As mentioned when posting the "Chains" video, Brooklyn-via-Chicago "horror disco" duo (and Games pals) Gatekeeper's excellent Giza EP is a dark, dank, at times heavy industrial/club/italo…   Read Story »

A couple of months ago MoMA PS1 Director Klaus Biesenbach -- the person who organized MoMA's ridiculously popular Marina Abramović exhibition, among other things -- asked me if I'd want to help…   Read Story »

Online retailer Insound celebrated its tenth year in business with an impressive line-up of local music and an unimpressive display of hipster bowling skillz (though they can blame that on the free…   Read Story »

The concept behind the Jacqueline Castel-directed video for "Easy Answers," the opening track on These Are Powers' All Aboard Future, is more interesting than the song itself: The video [...] was…   Read Story »

I couldn't make Siren Festival this year and Amrit and Brandon were at Pitchfork, so ... how was it? Based on the photographic display from Kyle Dean Reinford I guess sweaty? How was the sound? Did…   Read Story »

You don't need us to tell you that if you want to see R.E.M. tonight you should have started lining up at Stubb's two days ago. Also you know how big these SXSW crowds are getting every year. The…   Read Story »