In its sixth year, Fuck Yeah Fest had the explicit intention of benefitting California's state parks, and implicit intention of scaring away media outlets afraid of things with "Fuck" in the title. (Well OK: this year did bring the family... CONTINUE READING FUCK YEAH FEST 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 8, 2009 in , (6 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Converge | Crystal Antlers | Dillinger Escape Plan | Glass Candy | Japanther | Jesse Malin | Lightning Bolt | Lucero | Ryan Adams | Telepathe | The Thermals | Torche | Woods
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy The weather's getting hotter by the day, but we refuse to cave: We arrived at the grounds when the sun was at its peak. Amrit's given to wearing shorts at this point, but Brandon... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA 2009: M.I.A., SUPERCHUNK, AND SO MUCH SUN»
Posted on April 19, 2009 in , , (15 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Ariel Pink | Band Of Horses | Bob Mould | Calexico | Coachella | Fleet Foxes | Glass Candy | Ida Maria | Jake Gyllenhaal | Mastodon | Paris Hilton | Perry Farrell | Reese Witherspoon | Superchunk | The Chemical Brothers | The Killers | Tinariwen | TV On The Radio
Microblogging service Twitter has signed up countless celebrities in recent months, and among them are some of our favorite musical artists: Trent Reznor! Colin Meloy! Ed Droste! Diddy! Stereogum Tweets too! But who can keep up with all that lunch... CONTINUE READING WE GOT THE TWEET: THE WEEK'S 50 BEST ROCK STAR TWITTERS»
Posted on March 24, 2009 in , , (50 comments)
Tags: Akron Family | Amanda Palmer | Beach House | Calvin Harris | Coldplay | Damien Jurado | Dave Matthews | Dave Navarro | Diplo | Glass Candy | Islands | Jane's Addiction | Lost | Mandy Moore | Neil Diamond | Nick Thorburn | Peter Bjorn And John | Q-Tip | Robin Pecknold | Saul Williams | Solange | Sonic Youth | SXSW | Ted Leo | Thom Yorke | Tricky | Yoko Ono
There's lots of lakeside creepiness and quick cuts in the Johnny Jewel-directed video for Chromatics' 2007 Night Drive instrumental, "Killing Spree." YouTube -- and our fine cinematic eyes -- tell us the glossy footage was "shot on a Soviet Pentavax... CONTINUE READING NEW CHROMATICS VIDEO - "KILLING SPREE"»
Posted on March 19, 2008 in (0 comments)
Tags: Chromatics | Glass Candy
In the past when we talk Italo-disco, we're usually in the realm of Sally Shapiro ... though she's from Sweden. Ssion's from Kansas City, and therefore not really any closer, but frontman Cody Critcheloe's mustache looks pretty authentic. Plus, this... CONTINUE READING NEW SSION - "CLOWNS (GLASS CANDY REMIX)"»
Posted on January 8, 2008 in (10 comments)
Tags: Glass Candy | Ssion
Glass Candy have recorded a rad cover of "Iko Iko." Listen here. As of this post, it's only been streamed 1,000 times so show GC some love. Any band that covers a tune from the Rain Man soundtrack is okay... CONTINUE READING MY GRANDMA AND YOUR GRANDMA SITTING BY THE FIRE»
Posted on August 2, 2005 (41 comments)
Tags: Glass Candy
