Daft Punk return with their first record in eight years, ditching their computers for a live band to create a towering, history traversing achievement.
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The latest Popcast episode see’s us drop the bar further than before as we discuss monkeys in airports, the desperate pleas for fame, dutch escorts and the celebrity death pool for 2013.
Read More Cinema, Danny Boyle, DVD, Invasion Radio, jimmy fallon, movies, music, news, Podcast, Pop Culture, Popcast, Rolling Stones, Sightseers, the place beyond the pines, Trance, TV, Welcome To The PunchWelcome to Track Life, a daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. There seem to be two sides to Matthew Houck, the bearded, mountain man looking adventurer behind Phosphorescent. There’s the hazy commune member, strolling through the hills and fields and watching as the [...]
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This LEGO Band takes music to a cool new level in this must watch video. Italian music producer Giuseppe Acito, decided to make a fully-function rock band called Toa Mata. LEGO Bionicle pieces were used to create the band members, and then Acito used a system of rubber bands and pulleys connected to their arms so they [...]
Read More Lego, music, VideosWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. For all of its “bedroom” simplicity, Liz Harris’ music (recorded under the moniker Grouper) has the power to both distance and connect with a listener simultaneously. On “Vital,” from this year’s [...]
Read More Ambient, Grouper, music, Track Life, VitalWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. Compassion is hard to come by anymore, but if anybody’s music is the very artistic embodiment of the word, it’s Mike Hadreas’ (a/k/a Perfume Genius). Scored by wistful piano, his [...]
Read More Dark Parts, Indie, music, Perfume Genius, Track LifeWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. One band this new generation of “indie rockers” hasn’t been completely able to recreate is Nirvana. While LA punks No Age have come close (at least in terms of sheer [...]
Read More METZ, music, Punk, rock, Track Life, WastedWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. X has a weird history. Formed in Los Angeles in 1977, the band orginally emerged as one of the most lauded members of the city’s punk scene. Combining John Doe’s [...]
Read More 4th of July, John Doe, music, Punk, Track Life, XWelcome to Track Life, a new daily column in which Jacob Knight shares what he thinks to be the best in music, both new and old. After yesterday’s bit of R&B scored morose introspection, I thought it might be a good idea to turn it up a notch. Chairlift’s “I Belong In Your Arms” (from last year’s [...]
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