According to the internet, last week New York-based electronic duo Ratatat quietly released a vinyl-only seven-inch (whatever the hell those words mean). One of the songs included is “Shiller,” which sounds like a film soundtrack scored jointly by Ennio Morricone and Angelo Badalamenti—so, clearly Italian in
I was considering using a malaprop of sorts to introduce this month’s collection of leaked music by conflating the popular adage of “April showers” with these “May leaks,” but then I thankfully remembered that I don’t hate any of you anymore than I’d want you to hate
With South by Southwest already a fading memory and the glory of spring officially upon us, fans of live music across the country are turning their attention to the gigantic summer festivals looming in the distance. Artists are being added to lists every day for juggernauts like Bonnaroo, the Pitchfork
It’s genuinely hard for me to say which of this month’s album releases I’m most excited about. Well, I’m not really excited about any the following, since they’ve all been leaked, but picking a favorite would prove difficult. Several major artists have highly anticipated releases
Born in Birmingham, U.K., in 1948, Steve Winwood started playing guitar in his father’s band at just eight years old. Growing up in Birmingham’s rhythm and blues scene, he had plenty of opportunity to network, and by his early teens Winwood was playing in pick-up bands
Ah, spring. The season for cleaning is here again, and much like Kenneth Grahame’s Mole, I find myself taking inventory of everything down in my dusty hole in the ground. My clothes could use a good once-over, as there are several shirts I haven’t worn recently, even
The Monthly Leak Report by Erik Bryan: Snoop Dogg; Be Your Own Pet; Destroyer; the Moldy Peaches; Sun Kil Moon.
Less than a week since Valentine’s Day, the investigation of a unique and more or less distinct shared set of cultural ideologies recognized as post-Valentinism is appropriate and well overdue. Much like the precessional relationship of Modernism to post-Modernism, especially pertaining to the fields of songcraft, semiotics,
Although it’s formally considered his side project, Bradford Cox has been involved in Atlas Sound far longer than he’s been recording with his better known outfit, Deerhunter. Started as an ongoing project with best friend Lockett Pundt in the sixth grade, Atlas Sound (named for the karaoke machine
Anyone can sit you down and tell you what they know about popular, highly influential musicians. It’s easy, just sitting there, telling. Which is what makes our occasional forays into strident disinformation about little-known, up-and-coming musicians so special. Obfuscation like this takes serious effort. Once again,
