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Look: Ruvan Wijesooriya’s Seven-Year Portrait of LCD Soundsystem
From 2004 until the day LCD Soundsystem quit being a band, Ruvan Wijesooriya followed the group, first as a fan, and then as their adopted resident photographer. This month, powerHouse Books is releasing a monograph … read more »
Watch the Trailer for Grant Singer’s Bradford Cox Documentary
We’ve seen some of Grant Singer’s grainy, spirited camera work for the likes of DIIV and Gambles, and now he’s turned his lens on the ever enigmatic Bradford Cox in his new documentary Youth Museum. … read more »
Stream Darkstar’s Album News From Nowhere
You’ve got to appreciate Darkstar’s sticktoitness. Disabling the click-through capability on their widget is a bold move in these technologically schizophrenic times, but as they see it, you’re not going to give their new album, … read more »
Stream: Blood Orange, “Cyan (Kindness Cover)”
Dev Hynes bka Blood Orange has been very busy of late, writing and producing some of the better singles to have come out in recent memory. Here, he takes a break from his workaday duties … read more »
Stream: Grouper, “Vital”
Tomorrow will be the darkest day of this calendar year, so what better way to enjoy it than by listening to new music from Grouper, who is an expert at making dark music that somehow … read more »
A Year in Music: Amber Bravo
Summing up a year listening to music is kind of like trying to talk about all the times you tied your shoelaces. Still, six editors at the FADER tried. Read what deputy editor Amber Bravo … read more »
Video: Digits, “Love Is Only Affection”
In this new video for Digits’ “Love Is Only Affection” an alien of seemingly Scandinavian origin crashes her spaceship and incurs a life-threatening lesion to the left side of her torso, from which oozes a … read more »
Milleneufcentquatrevingtquatre’s Matisse-Inspired Scarves
For the follow up to their excellent Hortus line, Milleneufcentquatrevingtquatre found inspiration for their new collection of printed silk scarves in “the universe of Henri Matisse—not the romance of his ‘natures mortes’ (still lifes), but … read more »
Stream: Widowspeak, “The Dark Age”
The cover artwork for Widowspeak’s sophomore album Almanac screams ’70s rock, but with Molly Hamilton’s voice recalling the sugar-sweet croon of Hope Sandoval or even the Donnelly sisters, “The Dark Age” more closely resembles the … read more »
Video: Cat Power Scares Children
Cat Power jabs hilariously at her reputation for being a delicate artiste in this new skit for Funny or Die, written and directed by Alex Fernie. In it, she plays the guest performer at an … read more »
