Last night, London's great Savages celebrated the release of their album Silence Yourself, easily the year's best debut LP thus far, by playing an in-the-round show at the legendary London…   Read Story »

The music made by Savages, the four-piece London band who released their debut album Silence Yourself today, is a direct and linear thing. It's easy to get the sense that the band plots out its…   Read Story »

There's no question Savages were the highlight of SXSW 2013, and I'll repeat here what I wrote about them then: The London-based post-punk band played their set in virtually no light, dressed in…   Read Story »

Yesterday on her BBC Radio 6 show, Mary Anne Hobbs premiered a new Savages track from the band's forthcoming full-length debut, Silence Yourself. The song is called “No Face” and in order to…   Read Story »

Sitting here in the afterglow of day two -- resting sore muscles and reflecting on an impossible collection of hard-earned memories -- I feel like I'm starting to come to terms with Coachella. The…   Read Story »

Every music video that came out during this apocalyptic, ridiculous week felt like a way to kill a few minutes before either flames consumed the entire planet or Daft Punk got around to dropping…   Read Story »

If you've had a chance to see the tense, bloodthirsty, ridiculously exciting London postpunk band Savages live, you've almost certainly had you wig pushed back; their live show is nothing to be…   Read Story »

Before we get into Saturday, let's not bury the day's big lede: R. Kelly joined Phoenix on stage to perform his biggest crossover that isn't from the Space Jam soundtrack, "Ignition (Remix)." Not…   Read Story »

Things that rarely happen: -Being bombarded with hype to the point you actually start to get excited, which leads to a sudden burning sensation of self-doubt as you remind yourself you're too…   Read Story »

The hard, severe British postpunkers Savages made a name for themselves with their debut single last year, and they spent last week exploding faces at SXSW. Seriously, every single Stereogum writer…   Read Story »