You know who's doing great these days? David Letterman's music talent booker. For those too groggy to stay up (ahem), J. Pierce brought the white-on-white and background singers and beautiful cacophony featured at recent live shows to CBS late night.... CONTINUE READING SPIRITUALIZED TO LETTERMAN: "YOU LIE, YOU CHEAT"»
Posted on August 6, 2008 in (12 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | David Letterman | Department Of Eagles | Mickey Rourke | Robert Pattinson | Spiritualized
Fresh off their excellently over-the-top Pitchfork Fest set, Spiritualized's Jake Chapman-directed video for "You Lie You Cheat" is a tad more kinetic than the "Soul On Fire" clip that found a silver-clad J. Pierce rolling on the icy/dusty ground and... CONTINUE READING NEW SPIRITUALIZED VIDEO - "YOU LIE, YOU CHEAT"»
Posted on August 4, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Leonard Cohen | Little Boots | Spiritualized | SXSW
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy Aaaaand we're back. Quite a weekend in Chicago, and this is the post to put a Fork in our coverage of this year's party in Union Park. For day last, the threat of... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on July 21, 2008 in (20 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Boris | Cut Copy | Dinosaur Jr | Dirty Projectors | Ghostface Killah | HEALTH | High Places | King Khan | Les Savy Fav | Pitchfork Music Festival | Raekwon | Spiritualized | Spoon | The Dodos | Wu-Tang Clan
Alan Vega and Martin Rev, aka dark lo-fi electro-duo Suicide, were amazing in their heyday, especially when you consider they formed in 1971, pre-dating and influencing a shit-load of post-punk, noise, no wave, synth-pop, and industrial acts that followed. (If... CONTINUE READING SPRINGSTEEN, LIARS, SPIRITUALIZED, GRINDERMAN, AND OTHERS COVER SUICIDE»
Posted on June 23, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Alan Vega | Bruce Springsteen | Grinderman | Liars | Lydia Lunch | Martin Rev | Nick Cave | Spiritualized | Suicide | Sunn 0))) | Vincent Gallo
Spiritualized had sound problems at Coachella, but everything (including the visuals) are crystalline in the video for the lovely return-to-form track "Soul On Fire." The downcast, orchestral clip stars J. Pierce in silver, rolling around on the icy and dusty... CONTINUE READING NEW SPIRITUALIZED VIDEO - "SOUL ON FIRE"»
Posted on May 1, 2008 in (10 comments)
Tags: Spiritualized
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy When we arrived Sunday we didn't have to wait in line or battle our way through the parking lots. Not because we're some important VIP's -- there just wasn't anyone there. The crowd... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on April 28, 2008 in (18 comments)
Tags: Booka Shade | Coachella | Gogol Bordello | Holy Fuck | I'm From Barcelona | My Morning Jacket | Pink | Pink Floyd | Roger Waters | Sean Penn | Shout Out Louds | Spiritualized | Stars | Swervedriver
Happiness is a guy pogoing down the street in white formalwear. With legs where the pogo stick should be. Will and Alison took some chances with the smoothed and yes happy new record, and it hasn't been to everyone's liking... CONTINUE READING NEW GOLDFRAPP VIDEO - "HAPPINESS"»
Posted on April 2, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Goldfrapp | Spiritualized | Yeasayer
J Spaceman Pierce's lazer guided melodies are pretty Flaming Lips-y on "Soul On Fire," a new tune from Spiritualized's forthcoming Songs In A&E, the first album since 2003's Amazing Grace. ("Soul On Fire" also keeps making us think of Sebadoh's... CONTINUE READING NEW SPIRITUALIZED - "SOUL ON FIRE"»
Posted on March 18, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Spiritualized
