Some of the cocktails on deck in Christopher Laufman, bka Wise Blood's "Universe Is Blessed" are as follows: a martini with olives on the side, rat poison, turpentine. And while it's probably best to…   Read Story »

This was a great, great week for music videos. And for some reason, a pattern emerged. To some extent, every one of the videos below is a sumptuous, richly produced vision of things that don't make…   Read Story »

In Wise Blood's video for "Loud Mouths," the Pittsburgh weird-pop auteur survives a slow-motion car wreck, swaggers through a fancy-dress party, and encounters a naked corpse covered in CGI blooming…   Read Story »

Theo Anthony directs this clip for Wise Blood's dark pop track "Nosferatu," and the result is a druggy, hypnotic video that features the protagonist lurking in a dreamlike state. Also, there's a…   Read Story »

Pittsburgh sample-pop maven Wise Blood's been around lately -- there was that cover for our Stroked comp, and that MP3 for his own "Nosferatu." Now you can hear the full EP housing that last track --…   Read Story »

Last seen putting a skewed spin on "Someday" for our tribute to the Strokes Is This It, here is Wise Blood with a new track from his forthcoming These Wings EP: Wise Blood - "Nosferatu" (via…   Read Story »

The Strokes' debut album Is This It was first released on 7/30/01. To help us celebrate this 10th Anniversary, we asked some of our favorite indie bands to cover each track. The resulting collection,…   Read Story »

Wise Blood and his sample-centric, brooding R&B stomp-pop made our Must See of SXSW 2011 list, although it wasn't until the more recent, first-ever full-band show in Brooklyn that I had the chance to…   Read Story »

Come March every year, the same questions are asked, retreaded thought pieces get pitched: What does it mean to have a music industry festival in the decrepit climate of 2011? Does anyone actually…   Read Story »

After a holiday break and an inclemently weathered January, our Monthly Mix series returns with a two-month/one-mix compilation that sets a defiant tone. If not for the year, then for the…   Read Story »