New Chll Pll Video - "Tales From The Crypt" (Stereogum Premiere)

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

Stereogum Spends The Weekend At ATP NY

ATP was the year's finest festival. We've already covered that. But the band performances are only half the (All Tomorrow's) party. For a weekend, the mountain resort that inspired Dirty Dancing is a surreal estate, overrun by music-heads and artists;... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM SPENDS THE WEEKEND AT ATP NY»

Pygmalion 2009 In Photos

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»

ATP NY 2009: Wayne's World

Our second year at Kutsher's was rainier than the first, but that didn't matter so much to us or, seemingly, the other attendees: If anything, this year felt more celebratory (and debauched) than 2008. You wouldn't be faulted for noting... CONTINUE READING ATP NY 2009: WAYNE'S WORLD»

Street Scene 2009 In Photos

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»

New Wavves - "Hula Hoop"

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

New Wavves - "Cool Jumper"

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

New Prefuse 73 - "Always Alone Choir"

This has been an amazing spring if you're a Guillermo Scott Herren fan, and a truly expensive one if you're a Guillermo Scott Herren completist. The master glitch purveyor has been in the process of releasing three albums and one... CONTINUE READING NEW PREFUSE 73 - "ALWAYS ALONE CHOIR"»

Posted on May 11, 2009 in MP3 (2 comments)
Tags: Diamond Watch Wrists | Prefuse 73 | Savath And Savalas | Zach Hill

New El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez - "Half Kleptos" (Stereogum Premiere)

Omar Rodríguez-López has a new band. The Mars Volta songwriter/multi-instrumentalist is calling it El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodríguez-López because it rolls off the tongue but he could also call it Hella Volta. That's because alongside Omar the psych/prog/fusion outfit... CONTINUE READING NEW EL GRUPO NUEVO DE OMAR RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ - "HALF KLEPTOS" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

New Zach Hill Video - "Stoic Logic" (Featuring No Age)

Zach Hills brings a lot to Marnie Stern's This Is It.... On his own recent solo album The Astrological Straits, he in turn benefits from the help of his friends, including Stern (and Les Claypool, the Deftones' Chino Moreno, No... CONTINUE READING NEW ZACH HILL VIDEO - "STOIC LOGIC" (FEATURING NO AGE)»

Posted on September 5, 2008 in Video (2 comments)
Tags: Hella | No Age | Zach Hill

New Marnie Stern - "Shea Stadium" (Stereogum Premiere)

We're not too far off from the release of Marnie Stern's follow-up to last year's In Advance Of The Broken Arm. And I learned something this Labor Day weekend, while literally listening to nothing but the new one: It is... CONTINUE READING NEW MARNIE STERN - "SHEA STADIUM" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»

Posted on September 2, 2008 (3 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Marnie Stern | SXSW | These United States | Zach Hill

New Marnie Stern - "Transformer" & This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That Album Art

With Marnie Stern you know what you're going to get before you listen, but that doesn't make it any less thrilling. Her sophomore album's very reminiscent of her first, last year's In Advance of the Broken Arm, but at the... This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That Album Art'">CONTINUE READING NEW MARNIE STERN - "TRANSFORMER" & THIS IS IT AND I AM IT AND YOU ARE IT AND SO IS THAT AND HE IS IT AND SHE IS IT AND IT IS IT AND THAT IS THAT ALBUM ART»

Posted on August 13, 2008 in Album Art, MP3 (9 comments)
Tags: Bloc Party | Grizzly Bear | Marnie Stern | Zach Hill

New Zach Hill Video - "Hindsight Is Nowhere"

Zach Hill plays drums in Hella, opposite Mick Barr (who's new metal band Krallice is great, by the way) on Shred Earthship and Volume 2, with Marilyn Manson's Twiggy Ramirez in Goon Moon, and behind Marnie Stern, etc. On his... CONTINUE READING NEW ZACH HILL VIDEO - "HINDSIGHT IS NOWHERE"»

Posted on June 20, 2008 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Hella | LCD Soundsystem | Tyler Pope | Zach Hill