Tagged: F64
Bon Iver: The Son And The Earth
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon returns home to the Wisconsin town that raised him. Walk into The Joynt in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at happy hour and a beer will set you back just 30 cents. Signs … read more »
GEN F: The xx
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 »
GEN F: Kris Kristofferson
Usually when you talk to musicians you ask them about their music, their inspirations and their ambitions, trying to find common ground in shared experiences. With Kris Kristofferson, whose songs have long been inspirations themselves, … read more »
GEN F: Kyle Hall
Kyle Hall graduated high school in June, and aside from a few hours a week teaching DJ lessons to kids and going to his girlfriend’s house every day, he’s got a lot of time to … read more »
GEN F: Kurt Vile
The beach was almost empty by the time Kurt Vile ambled up to the lone chair in the sand. The closer of a daylong bootleg festival at Ft. Tilden’s seaside state park, he mumbled through … read more »
GEN F: Warpaint
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 »
FEATURE: Dam-Funk Redefines Borders
Riding north up Arlington Avenue toward a downtown rehearsal studio, Dam-Funk points out a dark, thin stream of smoke billowing high above the San Gabriel Mountains—a sign of what will, a week later, be declared … read more »
