http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/23/gen-f-stay/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/23/gen-f-stay/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:00:37 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=164554 Stay+, the UK-based, self-proclaimed “fictional dance” collective, has an exceptionally spotty history of giving straightforward interviews. Actually, the only one in existence is a string of YouTube videos-as-answers to very direct questions. But beyond the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/23/gen-f-stay/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/22/gen-f-mark-mcguire/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/22/gen-f-mark-mcguire/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:49 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=164535 Mark McGuire’s songs—of which there are hundreds, released scattershot and with alarming frequency considering their languid pace—feel like an Inception-style endless trapdoor through which layers of memories and half-remembered tiny moments never really end, so … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/22/gen-f-mark-mcguire/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/21/gen-f-lunice/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/21/gen-f-lunice/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:30:35 +0000 David Drake http://www.thefader.com/?p=164525 Lunice’s most viewed YouTube performance isn’t actually of his music at all. Instead, it’s a video of him doing a solo pop-lock dance performance to Lazer Sword’s hyperactive “Gucci Sweatshirt” in his living room. The … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/21/gen-f-lunice/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-lex-luger/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-lex-luger/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:00:19 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=164515 In the spring of 1995, amidst a bid to snap back from the commercial failure of an album called Juvenile Hell, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy offered unrepentant insight into the desperation of his adolescence. I’m only … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-lex-luger/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-bleached/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-bleached/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:45:56 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=164336 Jennifer and Jessie Clavin are cooler than you. “I have a really bad problem where, like, I shouldn’t be skateboarding anymore,” Jessie says. “I broke an ankle, I cracked my head open, but once I … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/gen-f-bleached/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/06/gen-f-mr-muthafuckin-exquire/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/06/gen-f-mr-muthafuckin-exquire/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:00:50 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=160413 Sometimes the rap game reminds Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire of the craft game. “When I get stressed out, I do collages,” says the stout, six-foot-four MC. We’re lounging in his childhood home-turned-bachelor pad, a messy, one-bedroom … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/06/gen-f-mr-muthafuckin-exquire/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/gen-f-stacy-barthe/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/gen-f-stacy-barthe/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:45:44 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=160013 Much in line with the mass appeal romantic populism she has written into songs for Rihanna, Beyoncé and Britney Spears, Stacy Barthe has a natural knack for punctuating her points with aphorism. On feeling underpaid … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/gen-f-stacy-barthe/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/gen-f-caveman/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/gen-f-caveman/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:35:01 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=150619 Like every New York City fairytale, Caveman’s story will end in real estate. When they make it big, they’re going to buy the old converted Con Edison building on 6th Street between 1st and Avenue … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/gen-f-caveman/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/28/gen-f-future/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/28/gen-f-future/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:33:58 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=150033 If we could credit a single song for the overabundance of Gucci sneaker prints and stiletto heel holes dug deep into the couches of Georgia club promoters’ VIP booths this past spring, it would be … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/28/gen-f-future/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/27/gen-f-king-krule/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/27/gen-f-king-krule/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:51:23 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=149421 Archy Marshall just turned 17. He’s got red hair and a deep voice that sits low in the back of his throat, like it got caught halfway between his nose and his mouth. Up until … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/27/gen-f-king-krule/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/gen-f-fatima-al-qadiri/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/gen-f-fatima-al-qadiri/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:20:20 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=149067 Fatima Al Qadiri is a consummate New Yorker: her parents studied in Russia, she was born in Senegal, grew up in Kuwait, then lived in eight cities over the past dozen years before settling down … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/gen-f-fatima-al-qadiri/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/25/gen-f-elite-gymnastics/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/25/gen-f-elite-gymnastics/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:30:49 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=148713 The first time Josh Clancy saw James Brooks was in high school in Dassel, Minnesota, a generic rural town with a population near one thousand. “He was in my chemistry class, and he would carry … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/25/gen-f-elite-gymnastics/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/14/gen-f-asap-rocky/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/14/gen-f-asap-rocky/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:30:34 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=143167 In an apartment perched northeast of Morningside Park in Harlem, ASAP Rocky is sitting knuckle-to-temple in a leather armchair he dragged halfway out of a closet. In song, Rocky routinely calls himself a “pretty motherfucker,” … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/14/gen-f-asap-rocky/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/07/gen-f-nicki-minaj/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/07/gen-f-nicki-minaj/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:30:45 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=141153 The first time I heard Nicki Minaj rap, I swore I was really listening to Lil Wayne. Taking in her well-enunciated verse on “Don’t Stop, Won’t Stop” from 2007’s Da Drought 3 mixtape, I thought … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/07/gen-f-nicki-minaj/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/30/gen-f-the-xx/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/30/gen-f-the-xx/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:00:32 +0000 Scott Wright http://www.thefader.com/?p=141010 The XX burn with the lovely pain of youth. Their debut XX—so named to celebrate the band’s members all turning 20 this year—is sparse but unsimple, haunted but hopeful. Every crafted sound drops with the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/30/gen-f-the-xx/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/27/gen-f-warpaint/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/27/gen-f-warpaint/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:00:31 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=141166 Warpaint sounds like the ghosts of Laurel Canyon wafting up to liberate themselves from Los Angeles’ darkest buried secrets—the psychic detritus of 40 years of drugs, debauchery, death, Didion’s Manson Family and Des Barres’ Doors. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/27/gen-f-warpaint/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/13/gen-f-dj-mehdi/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/13/gen-f-dj-mehdi/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:01:01 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=138093 RIP 1977-2011 Monuments and bridges! Pretty much all new musical achievements can be summarized by these two monoliths-cum-categories: either you create something grand or tie together disparate strains. Build either, and they will come; build … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/13/gen-f-dj-mehdi/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/31/gen-f-alex-clare/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/31/gen-f-alex-clare/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:51:23 +0000 Kim Taylor Bennett http://www.thefader.com/?p=134106 Alex Clare is standing in Farlow’s, a regal fishing emporium on London’s well-to-do Pall Mall, picking through a selection of lures embellished with brightly dyed feathers and unblinking plastic eyes. It seems an unlikely endeavour … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/31/gen-f-alex-clare/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/29/gen-f-254/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/29/gen-f-254/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:25:19 +0000 Daniel Arnold http://www.thefader.com/?p=134119 These days, the inseparable Thurlow sisters mostly do their moody dirges in an upstairs East London flat for a row of undecorated windows and all the neighborhood to see. At any given moment their Dalston … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/29/gen-f-254/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/25/gen-f-unknown-mortal-orchestra/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/25/gen-f-unknown-mortal-orchestra/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:45:17 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=134096 When Unknown Moral Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson first visited Portland, Oregon from his native New Zealand, he stayed two weeks longer than the sing night he’d intended. He was touring with The Mint Chicks, a punk … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/25/gen-f-unknown-mortal-orchestra/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/24/gen-f-main-attrakionz/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/24/gen-f-main-attrakionz/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:55:57 +0000 Andrew Noz http://www.thefader.com/?p=133693 There’s a special pedestal in music criticism for the experimental rapper. These artists are often lauded less for what they are than for what they are not. Specifically, like those other rappers. But what to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/24/gen-f-main-attrakionz/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/23/gen-f-balam-acab/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/23/gen-f-balam-acab/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:01:45 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=133688 Alec Koone produced one of the year’s most exciting full length debuts, but he doesn’t really want to talk about it. “I think the most important thing that I want to say about the record … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/23/gen-f-balam-acab/feed/ 8 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/22/gen-f-nguzunguzu/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/22/gen-f-nguzunguzu/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:01:14 +0000 Caroline McCloskey http://www.thefader.com/?p=133682 On overcast days city parks can feel foreboding, as if someone nearby is about to be bludgeoned, or the partially decomposed remains of a body are about to be discovered by an amateur birdwatcher. This … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/22/gen-f-nguzunguzu/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/25/gen-f-amy-winehouse/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/25/gen-f-amy-winehouse/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:00:28 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=128138 It’s 8PM on a Friday night in New York City and Amy Winehouse wants a tattoo. Another one. Her left arm has already been graced by an upside-down horseshoe and a topless model, and her … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/25/gen-f-amy-winehouse/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/12/gen-f-little-dragon/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/12/gen-f-little-dragon/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:00:39 +0000 Siri Thorson http://www.thefader.com/?p=125207 Describing a recent show that had the kids in Northfield, Minnesota literally hanging from the rafters, singer Yukimi Nagano of Swedish band Little Dragon talks a lot about the idea of music as a blissful … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/12/gen-f-little-dragon/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/08/gen-f-shabazz-palaces/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/08/gen-f-shabazz-palaces/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:30:29 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=123479 References to light are everywhere on Shabazz Palaces’ new album, Black Up. “Brilliant light, black light, blue light,” says Shabazz architect Ishmael Butler aka the Palaceer Lazaro. “I’m lucky to be able to see that … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/08/gen-f-shabazz-palaces/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/08/gen-f-grimes/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/08/gen-f-grimes/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:15:04 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=124682 Listening to Grimes, aka Claire Boucher, you get the sense that there are several incongruous events happening at once, and entirely by accident—as if the default were pandemonium, and any moments of clarity or brilliance, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/08/gen-f-grimes/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/07/gen-f-fat-trel/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/07/gen-f-fat-trel/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:00:40 +0000 Andrew Noz http://www.thefader.com/?p=124562 Like every story, most cities have two sides. Nowhere 
is this more apparent than in our nation’s capitol and its surrounding ’burbs, where the line between the rich and poor is at its most rigid. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/07/gen-f-fat-trel/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/06/gen-f-pure-x/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/06/gen-f-pure-x/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:30:25 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=124185 “You’ve got to understand the vibe in Austin,” explains Pure X guitarist and singer, Nate Grace. “There are a lot of ‘professionals’ here, and going downtown to play a club, you end up dealing with … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/06/gen-f-pure-x/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/06/gen-f-jhene-aiko/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/06/gen-f-jhene-aiko/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:00:34 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=123913 At a party recently, some guy confused Black Street and Boyz II Men. I corrected him. Though 15 years later, who sang “No Diggity” is not too much more than a minute piece of trivia … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/06/gen-f-jhene-aiko/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/30/gen-f-clams-casino/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/30/gen-f-clams-casino/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:00:07 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=123359 Mike Volpe, better known as producer Clams Casino, has spent his whole life in Nutley, New Jersey. “My town is ten to fifteen minutes from the city,” he says. “An hour away from the beach, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/30/gen-f-clams-casino/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/24/gen-f-tity-boi/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/24/gen-f-tity-boi/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 17:30:45 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=114135 In 2008, a year after Playaz Circle’s single hit, Tity Boi stood backstage at Lil Wayne’s I Am Music tour to be interviewed by Nicki Minaj for her video diary. “You the freshest nigga on … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/24/gen-f-tity-boi/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/20/gen-f-hauschka/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/20/gen-f-hauschka/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 20:15:37 +0000 Caroline McCloskey http://www.thefader.com/?p=114115 “This record makes me think of highway driving patterns,” I wrote my editor halfway through my first listen of Salon des Amateurs, the new record by Hauschka, nom de guerre of Düsseldorf-based piano wizard Volker … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/20/gen-f-hauschka/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/19/gen-f-about-group/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/19/gen-f-about-group/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 21:00:20 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=110480 While it might sound counterintuitive, Alexis Taylor likes the idea that “you could have a song you know inside out but make up on the spot.” Listening to Start and Complete, the Hot Chip singer’s … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/19/gen-f-about-group/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/18/gen-f-liturgy/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/18/gen-f-liturgy/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 22:16:36 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=110503 It’s unclear how many of the four members of Liturgy are chain-smokers, but sitting at their bass player’s Tyler Dusenbury dining room table, surrounded by many nice green plants, there’s enough loose tobacco to suggest … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/18/gen-f-liturgy/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/17/gen-f-planningtorock/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/17/gen-f-planningtorock/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 19:00:59 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=110518 In Planningtorock’s video for “Doorway,” Janine Rostron appears on either side of a split screen, her hair blown in slow motion by some unseen wind. The audio and visual aren’t synched so the synth-heavy orchestral … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/17/gen-f-planningtorock/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/16/gen-f-katy-b/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/16/gen-f-katy-b/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 17:15:33 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=112917 From her earliest guest vocals recorded as Baby Katy, to her recent pop chart-centric work as Katy B, South London’s Kathleen Brien has been the peerless female voice in the man’s, man’s world of British … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/16/gen-f-katy-b/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/07/gen-f-james-pants/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/07/gen-f-james-pants/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:00:02 +0000 Caroline McCloskey http://www.thefader.com/?p=103504 Anyone who’s ever bought records has at some point in their youth been dazzled by the album cover art d’une certaine époque—the provocative collision of bare chests, candelabras, coke panic, Dacron bodysuits, winged beasts (is … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/07/gen-f-james-pants/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/01/gen-f-josh-t-pearson/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/01/gen-f-josh-t-pearson/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:30:37 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=103056 Josh T. Pearson promised himself he wouldn’t shave until he put out a second record. Now he hasn’t seen his face in “over ten fucking years” and doesn’t know what he’ll do with the length … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/01/gen-f-josh-t-pearson/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/31/gen-f-niki-and-the-dove/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/31/gen-f-niki-and-the-dove/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:30:22 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=102826 There’s a vulnerability and braveness in the voice of Malin Dahlström, the lead-singing blonder half of Stockholm’s Niki and the Dove. It’s the sound of trying something different and knowing you’re doing it right, the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/31/gen-f-niki-and-the-dove/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/29/porcelain-raft/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/29/porcelain-raft/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:00:01 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=102282 Standing onstage alone in New York this winter, the Rome-born, London-based Porcelain Raft, aka Mauro Remiddi, set up his small bank of guitar pedals and quietly said hello to the crowd. Then he succumbed to his … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/29/porcelain-raft/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/03/gen-f-anika/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/03/gen-f-anika/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:33:29 +0000 Felipe Delerme http://www.thefader.com/?p=89616 When Anika first auditioned with Beak>, the ongoing pet project of Portishead founder Geoff Barrow, she had no idea she was sitting in with the group whose albums shaped her elder siblings’ adolescent groove sensibilities, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/03/gen-f-anika/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/28/gen-f-inc/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/28/gen-f-inc/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:26:47 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=88770 Andrew and Daniel Aged, the brothers behind Inc. (formerly Teen, Inc.), really want you to believe that they’re just regular guys. “We’re fun, but it’s a totally normal band,” Andrew says. “Trying to do something … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/28/gen-f-inc/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/gen-f-roach-gigz/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/gen-f-roach-gigz/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:30:58 +0000 Julianne Escobedo Shepherd http://www.thefader.com/?p=88580 After a dry spell and several months moping about it, a couple things happened in Roach Gigz’ life that got him back to rapping. First, he totaled his scraper and had to cop a shitty … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/27/gen-f-roach-gigz/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/26/gen-f-zola-jesus/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/26/gen-f-zola-jesus/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:05:53 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=88458 In 2010 America, it’s strange to marry young. A culture of divorce, financial instability and later-blooming adulthood conspire to delay a youthful rush to the altar. So it’s surprising to find out that Nika Roza … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/26/gen-f-zola-jesus/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/25/gen-f-pablo-picasso/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/25/gen-f-pablo-picasso/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:53:22 +0000 Peter Macia http://www.thefader.com/?p=88231 Pablo Picasso practices in the least inviting building in Brooklyn. From the outside, it looks like the kind of windowless old factory where puppies go missing and children’s bicycles are melted to make switchblades and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/25/gen-f-pablo-picasso/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/gen-f-oneohtrix-point-never/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/gen-f-oneohtrix-point-never/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:30:43 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=87924 Dan Lopatin talks like a stoned professor, punctuating complicated musical theories with asides about weed and hanging out late night. Across a restaurant table on a rainy day, he’s explaining how some kids came up … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/gen-f-oneohtrix-point-never/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/gen-f-grass-widow/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/29/gen-f-grass-widow/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:29:57 +0000 Alex Frank http://www.thefader.com/?p=76038 Grass Widow won’t admit to having predecessors. 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