It's totally reductive to associate Memorial Day Weekend solely with drinking and eating (and not, you know, Memorializing), but here it is, that special weekend custom made for welcoming summer, getting drunk, and eating bbq, and yay for that. Before... CONTINUE READING AN MP3 MIX FOR YOUR MEMORIAL DAY»
Posted on May 23, 2008 in (20 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Awesome New Republic | Brendan Canning | Burning Star Core | Grizzly Bear | Hercules And Love Affair | Los Campesinos! | Mates Of State | Mount Eerie | Music Go Music | My Morning Jacket | Phil Elverum | Quiet Village | Takka Takka | Tokyo Police Club
Bradford Cox takes a lot of heat from various corners, but say what you will about his on and off-stage antics, the man has a knack for prolifically turning out brilliant, seemingly off-the-cuff bedroom-ambient recordings. He's also a prolific blogger.... Things I'll Miss EP)'">CONTINUE READING NEW ATLAS SOUND - "MY CAR" (FROM THE FREE THINGS I'LL MISS EP)»
Posted on May 6, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Bradford Cox | Deerhunter
It's entirely possible you don't check Stereogum as often as we do, so drag your mouse to this link and click to download our tribute to Björk's Post. It's essentially a list of our favorite bands right now -- Liars,... CONTINUE READING ENJOYED: THE REVIEWS ARE IN!»
Posted on April 2, 2008 (40 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Bell | Björk | Dirty Projectors | El Guincho | Evangelicals | Final Fantasy | Grizzly Bear | High Places | Liars | No Age | Pattern Is Movement | White Hinterland | Xiu Xiu
Stereogum's complete 12-track Enjoyed comp is live and ready to be downloaded (for free). Yep, 12. Because No Age cooked up an excellent alternate take on "It's Oh So Quiet," which we wanted to keep a surprise until ... now.... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM PRESENTS... ENJOYED: A TRIBUTE TO BJöRK'S POST»
Posted on March 31, 2008 (0 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Bell | Björk | Dirty Projectors | El Guincho | Evangelicals | Final Fantasy | Grizzly Bear | High Places | Liars | No Age | Pattern Is Movement | White Hinterland | Xiu Xiu
This is it everybody, the last photo post of SXSW '08. That means it's time for our superlatives, so welcome to our list of the SXSW 2008 Top Five. These are the bands who delivered sets we could not stop... CONTINUE READING SXSW: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 17, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Black Ghosts | Blitzen Trapper | Cut Copy | Diplo | Flosstradamus | Fuck Buttons | HEALTH | Jim James | Kevin Barnes | M. Ward | My Morning Jacket | No Age | of Montreal | Santigold | Sia | SXSW | The Breeders | The Cribs
When we gathered around the free indie Xmas MP3s, we mentioned the list was far from complete. As if on cue, beneath a photo of an icy sylvan landscape, Bradford Cox posted Atlas Sound's Holiday EP #1 up at the... CONTINUE READING ATLAS SOUND HOLIDAY EP»
Posted on December 13, 2007 in (4 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound
Thanks to reader Joshua, who pointed out some news from Deerhunter's blog this morning, in a post titled "Goodbye 21st Century," announcing a band hiatus. Before you read the entry, please pause a moment and remember the band in better... CONTINUE READING DEERHUNTER GO ON HIATUS»
Posted on November 19, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Deerhunter
All we've got to go on is a snippet here (53 seconds at that), but for fellow Grizzly fanboys and girls, it's the best way to spend less-than-a-minute today. The song's called "Blackcurrant Jam," and it's set to appear on... CONTINUE READING NEW GRIZZLY BEAR SNIPPET - "BLACKCURRANT JAM" (AND LOTS OF "KNIFE"S)»
Posted on September 26, 2007 in (13 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Born Ruffians | David Shrigley | Deerhunter | Girl Talk | Grizzly Bear
