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2015. Ernie Ball’s Battle of the Band flyer crop

Events
CONTEST: Ernie Ball’s Battle of the Bands 2015

Next month we will be hitting the road with some of our favorite acts and heading to Austin, Texas. Want…

February 04, 2015

Blonde Redhead performs in the FLOOD Gallery / photo by Jasmine Safaeian

Events
LIVE: Blonde Redhead Plays an Intimate Set at FLOOD Gallery

An exclusive evening featuring a performance by the New York trio

February 03, 2015

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Nile Rodgers Announces the Return of Chic

Despite the fact that Nile Rodgers has consistently been writing/producing/glamorizing for the last four decades, it’s been a while for…

February 03, 2015

The Very Best / 2015 / photo by Johan Hugo

LISTEN: The Very Best Shares Track “Let Go,” Announces New Album “Makes A King”

Back in 2009, The Very Best boogied into the hearts of many with their excellent collaboration with Vampire Weekend’s Ezra…

February 03, 2015

Still from “Black Lake,” commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and directed by Andrew Thomas Huang, 2015….

Art & Culture
Björk To Be Honored with MoMA Retrospective Exhibition

New York’s Museum of Modern Art has announced an upcoming retrospective exhibit dedicated to the art and music of Icelandic auteur, Björk….

February 02, 2015

Matthew E. White / 2015 / photo by Shawn Brackbill

LISTEN: Matthew E. White Shares “Tranquility,” A Low-Register Tribute Track to Philip Seymour Hoffman

With the actor’s last work still not completely out, it may be hard to believe that it’s been a whole year…

February 02, 2015

Katy Perry Super Bowl halftime show

Art & Culture
Katy Perry Did A Pretty Great Job For Her Super Bowl Halftime Show

The halftime show of Super Bowl XLIX lacked any salacious wardrobe malfunctions or sudden blackouts, but headliner Katy Perry still…

February 02, 2015

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Staff Picks
Sound Board: The Week’s Best Tracks

As January comes to a close, the music world was treated to several excellent new tracks this week from upcoming…

January 30, 2015
WATCH: Will Butler Gets Weird in the Woods in Video for “Anna”

If you thought from the first taste of Will Butler’s solo debut—the single “Take My Side”—that the Arcade Fire member’s…

January 29, 2015

2015. Clip Art by Aaron Corey

LISTEN: Clip Art Shares First Single, “Airborne Ranger,” Announces Debut LP

If you’re going to survive a winter in Chicago, you’re going to need some catchy music to get you moving…

January 29, 2015

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Film + TV
Paul Feig Reveals His All-Women “Ghostbusters 3” Cast

As so many seem to be doing these days, director Paul Feig used Twitter to announce his prospective cast for the…

January 28, 2015

2014. Wim Wenders and Dennis Hopper courtesy of MoMa © Wim Wenders Stiftung 2014

Art & CultureFilm + TV
MoMA to Honor Wim Wenders With Huge Career Retrospective

Over the last forty years, Wim Wenders has quietly become a leader of independent and foreign cinema, mostly banking on…

January 27, 2015

2015. Operators photo by Shervin Lainez

LISTEN: Dan Boeckner’s New Act Operators Offers Hint of Things to Come With “Ecstasy In My House”

Now that everyone has just accepted that Dan Boeckner is an unstoppable madman, word of a new group created by the…

January 27, 2015

2015. Lightning Bolt photo by Natalja Kent

Noise Rockers Lightning Bolt Announce Sixth Album, “Fantasy Empire”

If you thought Lightning Bolt playing their last ever set at Death By Audio in New York might have seemed…

January 27, 2015

2015. Death Cab For Cutie, photo by We Are The Rhoads

LISTEN: Death Cab for Cutie Shares First Single From “Kintsugi”

Death Cab for Cutie has released “Black Sun,” the lead single off of the band’s upcoming album Kintsugi (out March…

January 27, 2015

2015. Mikal Cronin press photo by Myles Pettengill.

LISTEN: Mikal Cronin Announces Appropriately-Named Third LP “MCIII,” Shares “Made My Mind Up”

In a recent interview with Marc Maron, Ty Segall talked about the multiple talents of his frequent collaborator and bandmate…

January 26, 2015

2015. Tom Petty (photo by Sam Jones) and Sam Smith (photo by Stephanie Sian Smith)

Sam Smith and Tom Petty Settle Dispute Over “Stay With Me”

It looks like soulful British star Sam Smith owes a bit of his massive musical success to American legend Tom…

January 26, 2015

2015. Ariel Pink, “Dayzed Inn Daydreams”

WATCH: Reality Is a Beautiful Bummer in Video for Ariel Pink’s “Dayzed Inn Daydreams”

With a tumultuous and spectacular 2014 behind him, Ariel Pink has continued his vision of a pom pom universe today with…

January 26, 2015

2013. Beyonce at the Super Bowl

Art & CultureFilm + TVStaff Picks
Are You Ready For Some—: Ranking the Last 22 Years of Super Bowl Halftime Shows From Worst to Best

Lip-synching, unplugged instruments, and blatant product placements, oh my!

January 26, 2015

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Primavera Sound 2015 Lineup Released

The refreshing taste of variety: The Strokes, Patti Smith, Sleater-Kinney, and more will head to Barcelona this May

January 23, 2015
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