Tagged: Cass McCombs
Video: Cass McCombs, “Robin Egg Blue”
This very homemade looking video could easily be called “My Vacation” or “My Very First iMovie,” but it’s actually the Tres H. Zour-directed offering for Cass McCombs’ “Robin Egg Blue.” Here we see collaged footage … read more »
Letters to The FADER
This week, we started sharing features from our brand new Spring Style issue, FADER #78, online. Below, we’ve collected some reactions to our previous issue, FADER #77. Have something to say? Write us at letters@thefader.com. … read more »
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A couple of years ago, Charles Hamilton was on the cover of the Now issue, FADER’s annual, year-end look forward amidst many other publications’ navel-gazing looks back. Hamilton, who in 2009 had heavy buzz and … read more »
World Premiere! The FADER #77 Featuring Future and Cass McCombs
The FADER comes out six times a year, and every single one of those issues is about documenting what’s next. The NOW issue, though, is about looking even further forward. Who is going to soundtrack … read more »
Cass McCombs: Scorpio Rising
Cass McCombs is riding high on a dark horse. Death is an LA hippie with sandy Jesus hair and an Eagle Rock area code. Usually he makes you wait, but tonight, at the Gaylord Apartments … read more »
Cass McCombs, “Bradley Manning” MP3
On December 16th Bradley Manning, the soldier who supposedly forwarded secret diplomatic cables to Wikileaks by hiding them in Lady Gaga CDs, will make his first court appearance since his arrest in May 2010. This … read more »
By The Numbers: Cass McCombs’ Humor Risk
In By The Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits and primary colors. This week, we look at Cass McCombs’s Humor Risk, it’s the second album he … read more »
Video: Cass McCombs, “The Same Thing”
Cass McCombs’ six-plus minute “The Same Thing” is pretty much six-plus minutes of the same thing. A driving rock song, with a gentle, mincing bridge that comes around but twice. At one point, towards the … read more »
Stream: Cass McCombs, “Robin Egg Blue (Gun Drum Mix)”
Cass McCombs has bestowed us with not one but two, full albums this year. Both are super solid releases, and, like most of McCombs’ records, each has at least two or three songs that worm … read more »
The Tripwire: On Cass McComb’s Formidable Year
Cass McCombs stated earlier this year that he doesn’t write albums. He simply writes songs, compulsively, and doesn’t look back until he’s made enough to create something. This might be surprising, given the cohesion that … read more »
