Music
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Mark Rogers & Mary Byrne Bring Their Sly Soulful Music to WNYU
Prior to leaving on their summer UK tour, Mark Rogers & Mary Byrne appeared on WNYU.org on May 4. Rick Moody wrote about the duo in his piece on “Stillness as Metaphor,” outlining the beautifully massive range their music exhibits…
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Song of the Day: “Soul Deep”
Soul staple Clarence Carter is most famous for his 1968 ballad, “Slip Away,” in which he urges his love to keep their relationship quiet. However, his baritone is anything but quiet on his powerful cover of “Soul Deep,” a song originally…
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Which Direction?
Tonight the mass of girls before me in the arena, swarming like insects, raises a question of economy. How many waitressing shifts, humid summer jobs, and hours babysitting does it take to hold these five boys aloft, to lard the…
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Tame Impala’s New Album Currents Release Date Announced, Plus Tracks and Tour Dates
The much-anticipated follow up to 2012’s Lonerism is now officially slated for release from Interscope on July 17. The band has been trickling out singles as a lead up to the album, one of which, “‘Cause I’m A Man,” was…
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Origin Stories
In the Basement Era all you needed was a steady hand, a screwdriver, some Scotch tape, and the nerve to believe that a cassette tape could be broken into…
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Christian Kiefer and the Soundtracked Novel
When we interviewed Christian Kiefer about his recent book, The Animals, the soundtrack he produced to accompany the text was still an upcoming release. Now available, the album features music by Kiefer and others such as Jefferson Pitcher, Tetuzi Akiyama, Tom Carter,…
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Song of the Day: “Grief”
The rapper and elusive lyricist Earl Sweatshirt projects a certain underdog quality. His debut album, Earl, came out in 2010, when he was 16. It garnered him widespread attention, which only multiplied when word spread that his mother had packed him…
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Sleater-Kinney, We Love You
At The Rumpus, we love all things related to Sleater-Kinney. Whether that means following the projects of its members—like the Corin Tucker Band or Wild Flag—or anticipating Carrie Brownstein’s forthcoming memoir, we just can’t get enough. If you feel the same, LA Record posted…
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Ben E. King’s Legacy Remembered
Tributes to the soul singer have been flooding the Internet since his passing on Thursday, April 30. Many are beautiful, but possibly the most heart achingly gorgeous comes from almost two weeks prior to his death, when David Letterman asked Tracy…
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Swinging Modern Sounds #65: Tragedy Plus Time
Jesse Malin is a lifer in a business that rarely features lifers anymore.
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Song of the Day: “‘Cause I’m a Man”
The diversely talented Perth, Australia-based recording artist Kevin Parker is known more widely by his stage name, Tame Impala. Often described as a psychedelic musician for the 21st century, Parker forges albums with traces of electronic and lo-fi, as well as influences from…
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Words for Words Without Music
Philip Glass has written a memoir. Philip Glass has written a memoir. The composer Philip Glass has written a memoir. Philip Glass has written a memoir. It begins in Baltimore. The composer Philip Glass has written a memoir. It begins…