve Liftoff in Pickathon Galaxy Barn with “Separation”

If you caught our premiere of A Giant Dog’s “Sex & Drugs,” or if you’ve spent any time looking at this…

July 12, 2016
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