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Amber Bravo

Amber Bravo

Amber Bravo is a New York based writer and a senior editor at The FADER. Before heading back east, she worked for Dwell in San Francisco.

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lindstrom

Stream: Lindstrom, “Call Me Anytime” (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)

For a new 12-inch of Lindstrom remixes, Oneohtrix Point Never goes for an ecstatic, stuttering drone collage, which truncates the original “Call Me Anytime” almost in half and makes the calling in question sound like … read more »

POSTED May 24, 2012 6:30PM IN MP3 / STREAMS 0 Comments TAGS: , ,
becoming_real

Stream: Becoming Real’s Solar Dreams/Neon Decay EP

Becoming Real’s new EP, Solar Dreams/Neon Decay, is named for brightness and warmth and decay from a hot light, but there’s such an icy chill to the production that we’re put in an extraterrestrial mindset—you … read more »

POSTED May 22, 2012 3:30PM IN MP3 / STREAMS 0 Comments TAGS: ,
walkmen

Stream: The Walkmen’s Heaven

The Walkmen having been unveiling tracks off their seventh studio album, Heaven, with the slow consistency of old pros and in a manner befitting its prepped and polished sound. From album opener “We Can’t Be … read more »

POSTED May 21, 2012 4:15PM IN MP3 / STREAMS 0 Comments TAGS: ,
fatima2

Fatima Al Qadiri, “Corpcore (Kingdom Remix)” MP3

Kingdom slows down and drowns out the alarm sound-like melody to Fatima Al Qadiri’s

POSTED May 18, 2012 11:15AM IN MP3 / STREAMS 0 Comments TAGS: , ,
lemonade

Video: Lemonade, “Neptune”

Directed by House Plants and Weird Days, who’ve definitely been studying and aestheticizing music videos from the early ’80s, Lemonade’s video for “Neptune” offers something for everyone: a strangely appealing shade of yellow nail polish, … read more »

POSTED May 17, 2012 5:00PM IN MUSIC VIDEO Comments (1) TAGS: , ,
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Video: Darkside, “A1″

Darkside (Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington), give their dread-inducing-then-quietly-ecstatic “A1″ a cinematic treatment from Pomp & Clout, with a bunch of post-apocalyptic bedouins roaming the desert digging for crystals. For anyone raised on Star Wars … read more »

POSTED May 16, 2012 12:30PM IN MUSIC VIDEO 0 Comments TAGS: , , ,
adam

Video: Kindness, “House”

Kindness’ Adam Bainbridge has really got his music video game correct. Each release off his debut World, You Need a Change of Mind seems to up the creative ante and, particularly in the case of … read more »

POSTED May 15, 2012 11:30AM IN MUSIC VIDEO 0 Comments TAGS: , ,
cherry

Neneh Cherry & The Thing, “Dream Baby Dream (Four Tet Remix)”

Four Tet’s remix of Neneh Cherry & The Thing’s Suicide cover, “Dream Baby Dream” reunites erstwhile collaborators Kieran Hebden and The Thing’s Mats Gustafsson. Usually, too many cooks in the kitchen is a bad thing, … read more »

POSTED May 14, 2012 4:04PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (2) TAGS: , , , , , ,
254_fortint

Interview: 2:54 at the FADER FORT presented by Converse

2:54’s Thurlow sisters emerged from the perpetual darkness that which we imagine them only to play in to grace the afternoon stage of The FADER FORT Presented by Converse. They didn’t seem to mind the … read more »

POSTED May 11, 2012 5:15PM IN Featured - FADERFORT, Fort Video 0 Comments TAGS: , ,
deon_hi

d’Eon, “Al-Qiyamah” MP3

The first single from d’Eon’s new album LP is actually the epic closer, and judging from the sound, it will close out what promises to be a deep, electro-meditation on life and spiritual existence swaddled … read more »

POSTED May 11, 2012 12:00PM IN MP3 / STREAMS Comments (6) TAGS: ,