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Join Pavement Onstage For Fallon

September 03, 2010
stereogum — Pavement are no strangers to cool contests, but this latest one definitely beats roaming around IKEA with Bob Nastanovich (no offense Bob/Sweden). Pavement will perform on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 9/23 and one lucky fan will be joining the ban... read more »

Röyksopp – “The Drug” Video

September 03, 2010
stereogum — Skulls, scrunchies, and Don McLean graffiti highlight this creepy Röyksopp vid directed by That Go’s Noel Paul and Stefan Moore.Read More... read more »

School of Seven Bells @ KCRW Studios, Santa Monica 9/2/10

September 03, 2010
stereogum — School of Seven Bells are no strangers to unplugging their instruments. Yesterday they stopped by KCRW for a live studio performance of stripped down, shimmery selections from their latest album Disconnect From Desire. Check out the podcast to dis... read more »

Gold Panda @ Glasslands, Brooklyn 8/30/10

September 02, 2010
stereogum — On the eve of being named to our 40 Best New Artists Of 2010 list, UK producer Gold Panda headlined Glasslands Gallery on Kent St. in Williamsburg, live-mixing the beat snatches and effects pedal switches of his often dazzling singles and EPs, alo... read more »

Oberhofer On A Big Ugly Yellow Couch

September 02, 2010
stereogum — Sad news: Oberhofer will be Big Ugly Yellow Couch’s last session for a while. Their place in Brooklyn, where each session was shot, burned down this summer. They’re in a new apartment, and they were able to save both the couch and their digital ar... read more »

Vampire Weekend’s Springsteen Cover Gets An Official Recording

September 02, 2010
stereogum — Earlier this week we posted about Vampire Weekend covering Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m Going’ Down” at Malkin Bowl in Vancouver. The guys just sat down for Seattle’s 107.7 The End’s 200th “Endsession” and did a clearer, stripped-down acoustic take. (... read more »

Land Of Talk – “Quarry Hymns” Video

September 02, 2010
stereogum — Land Of Talk’s “Quarry Hymns” video is beautifully shot, in black and white, with a single dancer moving in slow motion. There are a few ominous moments that cut through the gracefulness of the video. Because it’s new, and the trailer is new, it m... read more »

Girl Crisis (The Ladies Of Chairlift, Class Actress, Apache Beat, Au Revoir Simone, Acrylics, Et Al) Cover Taylor Dayne (Stereogum Premiere)

September 02, 2010
stereogum — Here it is, the latest installment from Girl Crisis, an all-female concept troupe operating on a specifically detailed concept. The idea behind it was to a) name themselves as a joke on Boy Crisis and b) exist only in web-video form featuring c) a... read more »

Zola Jesus – “Sea Talk” Video

September 02, 2010
stereogum — This video for The Valusia EP’s “Sea Talk” was directed by Jacqueline Castel, who also did the video for “Night.” Like last time, Nika Rosa Danilova, aka Zola Jesus, aka one of Sterogum’s 40 Best New Bands Of 2010, stars. Castel noted the “Night” ... read more »

GN’R Get Bottled In Dublin

September 02, 2010
stereogum — No respect. From either side. Guns N’ Roses opted to cut last night’s set at O2 in Dublin to 20 minutes after being pelted by plastic bottles. This came after GN’R took forever to materialize (and on the heels of having their earlier Reading and L... read more »

Download Radiohead’s Prague Concert Film

September 02, 2010
stereogum — A group of Radiohead fans used cheap Flip cameras to record the band’s Aug 23, 2009 show in Prague. Radiohead approved of the DIY concert film, and even provided the filmmakers with the soundboard recordings of the set. Now the concert film, simpl... read more »

Twig Harper & Daniel Higgs – “Number Two” (Stereogum Premiere)

September 02, 2010
Default_artist_40px stereogum — When I posted Say God’s “Hoofprints On The Ceiling Of My Mind” I reiterated my respect for Daniel Higgs, talked about the influence he had on me as a youngster (via Lungfish), and his excellent solo material (that crusty combo of long-neck banjo, ... read more »

Family Of The Year – “Let’s Be Honest” (Stereogum Premiere)

September 02, 2010
Default_artist_40px stereogum — Six-piece Family Of The Year have played around California for a bit, but they’re about to release their European debut, the Summer Girl EP. The band does include real family members, brothers Joe and Sebastian Keefe, but the band do all live toge... read more »

Das Racist – “Who’s That? Brooown!” Video

September 02, 2010
stereogum — Our love for Das Racist’s dadaist dipthongs, pithy wit raps, and punched-up Amitabh Bachchan-referencing rhyme schemes conclusively established in a love letter to the Shut Up, Dude mixtape (and bowling also), news of its powered-by-Diplo sequel S... read more »

Chris Martin Sings, iTunes Ping At Apple Music Event

September 01, 2010
stereogum — Today Apple introduced iTunes 10 featuring Ping, a sort of social network based around your iTunes plays. According to Gizmodo: Read More... read more »

The Acorn – “Restoration” Video

September 01, 2010
stereogum — This Exploding Motor Car-directed video for No Ghost’s second single “Restoration” was shot on location at “the Mataseje Family Farm” in Beamsville, Ontario. The footage of the band at their time-lapse BBQ is pretty standard nature-folk/pop whatev... read more »

The Flaming Lips, Dinosaur Jr., Deerhoof To Perform LPs For ATP Don’t Look Back 2011

September 01, 2010
stereogum — As we prepare ourselves for this weekend’s pleasingly loud ATP NY (see: Holy Mountain, Superfuzz Bigmuff, Raw Power, Sunn O))) + Boris, SY, ATP regulars Fuck Buttons, etc.), it’s been announced that on 7/1 of next year Flaming Lips will do the 11-... read more »

Fever Ray Continue To Scare The Shit Out Of Fans

September 01, 2010
stereogum — Fever Ray has some tour dates coming up, and Karin Dreijer worked with director Andreas Nilsson (who’s directed videos for Fever Ray, as well as MGMT and Yeasayer) on a look for her live show. Here’s a peak at the new makeup and costuming: Read Mo... read more »

Valdur – “Berserrker” (Stereogum Premiere)

September 01, 2010
stereogum — The ballsy Mammoth, Lakes California trio Valdur play blistering blackened punk/war metal (featuring a Norwegian-born vocalist named Thor). They aren’t crusty like Bone Awl. It’s a close-cropped brutal death-inflected BM sound: Think of the recent... read more »

Stereogum’s 40 Best New Bands Of 2010

September 01, 2010
Default_artist_40px stereogum — With fall on the horizon, we’re escaping a slow summer and shifting into that final, fertile phase of the music year’s release cycle. Which makes it a ripe time to get some perspective on the year, in terms of the big records from past favorites, ... read more »
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