Tagged: Captured Tracks
Video: Wild Nothing, “A Dancing Shell”
Jack Tatum, bka Wild Nothing’s upcoming EP Empty Estate (May 14th, Captured Tracks) feels like an arrival of sorts. A move from the quieter hum of his earlier work into full-blown pop territory, without losing … read more »
Stream: Holograms, “Flesh and Bone”
For all their pop acumen and ability to turn industrial coldness into something that accommodates actual hooks, Stockholm’s Holograms are still great at making dark, yelpy, vital noise. “Flesh and Bone” is the first single … read more »
At Home With: Beach Fossils
Dustin Payseur proposed to his girlfriend, a manager at his band Beach Fossil’s label Captured Tracks, over the holidays. When we visited the tidy Greenpoint apartment last week where he lives with his now-fiancée, there … read more »
Stream: Beach Fossils, “Generational Synthetic”
In the best moments of Beach Fossils’ 2010 debut, frontman and chief songwriter Dustin Payseur skillfully melded lyrical guitars, post-punk bass lines and deadpan vocals. The stripped-down songs were often uncomplicated, always catchy, and just … read more »
Video: Naomi Punk, “Voodoo Trust”
Washington three-piece Naomi Punk have released an official clip for “Voodoo Trust,” the infectious first song off their debut LP, The Feeling. The gloomy, black-and-white video is like a chopped and screwed episode of the … read more »
NYC’s Music Community Talks Hurricane Sandy
If you suffered Sandy’s wrath this week, you probably woke up after the storm with a pretty good grasp on all the damage she incurred on your block, but without much of a sense of … read more »
Stream: Mac DeMarco, “Ode to Viceroy”
There’s this weird lightness to Mac DeMarco’s music. The songs feel fragile, like they’re slipping away from DeMarco even as he’s singing them. The effect isn’t unlike hearing a song late night on the radio … read more »
Brooklyn Bound: DIIV Interview at Co-Op 87
There’s a great American tradition of New York being a welcoming port and FADER teamed up with Converse’s new Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn to further it. Once a month, we’ll be welcoming touring artists … read more »
Stream: Heavenly Beat, “Tradition”
I wore jean shorts to work for the first time today, the fitting garb for listening to Beach Fossils bassist John Pena’s solo project, Heavenly Beat. “Tradition” is the second single from his debut LP, … read more »
Dive, “Bambi Slaughter” (Kurt Cobain Home Demo Cover) MP3
Nirvana are not even close to the primary influence—that would be shoegaze, Cure-style emotive guitar, and any band that loves a delay pedal in a really pretty way—we hear in Dive‘s music, but it doesn’t … read more »
