Tagged: DFA
LCD Soundsystem, “Bye Bye Bayou” MP3
James Murphy covered a song by Suicide’s Alan Vega and it sounds like a disco swamp in a rainstorm. But then maybe we’re just influenced by the cover art—props to the makeup artist, that shade … read more »
Oak’s Happy Hour Special
When we spoke to Jeff Madalena and and Louis Terline of Oak for our 10th anniversary issue last year, opening a bar was still just a glimmer on the horizon. Blackout is now officially open, … read more »
Altair Nouveau of DFA’s Fall Mix
It has to be frustrating to make music in the present when so much of what you like is music from the past. We hear it so often, “I only like old stuff, nothing really … read more »
Free Energy, “Something in Common” MP3
Guesses on what the song’s anonymous she and DFA rock upstarts Free Energy have in common: shitty Philadelphia apartments with decent backyards, malt liquor, clothes with fringe, scratched AC/DC records. Free Energy is all in … read more »
Video: The Juan Maclean, “Happy House”
The concept for this video is so simple and perfectly understated, much like how The Juan Maclean’s disco equation of subtle and no-frills translates to elegance on the dancefloor: LED lights hitting diagonally on white-adorned … read more »
Free Energy to Release 7", Tour
Free Energy = Best New Band Name 2009 read more »
RCRD LBL Freeload: Canyons, “Blue Snakes”
Apparently in Australia, where Canyons are from, “Blue Snakes” translates to deep grinding house that sounds like it has been listening to Art Ensemble of Chicago and/or Popo. This song is like, we are in … read more »
Q+A/Premiere Freeload: Walter Jones, “Living Without Your Love” (New DFA Signee)
Perennial champion label DFA‘s newest release is from the somewhat reclusive Walter Jones. Jones, who DFA was introduced to first through their Death From Abroad compilations and his work with Supersoul Records, is actually from … read more »
Free Energy – "Dream City"
You can’t accuse me of it if I admit it first: I’m jumping on a bandwagon. You can’t call me a follower if I just don’t care. You can’t bring me down when I’m pumping out “Dream City”, the awesome new jam from recently DFA-signed feel-gooders Free Energy. read more »
Freeload: Free Energy, “Dream City”
Hey, are you watching Dazed and Confused? You’re not? Because it sounds like you are. Oh, we’re just listening to Free Energy on our headphones? Sorry, we got mixed up. Free Energy, who kinda sorta … read more »
