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2015. A Tribe Called Quest performing Can I Kick It on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon screenshot

WATCH: A Tribe Called Quest Reunites on “The Tonight Show” to Perform “Can I Kick It?”

Still no word on how this affects the future of the group.

November 16, 2015

2015. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Paper Mache Dream Balloon cover (1200×1200)

Reviews
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, “Paper Mâché Dream Balloon”

Full of sugary melodies, dust-stomped percussion, and at least a few flute solos, it’s a delightfully fun experiment—so long as lighting candles and having a party in a barn is the type of thing that sounds fun to you.

November 12, 2015

2015. Ty Segall Emotional Mugger promo video screenshot

WATCH: Via Blockbuster VHS, Ty Segall Announces the New LP “Emotional Mugger” [UPDATED]

Sit down for a message from Dr. Ty Segall, Ph.D, doing tests on what appears to be a very sharp looking King Tuff. [You can now call the “Emotional Mugger” hotline as well.]

November 11, 2015

2015. The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs reissue cover hi-res

LISTEN: FIDLAR and Bully Team Up to Cover The Magnetic Fields’ “Absolutely Cuckoo”

Plus, in honor of the reissue release of “69 Love Songs,” Stephin Merritt has added annotations on Genius.

November 11, 2015

2015. The Casket Girls press photo uncredited

PREMIERE: Relent (But Don’t Repent) with The Casket Girls in “Western World”

The song is from “What Keeps You Up At Night,” the band’s upcoming split EP with Stardeath and White Dwarfs, set for release on Record Store Day, November 27.

November 09, 2015

2015. Trailer for Hi How are You Daniel Johnston screenshot

Film + TV
WATCH: Visit Devil Town in the Trailer for “Hi How Are You Daniel Johnston”

The short film, which was executive produced by Lana Del Rey, premieres online November 11.

November 09, 2015

2014 Twin Peaks teaser Sign edited to say 2017

Film + TV
“Twin Peaks” Actually Isn’t Going to Air Until 2017

“See you never.” — Laura Palmer

November 04, 2015

Moby and the Void Pacific Choir “The Light Is Clear in My Eyes”

Art & Culture
Moby to Tell His Strange, Strange Life Story in Upcoming Memoir “Porcelain”

The book will be released in June and has received advance praise from Salman Rushdie and Dave Eggers.

November 03, 2015

2005. Jeff Byrd and Britt Daniel of Spoon backstage. From Gimme Fiction’s oral history via the band’s Tumblr

LISTEN: Ten Years Out, Spoon Announces Deluxe Reissue of “Gimme Fiction”

You can hear a home demo of “Was It You?” and check out the oral history of the 2005 landmark release now.

November 03, 2015

2015. Trailer for charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa

Film + TV
WATCH: Adaptation Continues in the Trailer for Charlie Kaufman’s Stop-Motion Film “Anomalisa”

This is the second-ever feature directorial project from Kaufman, the writer of “Adaptation.,” “Being John Malkovich,” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

November 02, 2015

2015. Jerry Schatzberg in Bob Dylan mini documentary about the making of Blonde on Blonde

WATCH: “Blonde on Blonde” Photographer Tells the Story of Shooting Dylan in New Mini-Doc

Send this to your dad.

October 28, 2015

2015. Bob Nastanovich playing with Crooked Corners, a Pavement cover band. Screenshot

WATCH: For One Night Only, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West Moonlight in Crooked Corners, a Pavement Cover Band

I’d keep your address to yourself, guys.

October 27, 2015

2000. O Brother, Where Art Thou? screenshot George Clooney

Film + TV
George Clooney to Reportedly Direct Upcoming Coen Brothers Noir “Suburbicon”

He’s bonafide.

October 26, 2015

2015. The Mantles All Odds End cover high res

Reviews
The Mantles, “All Odds End”

The Mantles, content with the bigger picture, are playing starfish out in Oakland, and have committed themselves to a slow but steady output of charismatic jangle rock spangled by a perennially underground status.

October 23, 2015
Art & CultureEvents
Not Even a Wafer-Thin Mint: Gorging at the EastSide Food Festival

Self control is put to the test at the second annual sampling of LA’s most beloved and promising restaurants and eateries.

October 22, 2015

The Mantles Doorframe video screenshot 2015

WATCH: Hit the Plastic Beach with The Mantles in the Video for “Doorframe”

“All Odds End” is out now on Slumberland

October 21, 2015

2015. Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues alternate video screenshot

WATCH: Follow the Evolution of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” in a Compilation of Newly Released Edits

The specially made track combines multiple unreleased takes from the upcoming twelfth installment in the exhaustive “Bootleg Series.”

October 21, 2015

2015. David Berman of Silver Jews press photo cred Bobbi Fabian

Staff Picks
Somewhere in a Foggy Atlas: A Silver Jews Map of America

Touring the more poetic ends of the country with our guide David Berman, in honor of the tenth anniversary of “Tanglewood Numbers.”

October 19, 2015

1993. Nightmare Before Christmas poster crop

EventsFilm + TV
Halloween Town Will Return for a Special Musical Performance of “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” at the Hollywood Bowl [UPDATED]

Composer Danny Elfman is set to reprise his singing role as Jack Skellington for the bash on October 31 in Los Angeles. [The Halloween show is now sold out, but a November 1 show has been added.]

October 19, 2015

2015 Beach House press photo cred Shawn Brackbrill

Beach House Reveals and Details Surprise LP “Thank Your Lucky Stars”

The album is out next Friday digitally and on vinyl, which means that this was a very well kept secret.

October 08, 2015
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