http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:03:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/14/freak-scene-60-its-so-hard-to-say-goodbye-to-yesterday/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/14/freak-scene-60-its-so-hard-to-say-goodbye-to-yesterday/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:35:56 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=69355 In this week’s Freak Scene, Jamie Johns says farewell (for now), demystifies the Summer of Suck and discusses new releases from Pop. 1280, Hot Guts, Cacaw and Nu Sensae. Check it after the jump. Things … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/14/freak-scene-60-its-so-hard-to-say-goodbye-to-yesterday/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/12/freak-scene-59-mid-year-madness/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/12/freak-scene-59-mid-year-madness/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:30:57 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=36391 June has now come and gone which means the year is halfway done, oof. This week I will be going through some of my favorite releases of the year that have not been covered in … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/07/12/freak-scene-59-mid-year-madness/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/21/freak-scene-58-void-vision-wild-thing-and-u-s-girls-giveaway/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/21/freak-scene-58-void-vision-wild-thing-and-u-s-girls-giveaway/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:15:05 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=34088 Sometimes going to the record store can be a bummer. You feel unenthusiastic, there isn’t much on the new wall that intrigues you, and you leave disheartened. This happened to me recently but I managed … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/21/freak-scene-58-void-vision-wild-thing-and-u-s-girls-giveaway/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/07/freak-scene-57-chaos-in-tejas/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/07/freak-scene-57-chaos-in-tejas/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:30:59 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=32103 In this week’s Freak Scene, Jamie Johns reports from Austin, Texas, where she attended the Chaos in Tejas. For reviews of Bastard, Bastard Noise and other non-Bastard named groups, check after the jump. PLEASE NOTE: … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/07/freak-scene-57-chaos-in-tejas/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/24/freak-scene-56-tin-man-ultra-and-maurizio-bianchi/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/24/freak-scene-56-tin-man-ultra-and-maurizio-bianchi/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 20:15:23 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=30306 Freak Scene has been sporadic in the past few weeks for a multitude of reasons, listed below. I am not trying to talk about feelings, just attempting to explain some obstacles I had to overcome … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/24/freak-scene-56-tin-man-ultra-and-maurizio-bianchi/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/03/interview-the-shanghai-restoration-project-on-electronic-music-from-china/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/03/interview-the-shanghai-restoration-project-on-electronic-music-from-china/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 18:30:06 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=27858 Expo 2010 is an enormous fair held from May to October to promote better living. That’s an oblique goal, and prior to this year the words “World Expo” had entered the minds of anyone but … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/03/interview-the-shanghai-restoration-project-on-electronic-music-from-china/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/26/freak-scene-55-stress-ape-birds-of-maya-and-condominium/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/26/freak-scene-55-stress-ape-birds-of-maya-and-condominium/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:00:41 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=26913 In this week’s Freak Scene, after breezing through her senior thesis (!), Jamie Johns catches us up on three new sweet records by Stress Ape, Birds of Maya and Condominium. I had a pretty good … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/26/freak-scene-55-stress-ape-birds-of-maya-and-condominium/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/12/freak-scene-54-slices-lamps-locrian/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/12/freak-scene-54-slices-lamps-locrian/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:01:21 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=25212 In this week’s Freak Scene, Jamie Johns gives a roundup of three of her favorite groups of late after a brief break from the column. Check out extended riffs on Slices, Lamps and Locrian after … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/12/freak-scene-54-slices-lamps-locrian/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/11/freak-scene-53-dna-test-fest/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/11/freak-scene-53-dna-test-fest/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:10:16 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=22931 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/11/freak-scene-53-dna-test-fest/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/16/freak-scene-52-my-estrogeneration-us-girls-and-yellow-swans/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/16/freak-scene-52-my-estrogeneration-us-girls-and-yellow-swans/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:03:04 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=22327 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/16/freak-scene-52-my-estrogeneration-us-girls-and-yellow-swans/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/02/freak-scene-51-aran-ruth-qa-vincent-over-the-sink-and-burning-star-core/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/02/freak-scene-51-aran-ruth-qa-vincent-over-the-sink-and-burning-star-core/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:38:39 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=21913 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/02/02/freak-scene-51-aran-ruth-qa-vincent-over-the-sink-and-burning-star-core/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/19/freak-scene-50-puerto-rico-flowers-death-domain-and-native-cats/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/19/freak-scene-50-puerto-rico-flowers-death-domain-and-native-cats/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:07:33 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=21563 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/01/19/freak-scene-50-puerto-rico-flowers-death-domain-and-native-cats/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/21/freak-scene-49-the-year-end-edition/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/21/freak-scene-49-the-year-end-edition/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:03:10 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=21054 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/12/21/freak-scene-49-the-year-end-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/30/freak-scene-48-pop-1280-hot-guts-rosemary-krust-and-siltbreeze/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/30/freak-scene-48-pop-1280-hot-guts-rosemary-krust-and-siltbreeze/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:55:47 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=20276 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/30/freak-scene-48-pop-1280-hot-guts-rosemary-krust-and-siltbreeze/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/16/freak-scene-47-sex-church-the-mantles-and-aran-ruth/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/16/freak-scene-47-sex-church-the-mantles-and-aran-ruth/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:19:02 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=19799 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/16/freak-scene-47-sex-church-the-mantles-and-aran-ruth/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/02/freak-scene-46-wierd-records/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/02/freak-scene-46-wierd-records/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:00:39 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=19232 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/02/freak-scene-46-wierd-records/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/19/freak-scene-45-new-records-old-memories/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/19/freak-scene-45-new-records-old-memories/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:25:15 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=17704 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/19/freak-scene-45-new-records-old-memories/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/05/live-wfmu-fest/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/05/live-wfmu-fest/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:48:00 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=17074 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/05/live-wfmu-fest/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/28/freak-scene-44-freak-scene-goes-to-sunn-o/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/28/freak-scene-44-freak-scene-goes-to-sunn-o/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:30:32 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=16235 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/28/freak-scene-44-freak-scene-goes-to-sunn-o/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/17/freak-scene-43-blues-control-and-stunned-records/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/17/freak-scene-43-blues-control-and-stunned-records/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:48:27 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=15350 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/17/freak-scene-43-blues-control-and-stunned-records/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/17/freak-scene-42-the-freak-scene-goes-to-china-edition/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/17/freak-scene-42-the-freak-scene-goes-to-china-edition/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:10:32 +0000 Jamie Johns http://www.thefader.com/?p=12394 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/17/freak-scene-42-the-freak-scene-goes-to-china-edition/feed/ 2