In the one-sheet for Warm Brother, Arizona-bred Digital Leather mastermind Shawn Foree talks about coming up with his current moniker after years of taking acid and making home recordings on his 4-track: i think the combination of drugs and reading... CONTINUE READING NEW DIGITAL LEATHER VIDEO - "HURTS SO BAD" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on November 10, 2009 in , (4 comments)
Tags: Digital Leather | Grizzly Bear | Jay Reatard
Or, as Reatard [sic]'s via Twitter: "Fuck them ! They are boring rich kids who can't play for ahit anyways .. Say hello to your ugly and boring wifes opps I mean lifes guys suck it [.]"... CONTINUE READING JAY REATARD'S BAND CALLS IT QUITS»
Posted on October 6, 2009 (43 comments)
Tags: Heartless Bastards | Jay Reatard
If you ever wanted to know more about Joe's favorite musician, Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz's 20-minute Waiting For Something is a good place to start. Reatard offers thoughts on vinyl and his "weird" food cravings. Various Memphis locals give... CONTINUE READING WATCH JAY REATARD DOCUMENTARY WAITING FOR SOMETHING»
Posted on August 7, 2009 in , (30 comments)
Tags: Jay Reatard | The Walkmen
Jay Reatard didn't fare too well when Bob, Ann, and Joe made Watch Me Fail puns at the expense of on "It Ain't Gonna Save Me." He also gets his ass handed to him in the explosive Bryce Kass-directed video... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY REATARD VIDEO - "IT AIN'T GONNA SAVE ME"»
Posted on August 4, 2009 in (8 comments)
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First things first: It's too bad this episode was filmed the same time the last few were because we're getting sick of Ann's hair. That said, she's pretty on point this time. Before they weigh in on how Jay Reatard's... CONTINUE READING OLD FOLKS REVIEW JAY REATARD»
Posted on July 28, 2009 in (18 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Bradford Cox | Deerhunter | Jay Reatard
As the wounded one notes via Twitter: "Brooklyn shut up ! most of your bands all suck and you are total wanna bees ! The pains of being boring at heart ....oh it must hurt being so bland." This won't... CONTINUE READING JAY REATARD VS BROOKLYN»
Posted on July 10, 2009 in (59 comments)
Tags: Jay Reatard | Mercury Prize | Speech Debelle | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
The forthcoming Watch Me Fall is Jay Reatard's proper Matador debut. As mentioned when we posted the frantic pop fatalism of "It Ain't Gonna Save Me," making an album for a specific label's inspired some soul searching on the part... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY REATARD - "WOUNDED"»
Posted on July 8, 2009 in (7 comments)
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On the heels of relaunching his label Shattered Records, cleaning out his pre-Jay Reatard singles closet, and packaging his being into a collector's club, the singles-slinger has announced his new full-length on Matador and with it a primer track called... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY REATARD - "IT AIN'T GONNA SAVE ME"»
Posted on May 27, 2009 in , (7 comments)
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Yesterday Jay unveiled a ton of ways for you to buy into his overwhelmingly industrious, garage rusted life: the relaunched label, the new singles series, the retrospective compilation, the surf-rocking free MP3, the deluxe club membership with all the trimmings.... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY REATARD VIDEO - "DOA"»
Posted on April 3, 2009 in (6 comments)
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The prolific punker's launched a new website, relaunched his label Shattered Records, started a singles series, and announced Greatest Messes, a new compilation of his favorite works from the time before he recorded as Jay Reatard. Unsurprisingly, this is a... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY REATARD - "YOU'RE GONNA LOSE"»
Posted on April 2, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: Amazing Baby | Girl Talk | Jay Reatard
Dell produced Jay Reatard's first official video, which is why he was last seen giving AOL the finger. It's all about sponsorship, kids. Reatard tore through "See/Saw" on the aforementioned Spinner set, and it's also the soundtrack to his first... CONTINUE READING NEW JAY REATARD VIDEO - "SEE/SAW"»
Posted on November 20, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Jay Reatard | Little Joy
Memphis garage punker and Beck fan Jay Reatard stopped by the AOL studios to record some live clips and promote his Matador 7" singles series. Like many previously non-AOL-ready artists before him, he approaches it with a bit of ambivalence.... CONTINUE READING JAY REATARD GIVES SPINNER THE FINGER»
Posted on October 7, 2008 in (30 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Crystal Castles | Jay Reatard
Mixmaster Richard Jankovich (aka Pocket) last splashed through these pages with a stunning reworking of Radiohead's Björk cover "Unravel" -- as impressive for its electronic undercurrents and slickly creating a virtual Thom/Björk duet as for its turn around time (just... CONTINUE READING NEW BECK - "GAMMA RAY {POCKET MIX}"»
Posted on August 26, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Beck | Brian Jonestown Massacre | Coachella | Jay Reatard | Pocket | The Kills
Cool American garage punk Jay Reatard put his lo-fi imprint on ghostly Modern Guilt tune "Gamma Ray" for the UK version of the single. It's out today. You can hear a short preview here. In related Reatard news, the pre-order... CONTINUE READING JAY REATARD COVERS "GAMMA RAY" ON NEW BECK SINGLE»
Posted on August 11, 2008 (11 comments)
Tags: Beck | Jay Reatard | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Our pals at Videogum commented on P4K's report that Arcade Fire are soundtracking Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly's new sci-fi horror flick The Box. Well, now Win Butler's telling the internet to calm down because it's not exactly true. Via... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE NOT SCORING THE BOX, ENJOYING WOLF PARADE»
Posted on May 16, 2008 (19 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Jay Reatard | Richard Kelly | Wolf Parade
It wasn't too long ago that MTV hipped us to that crazy Brooklyn scene. Now, years after Guided By Voices, Shrimper cassettes, the Grifters' One Sock Missing, Peter Jefferies, Harry Pussy, Sebadoh III, and Siltbreeze made "lo-fi" a buzz word... CONTINUE READING MTV BRINGS LO-FI TO WHOEVER IT IS THAT STILL WATCHES MTV»
Posted on May 5, 2008 (35 comments)
Tags: Jay Reatard | No Age | Psychedelic Horseshit | Times New Viking | Tyvek
We all need one more festival, right? Guess nobody sells records these days, so live shows are where it's at, etc. Anyhow, if you're in the Seattle area, you can just about ride SP20 into the Stranger's 11th annual Capitol... CONTINUE READING VAMPIRE WEEKEND, THE HOLD STEADY, GIRL TALK TO CRASH 2008 CAPITOL HILL BLOCK PARTY»
Posted on April 16, 2008 (9 comments)
Tags: Chromeo | Girl Talk | Jay Reatard | Kimya Dawson | Les Savy Fav | The Dodos | The Hold Steady | Vampire Weekend
In their new issue, in a section called "Who's Next," SPIN list their eight bands to watch o'er '08. There are surefire bets like Jay Reatard, who recently signed to Matador, and our Santogold, fresh off her Fader cover model... CONTINUE READING SPIN'S EIGHT TO WATCH IN '08»
Posted on January 24, 2008 (24 comments)
Tags: B.o.B | Black Tide | Chester French | Duffy | Jay Reatard | Margot And The Nuclear So And So's | Santigold | The Wombats
