How Sparks Got on Billboards
Sparks’s Russell Mael spoke with LA Record about teaming up with Franz Ferdinand for the project FFS, collaboration, and what it’s like to find yourself on highway billboards after a…
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Liz Wood
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Liz Wood is a writer and critic living in Cape Cod. She was a 2022 National Book Critics Circle Emerging Critics Fellow and a member of the NBCC 2023 and 2024 Greg Barrios Book in Translation Prize. Her writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Words Without Borders, Electric Literature, and elsewhere.
This Week in Posivibes: The Mantles
The Mantles have been a significant fixture in San Francisco’s music since 2007, and their recent release, All Odds End out on the Bay’s Slumberland Records, is their third full…
Newsom Speaks Against Spotify
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Newsom recognized that the streaming service Spotify is “a genius idea,” but spoke out against what she sees as a systematized attempt…
New Music Fridays
Records out today include new material from Demi Lovato, The Mantles, Neon Indian, !!!, Beach House, and The Game. Check out a comprehensive list here and support your local record…
Grimes Says Vote
So do it. Watch a voter PSA the artist recorded on her Tumblr, and read more about her take on Canadian politics and the importance of voting in her recent…
It Takes A Village
…to make a Selena Gomez album. According to an article that appeared in New York Magazine‘s October 5th issue, no less than thirty-eight people worked on the star’s latest album, Revival,…
This Week in Posivibes: The Wake
In a continued bid to reissue all things that are amazing and that record collectors covet, Captured Tracks is releasing a combined LP and EP/Singles collection by the great post-punk…
Obama Offers Kanye Campaign Advice
President Barack Obama appeared at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at San Francisco’s Warfield Theater this weekend, and took the opportunity to give Kanye West, who was performing later in…
Joanna Newsom Tour and Film Screenings
Joanna Newsom’s US tour dates have been announced for her new album Divers, which is coming out October 23rd via Drag City. But before the record hits stores and the tour…
Rihanna Talks Dolezal, Domestic Abuse, and Success
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Rihanna talks about her career up to this moment, going into depth about the ways in which she has seen worldwide success, public shaming,…
Kurt Vile On Tour
After releasing his album b’lieve i’m goin down September 25th, Kurt Vile is going on tour, and Stereogum collected a series of videos from the kick-off performance in his native Philadelphia. Watch Vile…
This Week in Posivibes: Creation Records’s Live in London 1987–1992
Creation Records compiled live performances from the label’s artists from 1987–1992: an hour plus of My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, Ride, The Telescopes, Teenage Fanclub, Felt, The Jesus and Mary…