http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:13:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/13/by-the-numbers-the-roots-undun/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/13/by-the-numbers-the-roots-undun/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:33:53 +0000 THE FADER http://www.thefader.com/?p=162661 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 The Roots’ 11th studio album Undun. It’s a concept … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/13/by-the-numbers-the-roots-undun/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/the-tripwire-youth/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/the-tripwire-youth/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:30:14 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=88973 Last Friday, verb/re/verb curated a YOUTH mixtape of teenage artists covering songs that shaped their childhoods not long past. The first track, by Teenage Reverb, is a wordless Backstreet Boys cover. Their take on “Get … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/the-tripwire-youth/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/17/jason-polan-is-still-drawing-every-person-in-new-york/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/17/jason-polan-is-still-drawing-every-person-in-new-york/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:30:26 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=78795 It’s been over two years now: the moment has come to pat Jason Polan on the back. In between handwriting emails, maintaining The 53rd Street Biological Society and the Taco Bell Drawing Club, Polan has … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/17/jason-polan-is-still-drawing-every-person-in-new-york/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/the-tripwire-sufjan-stevens-once-again-makes-a-fine-case-for-the-album/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/the-tripwire-sufjan-stevens-once-again-makes-a-fine-case-for-the-album/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:30:58 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=75742 A bit lost in the shuffle of our collective CMJ hangover last week was the (slightly anticlimactic) ending to the Sufjan Stevens/Asthmatic Kitty versus Amazon saga. Sufjan’s sixth proper album, The Age of Adz, debuted … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/the-tripwire-sufjan-stevens-once-again-makes-a-fine-case-for-the-album/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/10/whos-stoked-about-touring-sufjan/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/10/whos-stoked-about-touring-sufjan/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:13:39 +0000 Jennifer Tandy http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34577 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/10/whos-stoked-about-touring-sufjan/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/11/sufjan-stevens-working-on-new-record-with-the-national/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/11/sufjan-stevens-working-on-new-record-with-the-national/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:09:56 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34039 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/11/sufjan-stevens-working-on-new-record-with-the-national/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/14/the-national-play-letterman-take-sufjan-along-for-the-ride/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/14/the-national-play-letterman-take-sufjan-along-for-the-ride/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 14:27:27 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=33810 http://www.thefader.com/2010/05/14/the-national-play-letterman-take-sufjan-along-for-the-ride/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/05/sufjan-calls-states-project-joke-becoming-cliche/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/05/sufjan-calls-states-project-joke-becoming-cliche/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:09:37 +0000 Michael McGregor http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=31656 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/11/05/sufjan-calls-states-project-joke-becoming-cliche/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/23/sufjan-to-make-good-old-fashioned-album-with-words/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/23/sufjan-to-make-good-old-fashioned-album-with-words/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:02:29 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=31437 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/23/sufjan-to-make-good-old-fashioned-album-with-words/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/25/sufjan-stevens-plays-cub-reporter-again-depresses-fans/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/25/sufjan-stevens-plays-cub-reporter-again-depresses-fans/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:06:41 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=30185 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/25/sufjan-stevens-plays-cub-reporter-again-depresses-fans/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/15/atp-new-york-2009-babies-and-drums/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/15/atp-new-york-2009-babies-and-drums/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:12:03 +0000 Peter Macia http://www.thefader.com/?p=14975 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/15/atp-new-york-2009-babies-and-drums/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/09/watch-part-of-sufjan-stevens-the-bqe/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/09/watch-part-of-sufjan-stevens-the-bqe/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:55:52 +0000 Gracie Remington http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=29514 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/09/09/watch-part-of-sufjan-stevens-the-bqe/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/31/atp-preview-what-if-jim-jarmusch-and-sufjan-stevens-shared-a-tent/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/31/atp-preview-what-if-jim-jarmusch-and-sufjan-stevens-shared-a-tent/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:20:18 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=29032 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/31/atp-preview-what-if-jim-jarmusch-and-sufjan-stevens-shared-a-tent/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/17/2009-pop-montreal-additions-announced/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/17/2009-pop-montreal-additions-announced/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:57:15 +0000 Gracie Remington http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=28467 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/17/2009-pop-montreal-additions-announced/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/10/sufjan-stevens-to-tour-this-fall/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/10/sufjan-stevens-to-tour-this-fall/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:28:08 +0000 Gracie Remington http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=27933 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/08/10/sufjan-stevens-to-tour-this-fall/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/21/new-sufjan-stevens-release-in-october/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/21/new-sufjan-stevens-release-in-october/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:31:47 +0000 Gracie Remington http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=27013 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/21/new-sufjan-stevens-release-in-october/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/im-solipsism-are-you-reading-this/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/im-solipsism-are-you-reading-this/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 19:10:46 +0000 Michael Cranston http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=23508 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/19/im-solipsism-are-you-reading-this/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/13/these-united-states-vetiver-papercuts-the-bell-house-brooklyn/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/13/these-united-states-vetiver-papercuts-the-bell-house-brooklyn/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 19:10:41 +0000 Derek Evers http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=23039 Bell House. And while many of the celebrities in the audience were there to see Vetiver, Tripwire photographer Sarahana asked us to list These United States first because they were her favorite. Here is what she saw. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/05/13/these-united-states-vetiver-papercuts-the-bell-house-brooklyn/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/10/the-feel-good-music-of-dent-may/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/10/the-feel-good-music-of-dent-may/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:45:15 +0000 Zachary Timm http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=20861 Dent May has revitalized the classic American crooner for the 21st century and given it a geeky hipster edge that makes this an extremely delightful listen. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/10/the-feel-good-music-of-dent-may/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/08/exclusive-i-was-a-king-album-stream/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/08/exclusive-i-was-a-king-album-stream/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:04:29 +0000 Brianne Sullivan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=20746 I Was A King's new self-titled album was recorded in Brooklyn, in a short, three-day session. The band managed to produce a large set of well honed, pop songs within the short time-frame, creating the crafted sound heard on the new album. Though they have only been around on the scene for a few years now, they've collaborated with the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Danielson, Serena Maneesh and Ladybug Transistor, giving the band the credibility they might need to break free of the Scandinavian indie stereotype. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/04/08/exclusive-i-was-a-king-album-stream/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/31/amazon-ranks-indie-rock-in-top-100-albums-list/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/31/amazon-ranks-indie-rock-in-top-100-albums-list/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:03:21 +0000 P. Elizabeth Cawein http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=20282 Rolling Stone has about a one-per-month quota. But this latest one comes from a slightly unlikely source -- Amazon.com. Apparently they don't just sell you music. They might actually know a little something about it, too. Maybe. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/03/31/amazon-ranks-indie-rock-in-top-100-albums-list/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/28/i-was-a-king-norman-bleik/ http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/28/i-was-a-king-norman-bleik/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:56:21 +0000 Derek Evers http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=16259 compared to Teenage Fanclub and the days when The Electric Prunes and The Strawberry Alarm Clock were ruling the radio airwaves, I Was A King gives us a warm, nostalgic, fuzzy feeling with this lead single from their forthcoming self-titled album. read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2009/01/28/i-was-a-king-norman-bleik/feed/ 0