The S.S. Coachella sailed from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Jamaica and back between 12/19 and 12/23, along the way featuring performances from Pulp, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, and many more. Andrew Youssef was…   Read Story »

Ever since I was old enough to complain, my dad took great pleasure in the act of dragging my always-resistant ass to music festivals. A summer full of glorious music for him meant a summer full of…   Read Story »

Closing out the concert season at the Hollywood Bowl, a stacked bill of TV On The Radio, Arctic Monkeys, Panda Bear, Warpaint, and Smith Westerns crammed in as much music as possible before the…   Read Story »

Underwater! Director Ted Newsome has this to say: I have always wanted to shoot a video for Warpaint, so I was excited when they asked me to submit treatments. One of my ideas involved this…   Read Story »

A few weeks back James Blake told SPIN, "Remixing is like musical prostitution." Ha -- relax, James Blake. This is the column in which we beg to differ. Much in the spirit of our inaugural Remixtape…   Read Story »

Los Angeles-based Stereogum40 and NME Cool List-approved psych troupe Warpaint recently performed a couple tracks from their much-discussed The Fool live on Your Truly. You've also seen "Undertow"…   Read Story »

We've been anticipating the release of The Fool long before we added Warpaint to our Best New Bands list. We've mostly gotten previews via videos, like their soft-focus clip for "Undertow." Now you…   Read Story »

Just like last week, here are this week's attention-worthy videos. New ones from Serena-Maneesh, Antony and the Johnsons, Gatekeeper, Gordon Voidwell, James Blake, Kid Cudi, Mark Ronson, Torche, and…   Read Story »

The official video for Stereogum40 heroines Warpaint's wonderful statement of long-player intent "Undertow," the first single and listen from their forthcoming full-length debut The Fool, out 10/26…   Read Story »

This weekend in Las Vegas, Matador Records is celebrating 21 years of shaping the ship of independent music with a fearsome deepdive through its roster, headlined by the reunited "classic" lineup of…   Read Story »