Hella active drummer Zach Hill's in (and has been in) more bands than you want to try to list, but we've most recently caught him helping out Boredoms and Marnie Stern and toughening up Wavves (more on that in a... CONTINUE READING NEW CHLL PLL VIDEO - "TALES FROM THE CRYPT" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on November 19, 2009 in MP3, Video (1 comments)
Tags: Chll Pll | Hella | Hexlove | Wavves | Zach Hill
There were no survivors. Probably. The Daily Swarm reports on the aftermath.... CONTINUE READING WAVVES, BLACK LIPS IN BROOKLYN BAR FIGHT»
Posted on September 27, 2009 in Where's The Beef? (108 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Radiohead | Thom Yorke | Wavves
Some 90 acts descended upon Champaign-Urbana, IL this past weekend, performing across 14 venues and four days for the fifth annual Pygmalion Music Festival. We sent photographer John Gitchoff to circle the fest, and he delivers this spread including shots... CONTINUE READING PYGMALION 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 22, 2009 in Concert, Photo (3 comments)
Tags: Headlights | Iron And Wine | Japandroids | Low | Lucero | Maps And Atlases | Maserati | My Brightest Diamond | Owen | Pygmalion | Ra Ra Riot | RJD2 | So Many Dynamos | The Antlers | The Books | The Hood Internet | Wavves | William Fitzsimmons | Zach Hill
Some 30,000 people over two days crammed into the six-block area in San Diego's East Village that hosted the 25th annual Street Scene this past weekend. That's a strong number, albeit down from last year when people weren't scrambling for... CONTINUE READING STREET SCENE 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 2, 2009 in Concert, Photo (4 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Anya Marina | Band Of Horses | Black Eyed Peas | Black Joe Lewis | Busta Rhymes | Cake | Calexico | Conor Oberst | Crocodiles | Deerhunter | Devendra Banhart | Dungen | Extra Golden | Fergie | Girl Talk | Holy Fuck | Jack White | Los Campesinos! | M.I.A. | Mastodon | No Age | of Montreal | Public Enemy | Ra Ra Riot | Silversun Pickups | Street Scene | Ted Leo | The Dead Weather | Thievery Corporation | Wavves | will.i.am | Zach Hill | Zee Avi
Last week you got a listen to "Cool Jumper," which served as the debut of Nathan Williams' collaboration with Zach Hill as well as his new, seemingly unpopular haircut. In a studio clip posted by Terror Eyes then reposted by... CONTINUE READING NEW WAVVES - "HULA HOOP"»
Posted on August 17, 2009 in Video (18 comments)
Tags: of Montreal | Wavves | Zach Hill
Folks are generally more interested in Wavves' broken bones and breakdowns than the guy's actual music. Which is a bit of a drag. It's not for a lack of sounds: Beyond Wavves and Wavvves and various singles, Nathan Williams posted... CONTINUE READING NEW WAVVES - "COOL JUMPER"»
Posted on August 12, 2009 in MP3, Tour Dates (18 comments)
Tags: Wavves | Zach Hill
Nathan Williams is finally having some screws put in that broken wrist, which means Wavves' Smell gig on Thursday is off. He writes (with one hand) on his blog: "I'm bummed, I was really looking fwd to this show! Ironic... CONTINUE READING NEW WAVVES DEMO - "MICKEY MOUSE"»
Posted on July 21, 2009 in MP3 (13 comments)
Tags: Girls | Wavves
After the scene portrait painted by Woodsist and Captured Tracks on Independence weekend, a Bowery bill boasting Woods and Real Estate wouldn't register as a must-see despite those bands standing at the top of their class. But there was one... CONTINUE READING WAVVES/WOODS/REAL ESTATE @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 7/15/09»
Posted on July 16, 2009 in Concert, Photo (37 comments)
Tags: Popo | Real Estate | Wavves | Woods
In February, before Nathan Williams' drug-fueled onstage breakdown, apology and canceled European tour, Pete Ohs shot this video of Wavves trekking around Europe, smoking pot (+ regular cigarettes), chugging vodka, rocking out next to some kid in a Velvet Underground... CONTINUE READING NEW WAVVES VIDEO - "NO HOPE KIDS"»
Posted on June 29, 2009 in Tour Dates, Video (46 comments)
Tags: Wavves
On the heels of last week's drug-fueled onstage breakdown and subsequent apology, Nathan Williams will be taking a much-needed breather this month. Appearances at NYC's Bowery Ballroom 7/15 and Pitchfork Fest 7/18 are still on. Video of the Primavera debacle... CONTINUE READING WAVVES CANCELS EUROPEAN TOUR»
Posted on June 1, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Bad Girlfriends | Leeds | Patrick Wolf | Wavves
Nathan Williams's beer-soaked non-performance at Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival was more of a mess than Psychedelic Horseshit's anti-Wavves rant, if you can believe it. Pitchfork recounts the final minutes of the crappy late night set and directionless, off-key musicianship:... CONTINUE READING WAVVES' MELTDOWN IN SPAIN (AND APOLOGY)»
Posted on May 29, 2009 (161 comments)
Tags: Primavera Sound Festival | Wavves
Well, at least main Horseshittter Matt Whitehurst does. The following interview he did with the Washington Post is a few weeks old, but Brooklyn Vegan unearthed it today and we thought it was too amusing not to share, especially because,... CONTINUE READING PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT HATES ON WAVVES, NO AGE, TVOTR»
Posted on April 24, 2009 in Where's The Beef? (133 comments)
Tags: No Age | Psychedelic Horseshit | TV On The Radio | Wavves
While deep in the heart of Mess With Texas, the Brooklyn trio took a stab at the SXSW staple's "So Bored." You can watch the Vivian Girls' make like Wavves at their blog. ... CONTINUE READING VIVIAN GIRLS COVER WAVVES»
Posted on March 25, 2009 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Vivian Girls | Wavves
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy On Friday we shook off the early-morning cobwebs and made a beeline to the Pitchfork/Windish Bash in time to catch the last couple tracks by psychedelic post-Vanishing Voice Brooklynites Woods on the outside stage... CONTINUE READING SXSW 2009: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 22, 2009 in Concert, Photo (6 comments)
Tags: Absu | Adam Schlesinger | All Points West | Beach House | Datarock | Department Of Eagles | DEVO | Dinosaur Jr | Dirty Projectors | Echo And The Bunnymen | Flea | Girls | Grizzly Bear | Handsome Furs | James Iha | Little Boots | Max Tundra | Peter Bjorn And John | School Of Seven Bells | Slough Feg | SXSW | The Hold Steady | The Mae Shi | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart | The Thermals | Tinted Windows | Tricky | Victoria Legrand | Wavves | Wolves In The Throne Room | Woods
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy Yesterday started off bright, early, and ecstatic with NJ's Roadside Graves at Peckerheads. The band seduced a 2PM crowd into hooting, hollering, do-sa-do-ing, and otherwise pretending it was after midnight to tracks both new... CONTINUE READING SXSW 2009: THURSDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 20, 2009 in Concert, MP3, Photo (2 comments)
Tags: Akron Family | Bearsuit | BLK JKS | Crystal Stilts | Cursive | Daniel Johnston | Dinosaur Jr | Gun Outfit | Hymns | Mika Miko | Mogwai | Roadside Graves | Soft Circle | SXSW | The Golden Filter | The Wrens | Toadies | Wavves
Wavves went from sorta outside to hardcore buzz faster than you can say Vivian Girls. If you couldn't get into the Market Hotel show on Friday (2/6), no worries: nyctaper was there, set up a direct line to the PA... CONTINUE READING DOWNLOAD WAVVES' MARKET HOTEL SET»
Posted on February 10, 2009 in MP3 (14 comments)
Tags: Madonna | Wavves
When posting about WAVVES, aka the one-man project of 22-year-old San Diego-based Nathan Williams, in The Outsiders, I made the caveat that "he seems like he's ready to explode from the starter gate" via two new records -- one upcoming... CONTINUE READING NEW WAVVES - "GUN IN THE SUN"»
Posted on February 4, 2009 in MP3 (19 comments)
Tags: Wavves
On the eve of a trip to Australia, Dean and Randy from No Age threw a matinee house party at scene institution the Smell, inviting six bands and a sold-out crowd to come over for some blissed out punk and... CONTINUE READING NO AGE, ABE VIGODA, MIKA MIKO, WAVVES & FRIENDS @ THE SMELL, LOS ANGELES 1/25/09»
Posted on January 28, 2009 in Concert, Photo (13 comments)
Tags: Abe Vigoda | Bumbershoot | David Scott Stone | Fucked Up | Jennifer The Leopard | Mika Miko | Natalie Portman's Shaved Head | No Age | Rings | Wavves
Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This installment's virtual... CONTINUE READING THE OUTSIDERS: VOL. 23»
Posted on December 9, 2008 in MP3, The Outsiders (12 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John | Wavves
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