Silk Flowers released a self-titled PPM full-length and the As Above So Below EP on Captured Tracks in 2009, but it's their sophomore effort, the MNDR-produced Ltd. Form, that feels like it'll bring…   Read Story »

The best videos this week are mind- (and pixel-) bending clips from !!! and Nite Jewel, sexy videos from MEN and Robyn, a Halloween-themed massacre from La Sera, and a glossy, District 9-esque…   Read Story »

Governors Island is a magical place built for art, installations, bike rides, and marriage proposals. The New York Times has done a profile, followup, and critical discussion piece on the place this…   Read Story »

"Am I Real?," which closes Nite Jewel's six-song EP of the same name, finds L.A.'s Ramona Gonzalez and new member Cole MGN in usual dusky karaoke-pop form. Daniel and Andrew Aged of Teen Inc. bring…   Read Story »

Massive Attack spend a lot of time figuring out how to bring their songs and politics on tour effectively. They seemed to accomplish both via their big stage set up, full of neon-bright eye candy.…   Read Story »

Dan Snaith's immediate jam "Odessa" bounces by on dank techno whoomps, bass bubbling as if submerged in liquid, so L.A. duo Nite Jewel shift the orientation some on this remix with guitars and hand…   Read Story »

St. Louis producer Phaseone let out a solid half-hour mixtape masterclass yesterday with The Realest Shit I Ever Wrote, finding a connective thread with which to stitch everyone from Aphex Twin to…   Read Story »

Los Angeles' "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," DJ, and past Animal Collective shifter Dãm-Funk has put together a smooth, NyQuil-hued, Keytar-against-the-trees video for "Mirrors." The laid-back…   Read Story »

I'd assumed Nite Jewel, aka Ramona Gonzalez and Emily Jane, showed their hand with the video for their lo-tech take on Roxy Music's "Lover": Conch shells, glitter, rainbow streaks, and shag rugs send…   Read Story »

The glammy Italians Do It Better-associated Nite Jewel, aka Ramona Gonzalez backed by Emily Jane, give Roxy Music's "Lover" a lo-tech go on their Good Evening LP. If you close your eyes, it's a…   Read Story »