http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:03:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/daily-inspiration-julia-holter-fur-felix/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/daily-inspiration-julia-holter-fur-felix/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:42:56 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=175125 Satisfying the collective demand for all things Julia Holter-related, Dummy points us to this old video for an early recording of “Für Felix.” Directed three years ago by Eric Fensler, it features Holter as a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/10/daily-inspiration-julia-holter-fur-felix/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/video-lee-ranaldo-off-the-wall/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/video-lee-ranaldo-off-the-wall/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:45:48 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=174801 Lee Ranaldo’s “Off the Wall” is a far cry from Sonic Youth’s more experimental days, but that’s not necessarily a surprise. Isn’t that the way it normally goes? When you’re young and brash, it’s about … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/09/video-lee-ranaldo-off-the-wall/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/white-fence-swagger-vets-and-double-moon-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/white-fence-swagger-vets-and-double-moon-mp3/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:45:44 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=174170 At what point did hanging in the basement get glamorous? Maybe just right now, because White Fence’s “Swagger Vets and Double Moon” sounds like basement psych. The kind made by dudes that have only a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/white-fence-swagger-vets-and-double-moon-mp3/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/woodsman-supernal-radionics-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/woodsman-supernal-radionics-mp3/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:34 +0000 Maia Stern http://www.thefader.com/?p=173575 After relocating to New York City from Denver and beginning work on a third full-length, the guys of Woodsman are reflecting on their past. They made Humdrum and Indoor Days in Colorado in 2008, and … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/07/woodsman-supernal-radionics-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-lotus-plaza-come-back/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-lotus-plaza-come-back/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:45:46 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=173759 The only downside, if you can even call it a downside, to being part of a band like Deerhunter is that the records from both that project and Bradford Cox’s Atlas Sound are so colossal … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/06/stream-lotus-plaza-come-back/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/stream-julia-holter-in-the-same-room/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/stream-julia-holter-in-the-same-room/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:25:56 +0000 Naomi Zeichner http://www.thefader.com/?p=172904 “In the Same Room” is the second offering from homegrown LA experimentalist Julia Holter’s upcoming album, Ekstasis, to be released March 8th by RVNG. At the outset it’s catchy and incredibly optimistic, Holter’s crystal-clear vocals … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/02/stream-julia-holter-in-the-same-room/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/hear-lia-ices-cover-pink-floyd-new-video-for-little-marriage/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/hear-lia-ices-cover-pink-floyd-new-video-for-little-marriage/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:46 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=172591 Perpetually underrated Lia Ices turns in two new pieces of media, a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” and a video for “Little Marriage” from last year’s Grown Unknown, her sophomore LP on … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/01/hear-lia-ices-cover-pink-floyd-new-video-for-little-marriage/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/by-the-numbers-lana-del-reys-born-to-die/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/by-the-numbers-lana-del-reys-born-to-die/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:15:15 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=172109 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 Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die, a record that … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/31/by-the-numbers-lana-del-reys-born-to-die/feed/ 8 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/oh-hey-neil-young-is-jamming-with-crazy-horse-again/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/oh-hey-neil-young-is-jamming-with-crazy-horse-again/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:03:52 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=172023 When was the last time you hopped on the internet and were like, OH YEAH TIME TO VISIT THAT MAJOR ARTIST’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON THERE! It’s just not really done, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/oh-hey-neil-young-is-jamming-with-crazy-horse-again/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/pond-moth-wings-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/pond-moth-wings-mp3/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:00:46 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=171806 One time (maybe more than one time) in the FADER office, I went on a half-formed rant about how there hasn’t been a really in-depth look at the white dude skunky weed and psych guitar … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/30/pond-moth-wings-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/17/stream-julianna-barwick-never-change/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/17/stream-julianna-barwick-never-change/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:45:18 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=168608 Julianna Barwick channels some angels on high in “Never Change” and, contrary to the title, the song does change…a little. It’s a slow, looping build that keeps on getting prettier and fuller as it goes. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/17/stream-julianna-barwick-never-change/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/13/download-bathetic-records-expressway-compilation/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/13/download-bathetic-records-expressway-compilation/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:45:36 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=168116 When I first moved to New York, I came with just my clothes and a few books. I left all my CDs and records at home. Ripping what I could, figuring anything I left behind … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/13/download-bathetic-records-expressway-compilation/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/11/stream-mike-wexler-pariah/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/11/stream-mike-wexler-pariah/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:15:32 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=167348 Mike Wexler’s album Dispossession will be out March 6th on Mexican Summer, which means you’ll be able to live with it, get bummed out by it, stop listening to it, and then come back to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/11/stream-mike-wexler-pariah/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/04/stream-willis-earl-beal-evenings-kiss/ http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/04/stream-willis-earl-beal-evenings-kiss/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:30:39 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=165677 XL has just announced their signing of Chicago singer Willis Earl Beal. His record Acousmatic Sorcery will be out March 20th via the label’s new imprint Hot Charity. “Evening’s Kiss” is the first official look … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2012/01/04/stream-willis-earl-beal-evenings-kiss/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/a-year-in-music-sam-hockley-smith/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/a-year-in-music-sam-hockley-smith/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:30:55 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=164410 It’s difficult to differentiate a year in music from just a year. Beyonce exists because we hear her at the gym, Bill Callahan is important because he sings about America while we’re abroad, the first … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/20/a-year-in-music-sam-hockley-smith/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/09/the-best-presents-for-music-nerds/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/09/the-best-presents-for-music-nerds/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:00:32 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=161609 People got trampled and pepper sprayed while holiday shopping on Black Friday, but it doesn’t have to be that hard! We’ve compiled some of the best gift ideas on the internet, all easy to buy … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/09/the-best-presents-for-music-nerds/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/08/stream-julia-holter-marienbad/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/08/stream-julia-holter-marienbad/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:45:42 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=161316 Imagine you grew up listening to nothing but experimental folk records, classical recordings and ambient albums on constant loop, and then imagine you managed to find a way to insert yourself into the discussion of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/08/stream-julia-holter-marienbad/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/07/fol-chen-invent-an-instrument/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/07/fol-chen-invent-an-instrument/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:15:57 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=160837 LA’s Fol Chen have teamed with legendary minimalist interface designers Monome and the Echo Park art space Machine Project to create the Tetrafol, this wooden, pyramid-shaped device that plays/manipulates sound based on how it’s moved, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/07/fol-chen-invent-an-instrument/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/07/austin-texas-troller-are-super-dark/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/07/austin-texas-troller-are-super-dark/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:45:19 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=160883 One band that I didn’t have enough space to write about when I was doing that weirdly controversial story on a specific music scene in Austin, Texas, was Troller. In a lot of ways, Troller … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/07/austin-texas-troller-are-super-dark/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/pond-fantastic-explosion-of-time-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/pond-fantastic-explosion-of-time-mp3/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:15:23 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=159811 For the past couple years, we’ve been getting random tracks from Pond, a band that is mostly made up of members of Tame Impala. Pond, however, don’t really sound much like Tame Impala, and their … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/05/pond-fantastic-explosion-of-time-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/01/woods-christmas-time-is-here-vince-guaraldi-cover-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/01/woods-christmas-time-is-here-vince-guaraldi-cover-mp3/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:15:54 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=159240 I am a big fan of Christmas, which means I spend a fair amount of time watching PeeWee’s Christmas Special, The Grinch (not the Jim Carrey one, but if you put that on TV I’ll … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/01/woods-christmas-time-is-here-vince-guaraldi-cover-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/01/feature-bon-iver-the-son-and-the-earth/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/01/feature-bon-iver-the-son-and-the-earth/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:30 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thefader.com/?p=20679 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 »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/01/feature-bon-iver-the-son-and-the-earth/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/28/video-peaking-lights-hey-sparrow/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/28/video-peaking-lights-hey-sparrow/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:00:00 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=157792 Although not a whole lot happens in this Peaking Lights video (directed by Cam Archer), it still is a great interpretation of their music: long shots of sun-dappled suburban streets, a girl squelching her feet … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/28/video-peaking-lights-hey-sparrow/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/24/what-im-thankful-for-alex-bleeker-of-real-estate/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/24/what-im-thankful-for-alex-bleeker-of-real-estate/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:00:02 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=157453 Every year, Americans gather for Thanksgiving, the great, cozy pause before November’s end. To celebrate its sweetness, we caught up with five of our favorite FADER family members and asked them what they’re giving thanks … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/24/what-im-thankful-for-alex-bleeker-of-real-estate/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/21/video-fleet-foxes-the-shrinean-argument/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/21/video-fleet-foxes-the-shrinean-argument/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:15:43 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=156822 Robin Pecknold’s brother Sean directed this deeply engrossing animated video for Fleet Foxes “The Shrine/An Argument” off their album Helplessness Blues. It’s got all the drama of a good episode of Planet Earth (with just … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/21/video-fleet-foxes-the-shrinean-argument/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/21/stream-these-peaking-lights-remixes-all-day/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/21/stream-these-peaking-lights-remixes-all-day/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:30:08 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=156649 Although we’ve spent a good amount of time enjoying Peaking Lights’ blissed and dubbed out 936 over here in the states, it’s just now seeing release in the UK on Weird World Records. It’s a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/21/stream-these-peaking-lights-remixes-all-day/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/17/co-la-vanity-plate-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/17/co-la-vanity-plate-mp3/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:00:51 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=155789 Co La’s “Vanity Plate” is the kind of track you pretty much have to give a couple listens to. On the first run through, it’s probably going to sound pretty messy and scattered, on the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/17/co-la-vanity-plate-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/15/by-the-numbers-cass-mccombs-humor-risk/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/15/by-the-numbers-cass-mccombs-humor-risk/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:15:00 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=155284 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 »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/15/by-the-numbers-cass-mccombs-humor-risk/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/10/sun-araws-dummy-mag-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/10/sun-araws-dummy-mag-mix-mp3/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:45:17 +0000 Parker Bruce http://www.thefader.com/?p=153928 Sun Araw is a transporter, we’ve said it before. Maybe he should open a travel agency: Sun Araw’s Guided Tours of Music and the Islands. The beginning of his mix for Dummy Mag is littered … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/10/sun-araws-dummy-mag-mix-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/09/the-polyps-iii-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/09/the-polyps-iii-mp3/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:00:02 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=153586 Jeremy Earl of Woods and his label Woodsist have carved out a great niche with his new imprint Hello Sunshine. Thus far, each release has been simultaneously disorienting, damaged and languidly beautiful. The Polyps’ Ants … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/09/the-polyps-iii-mp3/feed/ 6 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/estasy-wild-wants-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/estasy-wild-wants-mp3/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:15:42 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=150623 To talk about Estasy, I actually need to talk about Beach House. This isn’t because of any particular sonic similarities, there aren’t any, really. It’s more just a certain vibe, which boils down to: What … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/estasy-wild-wants-mp3/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/download-gonjasufis-the-ninth-inning-ep/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/download-gonjasufis-the-ninth-inning-ep/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:45:38 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=149105 When we look back at Gonjasufi’s career, it’s hard to tell exactly what his legacy will be. Will it be weeded, wheezing singing? Or will it be the ominous mutter-raps that pop up occasionally? Probably … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/26/download-gonjasufis-the-ninth-inning-ep/feed/ 19 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/07/video-julian-lynch-back/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/07/video-julian-lynch-back/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:00:19 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=144223 Julian Lynch’s music is complex and sometimes challenging, but it’s also comforting. There are general good vibes floating around every song, so even in the one violent moment when the colorful dude smashes his keyboard … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/07/video-julian-lynch-back/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/30/rangers-conversations-on-a-jet-stream-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/30/rangers-conversations-on-a-jet-stream-mp3/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:15:11 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=142615 Now that music has become this constantly inward-looking reflection of itself, the move is elevating above the stuff that all sounds vaguely like the other stuff and catapulting a sound we might be familiar with … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/30/rangers-conversations-on-a-jet-stream-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/29/paul-whites-fader-mix-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/29/paul-whites-fader-mix-mp3/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:28:43 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=142469 The first thing you need to know about this mix is that it is 34 tracks long. The second thing you need to know is that it is done by Paul White, who seems to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/29/paul-whites-fader-mix-mp3/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/19/video-bonnie-prince-billy-quail-and-dumplings/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/19/video-bonnie-prince-billy-quail-and-dumplings/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:00:33 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=139683 Oh shit! How stoked are we? This Bonnie “Prince” Billy video stars Nina Nastasia, who once released an album with Jim White on drums that is pretty phenomenal and for some reason being passed around … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/19/video-bonnie-prince-billy-quail-and-dumplings/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/12/julian-lynch-temple-dance-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/12/julian-lynch-temple-dance-mp3/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:30:05 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=137955 Julian Lynch first teamed up with filmmaker Amy Ruhl on Lynch’s video for “Seed”. For Ruhl’s first film, How Mata Hari Lost Her Head and Found Her Body, an animated, allegorical biography of the courtesan, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/12/julian-lynch-temple-dance-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/07/psychic-ills-mind-daze-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/07/psychic-ills-mind-daze-mp3/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:30:10 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=136761 There is something about Psychic Ills that makes them sound older than their years. It’s not that they actually are, Dins, the album that made us be like, WHOA PSYCHIC ILLS, came out in 2006. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/07/psychic-ills-mind-daze-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/06/kurt-vile-the-creature-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/06/kurt-vile-the-creature-mp3/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:39:29 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=136360 Where’s the depressing yet strangely life-affirming road movie for which Kurt Vile’s “The Creature” will be the theme? Seriously, if it’s not in the works already, somebody please make this movie. Even if the plotline … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/06/kurt-vile-the-creature-mp3/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/24/james-blake-and-bon-iver-the-collaboration-that-caused-an-earthquake-the-day-before-anyone-even-heard-it/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/24/james-blake-and-bon-iver-the-collaboration-that-caused-an-earthquake-the-day-before-anyone-even-heard-it/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:00:05 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=134560 Kind of a no brainer, right? Both Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and James Blake have made pretty solid careers out of making some of the most morose, internal music around. They also both happen to … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/24/james-blake-and-bon-iver-the-collaboration-that-caused-an-earthquake-the-day-before-anyone-even-heard-it/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/16/amen-dunes-not-a-slave-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/16/amen-dunes-not-a-slave-mp3/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:30:45 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=132847 Damon McMahon, who now records as Amen Dunes always seemed like a solitary dude. His music is unfussy and personal. It’s not heart-on-sleeve though, it’s just music that comes from the mind of one specific … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/16/amen-dunes-not-a-slave-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/02/family-bands-upstate-forest-party/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/02/family-bands-upstate-forest-party/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:18:14 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=130056 Just outside of Delhi, New York, a small town that still has dime store candy, is Miller Path. It’s a gnarled, gravel road with grass that swishes against the bottom of your car when you … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/02/family-bands-upstate-forest-party/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/27/video-prince-rama-incarnation-as-performed-by-g-lucas-crane-of-woods/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/27/video-prince-rama-incarnation-as-performed-by-g-lucas-crane-of-woods/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:32:51 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=128974 We’ve now spent a little time with Prince Rama’s upcoming Trust Now, and we’ll tell you that the last thing we thought we needed out of it was people doing karaoke versions of the tracks. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/27/video-prince-rama-incarnation-as-performed-by-g-lucas-crane-of-woods/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/25/whalebones-have-a-new-album/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/25/whalebones-have-a-new-album/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:30:48 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=128344 Way back in FADER #55, we wrote about Seattle’s Whalebones. They are indebted to Neil Young and honey slides just as much as the weird city/country hybrid that Seattle has going for it. As you … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/25/whalebones-have-a-new-album/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/13/video-melted-toys-neuzone/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/13/video-melted-toys-neuzone/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:45:46 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=125706 At heart, Melted Toys make uneasy music. Not that “Neuzone” is going to give you the jitters, but at points it feels like the dense psych rock is lulling you into hypnotic complacency. It’s an … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/13/video-melted-toys-neuzone/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/23/stream-woods-find-them-empty/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/23/stream-woods-find-them-empty/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:00:12 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=121853 This is much heavier on the organ than we’re used to from Woods. It gives the whole track an experimenting-with-drugs-for-the-first-time-because-actually-it’s-the-1960s-and-a-lot-of-drugs-haven’t-been-invented-yet vibe, but because frontman Jeremy Earl has never been content to emptily ape tropes from … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/23/stream-woods-find-them-empty/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/21/video-grouper-i-saw-ray/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/21/video-grouper-i-saw-ray/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:30:24 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=121250 Director Weston Currie’s first installment in a series of videos for Grouper’s double album A I A is implicitly terrifying—with all of the action built into ambiguous and slow hyper-slow dissolves and tracking shots. A … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/21/video-grouper-i-saw-ray/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/03/interview-the-war-on-drugs/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/03/interview-the-war-on-drugs/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:00:06 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=117773 On August 16th, The War on Drugs will release Slave Ambient, their latest album of hazy, slack (but somehow still epic) rock jams. It’s a formula the band has down—a sort of blue collar Philadelphia … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/03/interview-the-war-on-drugs/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/01/will-oldham-returns-to-his-unsettling-roots/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/01/will-oldham-returns-to-his-unsettling-roots/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:20:49 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=113817 Will Oldham has quietly been doing something interesting with his Bonnie “Prince” Billy project. Evolving from a solo excursion into collaborations with various musicians, both well-known and borderline completely-unknown, Oldham’s found new life, and, it … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/01/will-oldham-returns-to-his-unsettling-roots/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/24/bon-iver-covers-bonnie-raitt-on-jimmy-fallon/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/24/bon-iver-covers-bonnie-raitt-on-jimmy-fallon/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 14:30:22 +0000 Matthew Schnipper http://www.thefader.com/?p=115262 Wisconsin’s sweetheart, Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver, went on Jimmy Fallon in advance of the release of his second album. Instead of performing a number from that album, Bon Iver, Vernon hands clenched and eyes … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/24/bon-iver-covers-bonnie-raitt-on-jimmy-fallon/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/17/stream-woods-out-of-the-eye/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/17/stream-woods-out-of-the-eye/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 20:45:09 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=113401 As much as Woods are about sweet and dark acoustic intimacy, they’re also about completely fried jams. “Out of the Eye” is one of those songs. It’s built on a locked groove that swirls endlessly. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/17/stream-woods-out-of-the-eye/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/12/video-no-age-common-heat/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/12/video-no-age-common-heat/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 20:45:10 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=112295 Man, if you told us when we were younger that the doodles we thought were pretty good in our notebooks could be made into an animated video that would be broadcast all over the internet, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/12/video-no-age-common-heat/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/11/the-war-on-drugs-baby-missiles-mp3/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/11/the-war-on-drugs-baby-missiles-mp3/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 22:20:49 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=112059 Is there a more comforting band than The War on Drugs? Yes! Van Morrison to name just one. But The War on Drugs are up there, especially when they do songs like “Baby Missiles,” which … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/11/the-war-on-drugs-baby-missiles-mp3/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/10/the-dark-and-sacred-music-of-herbcraft/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/10/the-dark-and-sacred-music-of-herbcraft/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 18:30:27 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=111671 There’s drug music and then there’s drug music. One of them is a transcendent thing with incense and the waning and waxing of the moon and candles, and the other is some dude smoking a … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/10/the-dark-and-sacred-music-of-herbcraft/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/27/bill-callahans-daytrotter-session-should-be-pressed-on-vinyl/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/27/bill-callahans-daytrotter-session-should-be-pressed-on-vinyl/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:30:23 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=108139 The first time we ever saw Bill Callahan, the people we were with kept asking if something was wrong, like looking bummed while listening to bummer jams about life was a bad thing. Our answer … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/27/bill-callahans-daytrotter-session-should-be-pressed-on-vinyl/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/25/video-no-gold-webedo/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/25/video-no-gold-webedo/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:00:21 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=107524 Probably one of the hugest bummers is looking back at technology we were really stoked on back in the day. Sure, it’s cool in that nostalgic retro fetishist way—but at the same time, most of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/25/video-no-gold-webedo/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/25/stream-fleet-foxes-new-album-helplessness-blues/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/25/stream-fleet-foxes-new-album-helplessness-blues/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:00:48 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=107324 NPR is streaming the new Fleet Foxes album, Helplessness Blues (out May 3rd on Sub Pop), but they could just as easily be streaming the new CSN album. Seriously, a couple tracks on here—particularly “Bedouin … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/25/stream-fleet-foxes-new-album-helplessness-blues/feed/ 5 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/22/stream-julian-lynchs-album-terra/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/22/stream-julian-lynchs-album-terra/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:30:46 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=107161 Anyone else get Peanuts vibes from Julian Lynch‘s music? Maybe it’s just tracks like “Fort Collins” that bring to mind Snoopy skating on ice in the Peanuts Christmas episode, but maybe it’s just the feeling … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/22/stream-julian-lynchs-album-terra/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/18/prefuse-73-and-zola-jesus-the-misanthrope-meditation-2011-mix/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/18/prefuse-73-and-zola-jesus-the-misanthrope-meditation-2011-mix/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:30:27 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=105958 Prefuse 73‘s upcoming The Only She Chapters is fucking mindboggling. There are almost no drums, a lot of it sounds like noise music—but the sophisticated kind of noise music that can pass as contemporary classical … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/18/prefuse-73-and-zola-jesus-the-misanthrope-meditation-2011-mix/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/18/video-grouper-alien-observer/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/18/video-grouper-alien-observer/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:00:28 +0000 Amber Bravo http://www.thefader.com/?p=106003 The song may be titled “Alien Observer,” but Hamish Parkinson’s video for Grouper’s ethereal ballad is more intra than extra terrestrial. Zombie-like creatures come out from under the leafy mulch for dirty (literally) make-out sessions … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/18/video-grouper-alien-observer/feed/ 0