Song of the Day: “Asphyxiate”
The duo of Lizzie Karr and Ben Wiley are one of the more compelling electronic music groups to come out of the Bay Area since Bassnectar. Though their previous single,…
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Sound Takes: Heaven
I had enjoyed the song "Black Rainbow" from their upcoming LP, Heaven, so much that I’d actually thought, “Hey, this would be a great song to have a migraine to.”
The Sustainability of Music Festivals
As music festivals pile up in the memory of North American summers, the environmental toll of all those plastic water bottles and plastic beer glasses and paper plates covered in…
This Week in Posivibes: FKA twigs
FKA twigs has released a self-directed video to accompany her new EP M3LL155X, and the result is wonderfully troubling: the four-part video accompaniment to her five-song EP delivers an explicit and…
Those Damned Drums
Positive Force, the activist punk collective that in many ways shaped what it meant to enact a DIY ethos in the US, is the subject of director Robin Bell’s documentary, Positive…
Ryan Adams Finishes Cover of 1989 Album
Ryan Adams recently announced he planned on covering Taylor Swift’s full album 1989. While fans were excited to see alternative versions of hits “Blank Space” and “Style,” many didn’t believe Adams would…
Danger Mouse Launches 30th Century Records
Known to many for his work on the Grey Album and as one half of Gnarls Barkley, and also for his production work with The Black Keys, Gorillaz, Norah Jones, and…
Sound Takes: Everyone Was a Bird
Grasscut’s bones may be electronic, but its heartbeat is good and warm.
Song of the Day: “It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over”
Lenny Kravitz has had his share of the limelight, ever since Duke Ellington allegedly played “Happy Birthday” for him on his 5th birthday. While he might be in the news…
The International Song of Mystery
While the upcoming James Bond film Spectre, potentially Daniel Craig’s penultimate appearance as Bond, has fans wondering who will play the franchise’s lead role next, fans are equally awaiting news…
This Week in Posivibes: Don’t Call it a Comeback
Though after a short year-long reunion (and a 48-year history), we’re officially losing Pink Floyd, this summer has been overrun with bands getting back together! Gregg Allman was joined on stage…
Frankie Knuckles Collection Joining Stony Island Arts Bank
Legendary Chicago DJ Frankie Knuckles passed away in March of 2014, leaving behind a legacy as “the Godfather of house music” and a massive vinyl collection to match it. Recently…