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Best New Music
This new Slumberland band will be bracketed with other lo-fi/noise-pop peers, but they have songs that will appeal beyond the confines of subcultures: Anyone with a weakness for trebly, melancholy pop music will find a lot to like about this record.
On The Crying Light, Antony Hegarty remains fascinated with the transitions and overlaps between birth and life, life and death, this world and the next, but he expresses them in more universal, more direct, but no less rapturous terms than he did on his New York-tinted breakthrough I Am a Bird Now.
Reviews
Andy Samberg's "Dick" (among others) on a CD. Jack Black, Julian Casablancas, T-Pain, Norah Jones, and E-40 guest.
[Jessica Suarez]Newly engaged to Mandy Moore, the prolific singer-songwriter offers an iTunes-only EP featuring six previously released songs and a studio version of an obscure, 10-year-old live track.
[Stephen M. Deusner]Get Physical stars return with a digital-only compilation of reworked and formerly issued material.
[Roque Strew]Actor Jason Schwartzman-- who, to be fair, was making music before he was making movies-- returns with another rewarding small-scale pop project, reminiscent of 60s British Invasion artists and 90s artists like Elliott Smith and Weezer who aped them.
[Amy Granzin]This debut album by filmmaker and media production head Alex Moulton scores an imagined science-fiction adventure with classic Vangelis and French House flourishes.
[Mike Orme]Wed: 02-18-09
Tue: 02-17-09
Fri: 02-13-09
Thu: 02-12-09
Forkcast
- Pitchfork.tv: Hercules & Love Affair: Live on "Don't Look Down" Part 2
- Video: Antony and the Johnsons: "Aeon" (Live on "Late Show With David Letterman") / Various Songs (Live on Minnesota Public Radio's "The Current")
- New Music: Vivian Girls: "Lake House" [MP3/Stream]
- Premiere: Amadou & Mariam: "Tambara" [Stream]
- Pitchfork.tv: Fol Chen: "Cable TV" [Video Premiere]
- Premiere: Ladytron: "Tomorrow (Great Northern Remix)" [MP3/Stream]
- New Music: Buraka Som Sistema: "Kalemba (Wegue Wegue) (Hot Chip Remix)" [MP3]
Features
Interview: Air France
Air France members Joel Karlsson and Henrik Markstedt talk to us via email about high school, the economy, and the life-changing power of Saint Etienne.
[Marc Hogan]Guest List: Diplo
Diplo reveals which two classic producers he admires most, tips us off to a new venue in Philly, and divulges a family relation to a prominent indie-rock frontman. [Interview: Tyler Grisham]
[Diplo]Interview: Fennesz
Austrian producer Christian Fennesz put out his long-awaited latest solo album Black Sea late in 2008. Just prior to the album's release, we spoke with him about his working methods, the pressure of a new solo album, and the enduring appeal of A-Ha.
[Mark Richardson]Interview: Stephen Malkmus
Twenty years (!) after the release of Pavement's debut, we talk to Stephen Malkmus about the deluxe reissue of Pavement's fourth album Brighten the Corners, his reasoning for relegating so many of his songs over the years to B-sides and rarities, and his future with the Jicks.
[Matthew Perpetua]Interview: Saint Etienne
We caught up with Saint Etienne co-founder and multi-instrumentalist Bob Stanley to talk about the band's rich history, his side work as a writer and curator, the changing face of music fandom, and why exactly his band has so many compilations.
[Scott Plagenhoef]Interview: Franz Ferdinand
After bringing intelligent, glamorous pop music to the masses, Franz Ferdinand have returned as a commerical force-- debuting songs in video games, collaborating with rap superstars-- but still are looking to expand their sonic palatte on their more exploratory new album, Tonight.
[Stuart Berman]