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Hippo Campus “Souls” video screenshot

WATCH: Hippo Campus Goes Toe-to-Toe with Ghouls in Video for “Souls”

The St. Paul group’s debut EP “Bashful Creatures” is being re-released on May 5 via Grand Jury.

February 25, 2015

2015. Built to Spill press photo by John Shinn

LISTEN: At Long Last, Built to Spill Roars Back to Life with Huge New Track “Living Zoo”

The indie-rock heroes’ eighth album “Untethered Moon” is out April 21 via Warner Bros. Records.

February 24, 2015

2015. Grounders press photo by Laura-Lynn Petrick

LISTEN: Grounders Synthesize Warmth with New Psych-Pop Track, “Secret Friend”

The single is the first taste from their upcoming full-length debut, out May 12.

February 24, 2015

Blur “Go Out” video screenshot

WATCH: Blur Mark Their Return with a Trip to the Ice Cream Store in Video for “Go Out”

Guitarist Graham Coxon and Producer Stephen Street are back with the group for “The Magic Whip,” due out April 28 via Warner Bros. Records.

February 19, 2015

Kurt Vonnegut “Unstuck in Time” trailer screenshot

Art & CultureFilm + TV
Thirty-Three Years in the Making, An Officially Licensed Kurt Vonnegut Documentary Is Just a Kickstarter Away

“A sum of money is a leading character in this tale about people, just as a sum of honey might properly be a leading character in a tale about bees.”

February 11, 2015

2014. Dan Gilroy on the set of Nightcrawler. photo by chuck zlotnick

Film + TV
Breaking: Dan Gilroy

The ascending mind behind “Nightcrawler” tunes in to talk family, new beginnings, and why we live in a descending world.

February 10, 2015

Natalie Prass “Why Don’t You Believe in Me” video screenshot

WATCH: Natalie Prass Applies Some Mystical Make-Up in Video For “Why Don’t You Believe In Me”

The cut is from her self-titled debut out now via Spacebomb Records.

February 04, 2015

Neil Young and Jimmy Fallon perform on The Tonight Show on 1/3/2015

Film + TV
WATCH: Seeing Double? Neil Young Plays “Old Man” With… “Neil Young” On “The Tonight Show”

Jimmy Fallon’s impression of the legend has come full-circle.

February 04, 2015

Jessica Pratt / 2015 / photo by Dola Baroni

Breaking: Jessica Pratt

We find out what worldly elements were at play in the making of the burgeoning singer-songwriter’s otherworldly new album.

January 30, 2015

Los Angeles Police Department / 2014

LISTEN: Los Angeles Police Department Shares Fuzzy New Track “Insecurity”

As far as lo-fi bedroom projects go, “success” is a pretty vague term. But no matter how he looks at…

January 28, 2015

Trailer screenshot from Alex Garland’s “Ex Machina”

Film + TV
WATCH: Alex Garland’s Directorial Debut “Ex Machina” Blurs The Line Between Humans and Machines

With its Rotten Tomatoes ranking currently sitting at a cool one-hundred percent, Ex Machina premiered in the UK this week, marking…

January 22, 2015

Matthew E. White / 2015 / photo credit: Shawn Brackbrill

LISTEN: Matthew E. White Releases the Rolling and Romping Americana Single “Rock & Roll Is Cold”

The first glimpse of Matthew E. White’s sophomore album (and debut on Domino) Fresh Blood came in the form of…

January 12, 2015

Pee-wee’s Playhouse screenshot

Film + TV
The New Pee-Wee Herman Movie Is Happening (On Netflix, Probably)

In the best news since the advent of Mr. T Cereal, the long-rumored third Pee-wee Herman movie is finally starting…

December 23, 2014

Knight of Cups trailer screenshot

Film + TV
WATCH: Terrence Malick’s “Knight of Cups” Now Has An Appropriately Baffling and Beautiful Trailer

After initially limiting himself to roughly one film a decade for forty straight years, art house legend Terrence Malick has…

December 16, 2014

Inherent Vice Thomas Pynchon credits

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PLAYLIST: Your Unofficial “Inherent Vice” Soundtrack

For Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest flick, an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice, frequent PTA collaborator (and Radiohead member) Jonny…

December 12, 2014
LISTEN: Moors Team Up With Slow Magic for a Remix of “Girls”

While Moors and Slow Magic may not be household names quite yet, both acts are poised to break through in…

December 02, 2014

Screenshot from Jurassic World

Film + TV
WATCH: The “Jurassic World” Trailer Is Here And It Will Make You Nostalgic

In the tradition of major motion picture franchises, fourth movies in the series have not been especially kind to the…

November 25, 2014

2014. Weezer press photo by Emily Shur.

Events
LIVE: Two Different Shades of Weezer at Work Together at The Belasco Theater (11/7/2014)

For Weezer’s homecoming at the Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles, the band was billed to do something that in previous years could have been more of a chore than a treat: play their newest album in its entirety.

November 12, 2014

Eric Andre / Courtesy of Adult Swim

Film + TV
Caffeinated Comedy: On the Couch with Eric Andre

The new ruler of late-night insanity takes a coffee break with us to talk about what to expect from season three of “The Eric Andre Show” on Adult Swim.

November 06, 2014

The Mantles / 2014 press / credit: David Armstrong

LISTEN: The Mantles Work Themselves Out of the Garage on “Memory”

Though The Mantles may still be slumming around in the same dingy SF clubs and bars that they were born…

October 10, 2014
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