Daily Archives: November 28, 2007

Audio: The FADER Issue 50 Podcast

Every several weeks we write one of these blog posts exhorting you to download the audio mix of music from our current issue. We’re doing it again for FADER 50, but this time it’s a … read more »

POSTED November 28, 2007 6:35PM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: ,
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The FADER Issue 50 Audio: Animal Collective, Beenie Man, Mavado, The White Stripes, Tego Calderon, Dr Dog, Cat Power, Wolfman, The Stills, The Rapture, Gorillaz, Outkast, Roll Deep, ARE Weapons, Dead Prez, Cam’ron, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Swizz Beatz, Terror Squad, R Kelly, Akon, NORE, Damian Marley, Ladyhawk, Bill Callahan, Lavender Diamond, The Strokes, The Roots, Kanye West

Music from The FADER Special 50th Issue featuring our editors’ favorite songs from Animal Collective, Mavado, White Stripes, Kanye West, Tego Calderon, Outkast, Ladyhawk, Akon, The Rapture, Young Jeezy, Beenie Man, Cam’ron and many more. read more »

POSTED November 28, 2007 6:21PM IN The FADER

Dollars To Pounds: King’s Cross Lockdown

Last week I went to bid my adieus to the King’s Cross Good’s Yard, the post-industrial hinterland comprising clubs The Key, The Cross and Canvas, and final messy destination of many a Dollars To Pounds … read more »

POSTED November 28, 2007 6:12PM IN MUSIC NEWS

Junot Díaz: Bonus Beats

The New York Times released their list of 100 notable books of 2007, and we are stoked to have read three of them (and Mothers and Sons kinda killed us so hard it’s a wonder … read more »

POSTED November 28, 2007 5:26PM IN ART+CULTURE NEWS

Get Ready To Freak Out… Radiohead Announce Tour Dates

Okay, so they haven’t confirmed MANY tour dates as of yet, but Radiohead have now announced two shows for 2008. So far they have signed on to perform in Germany at the Southside and Hurricane Festivals, both taking place in June. We’ve been reading that the band does intend read more »

POSTED November 28, 2007 1:50PM IN THE TRIPWIRE

British Sea Power: "Death To False Metal!"

What side are you on? That’s the question British Sea Power are asking. It’s pretty valid I think. I mean wouldn’t you want to know if your new girlfriend prefers The Bravery over The Stooges? Do your friends line up at the Corporate behemoth Coffee(tm) chain or do they lovingly suck at the read more »

POSTED November 28, 2007 1:40PM IN THE TRIPWIRE

Freeload: Food For Animals, “Swampy (Summer Jam)”

Food For Animals’ album Belly is out next week on Hoss Records. We spoke to FFA’s Andrew Field Pickering aka Vulture Voltaire about one of our favorites from the album, “Swampy (Summer Jam).” Download it … read more »

POSTED November 28, 2007 1:22PM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: ,

Audio: Hot Chip, “Ready for the Floor”

So it’s only the first 2 minutes of “Ready for the Floor” from Hot Chip’s upcoming Made in the Dark, posted to Hot Chip’s MySpace, but it’s 2 minutes more than you had a second … read more »

POSTED November 28, 2007 1:16PM IN MP3 / STREAMS TAGS: , ,

Black Lips Tour And Tour And Tour And…

Black Lips must be looking to win some kind of indie rock overachiever award. This year the fellas released two albums and toured their asses off. They’re already lining up plenty of work in 2008 to keep them insanely busy, including starring in a feature film read more »

POSTED November 28, 2007 1:15PM IN THE TRIPWIRE

Portishead Set Release Date?

If you can believe everything you see online, you’ll be happy to hear the following news we just found out. Gigwise is reporting that Portishead’s new and third album finally has a release date set read more »

POSTED November 28, 2007 1:11PM IN THE TRIPWIRE