When we showed you Fridge bassist Adem Ilhan strumming-out dEUS's "Hotellounge (Be the Death of Me)," we made sure to mention the UK-based multi-instrumental crooner is also covering any number of indie rock classics (a dozen to be exact) for... CONTINUE READING ADEM COVERS LOW»
Posted on May 13, 2008 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: Adem | Low
16 years! It's been a long time to wait. For some of you it's probably been a lifetime. All that ends this fall, though, confirmed via tonight's news that's caused music bloggers countrywide to faint face first into their keyboards:... CONTINUE READING MY BLOODY VALENTINE FINALLY COMING BACK TO THE STATES, CURATING QUITE A PARTY»
Posted on April 22, 2008 (19 comments)
Tags: ATP | Autolux | Built To Spill | Edan | Fuck Buttons | Low | Mogwai | My Bloody Valentine | Polvo | Shellac | the Drones | Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra | Thurston Moore | Tortoise | Wooden Shjips
We mentioned Sub Pop's 20th Anniversary a ways back -- well, it's officially time to party (especially if you live in the Pacific Northwest). The rumors have been circling the web, and now we have official details about SP20, a... CONTINUE READING SP20: SUB POP'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT FESTIVAL PARTIAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED»
Posted on April 15, 2008 (13 comments)
Tags: Beachwood Sparks | Comets On Fire | Fleet Foxes | Flight Of The Conchords | Foals | Grand Archives | Green River | Iron And Wine | Kinski | Low | Mudhoney | No Age | Pissed Jeans | Red Red Meat | Seaweed | The Helio Sequence | The Ruby Suns | Wolf Parade
In the time since we last mentioned the favorite kids show for indie yuppie parents looking for ways to spend time with their little children, Yo Gabba Gabba's had some Stereofriendly folks swing by their Nick Jr. studios. People like... CONTINUE READING CORNELIUS, LOW, FRODO DO YO GABBA GABBA»
Posted on November 28, 2007 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Cornelius | Elijah Wood | Low | Yo Gabba Gabba!
Wow, there's gonna be a shitload of videos from Drums And Guns -- especially if there are no live-action logistics to contend with. This makes the second animated clip for Low in recent months (first was for the rad Optimimi... CONTINUE READING NEW LOW VIDEO - "BREAKER" (ANIMATED VERSION)»
Posted on June 29, 2007 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Low
Stuffing your face full of chocolate cake is hard work! So taxing that, after chowing down in "Breaker," Alan Sparhawk has gone on extended video vacay, not even showing his face (or those of any other Low members) for the... CONTINUE READING NEW LOW VIDEO - "HATCHET (OPTIMIMI VERSION)"»
Posted on May 16, 2007 in Video (2 comments)
Tags: Low
Low's first clip from Drums And Guns had Alan doing his best Kobayashi, with chocolate cake in place of hot dogs. But in "Belarus," Sparhawk and Mimi sing, "To my mouth, frozen shut," so you knew there wasn't gonna be... CONTINUE READING NEW LOW VIDEO - "BELARUS"»
Posted on May 4, 2007 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: Low
Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Rogers, and Matt Livingston played a career-spanning set at D.C.'s 9:30 club Tuesday night, captured for your enjoyment at NPR. Stream it there, download it here: Low @ 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. (MP3) The Minnesotan masters open... CONTINUE READING GET LOW»
Posted on April 12, 2007 in MP3, Tour Dates (4 comments)
Tags: Low
Watch as Alan Sparhawk inhales a chocolate cake! We'd be glad to draw out some tenuous line of connection to the track's existential lyrics, but we've got nothing. Instead, we'll take the clip's moral at face value; next time you... CONTINUE READING NEW LOW VIDEO - "BREAKER"»
Posted on March 22, 2007 in MP3, Video (11 comments)
Tags: Low
Sup Pop has been good enough to share the third track from Low's Drums And Guns, featuring doubled Sparhawk vox and Mimi harmonies set to a porous mix of sustained organ, backwards guitars, and some flat EQ'd drum slaps. On... CONTINUE READING NEW LOW - "BREAKER"»
Posted on February 21, 2007 in MP3 (3 comments)
Tags: Low
"All the soldiers, they're all gonna die." The opening line of Low's fantastic new record tells you what's on Alan Sparhawk's mind, and the going gets grim from there. He told Pitchfork:Near as I can tell, it's all about killing.... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: LOW - DRUMS AND GUNS»
Posted on January 19, 2007 in Premature Evaluation (16 comments)
Tags: Low
STP underrated? That's what we've said all along. Now we have someone a helluva lot cooler than us to back it up! The Onion's A.V. Club spoke with Low guitarist Alan Sparhawk about other bands' songs. His thoughts on "Big... CONTINUE READING ALAN SPARHAWK DEFENDS STONE TEMPLE PILOTS»
Posted on December 1, 2006 (14 comments)
Tags: Low | Stone Temple Pilots
100% Stereogum-recommended legal MP3s from newish and upcoming albums. Crooked Fingers - "Call To Love" Audible - "Sunday Bell" Damon And Naomi - "Love (Live)" Low - "California" Out Hud - "It's For You" Hood - "The Negatives" Andrew Bird... CONTINUE READING VALENTINES FOR YOUR IPOD»
Posted on February 14, 2005 (21 comments)
Tags: Bloc Party | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Crooked Fingers | Ida | Iron & Wine | Low
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