Who Is TheNewNo2? Dhani Harrison’s Cinema Soundtracker
“My dad’s soundtracks were always psychedelic.”
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Hyperreal Comedy and Real-Time Tragedy, With Carrie Brownstein
Certainly, that seems to be our deep-seated fear, that this kind of violence will become part of the fabric of our lives.
Exclusive: My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields Reflects On Arrogance, Confidence
“Funnily enough, we’re written about in a much more accurate way now than at the time, when it was just underwater guitar, millions of overdubs and mumbled vocals.”
Exclusive: Beautiful Noise Hits Kickstarter
“It has been a long road but this seems to be the only path forward.”
Exclusive: Pinback’s Spacey Sherman
Pinback’s Rob Crow and Zach Smith touch down on a prehistoric planet in the new music video, “Sherman.”
Exclusive: Boots Riley Brings a Guillotine to Oz
The Coup‘s frontman is looking for our nation’s heart and power, as the 2012 general election nears.
Can TheNewNo2 Make It Home From Liam Lynch’s Sci-Fi?
Dhani Harrison’s dread zeppelin is led through a puzzling digital dreamscape in thenewno2‘s new video.
Three Mile Pilot Resets Controls for Heart of Art-Rock Credibility
“Three Mile Pilot is definitely a ‘when the stars align’ band.”
Six Organs of Admittance Enters the Space-Rock Race With Ascent
“This record has a pretty heavy gnostic sci-fi element.”
TheNewNo2 Brings Sci-Fi Sounds to Secret KCRW Show
It was only a matter of time before someone dropped a sample from The Prisoner.
Geek The Beatles: Yellow Submarine Plays Lead On Psychedelic Animation Classics
Even The Beatles, who were descending into bitter dissolution and didn’t even record their voices for the film, were ultimately swayed by its animated ambition. And they weren’t alone.
DJ Shadow Ready For Total Breakdown
“As long as the old stuff is given a context and doesn’t overshadow the new, I think it’s a healthy exercise for me, and one that recalibrates me for whatever new musical path lies ahead,” said Shadow.
Swervedriver Achieves Escape Velocity
“Every new band starts out with a blank page and no history.”
Norwegian Wood Mashes Beatles, Radiohead, Revolution
Beatles geeks, Occupy populists and postmodern fiction nerds should merge sweetly, and sourly, in Norwegian Wood, director Tran Anh Hung’s adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s 1987 novel.
Occupy Hip Hop
“I hope hip hop can open itself to the possibilities that Occupy Wall Street presents. If we can use its power, we may see some lasting change from this after all.”
An Open Love Letter to My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless
My Bloody Valentine’s 1991 musical masterpiece Loveless struggled for the spotlight when it was released, overshadowed by the likes of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. But two decades later, the record’s defiant atmospherics and tremolo experimentation have become more influential than ever.
DJ Shadow: The Less You Know The Better
Shadow’s musical embrace is warm and wide. Return it.
DJ Shadow: The Internet Is Not Your Savior
It’s a democracy failure Davis saw crushed up close, given his proximity to Silicon Valley, where titans like Apple and Google sprouted from technological culture jammers into the undisputed masters of Wall Street’s universe.
Sophistructuralist Rob Crow Thinks He’s People
“‘Sophistructure’ is the idea of creating a structured lifestyle plan around sophistry,” Crow told me. “Which is, of course, impossible.”
iTunes Downloads The Beatles’ Greatest Hits
How’s this for postmodern circularity?
Martin Scorsese Documents George Harrison’s Material World
Living in the Material World explores the so-called quiet Beatle‘s storied career using previously unseen archival materials and movies, as well as revealing interviews with Paul McCartney, Terry Gilliam, Eric Clapton and more.
Grant Morrison Gives John Lennon a Chance
“I decided to treat John Lennon as a god.”
Exclusive: Explosions in the Sky’s First Official Video
Which is to say, I got to show it off first.
Space-Walking Through Swervedriver’s Sci-Fi Sonics
Franklin broke down his band’s speculative soundtracking below for fans old and new. Come for the dystopian geekery and cultural esoterica, stay for the spacey rock signatures.
Geek The Beatles: Paul McCartney Brings Tomorrow Never Knows Back to the Future
Paul McCartney is working on a new project utilizing vintage gear he once used to make tape loops for The Beatles’ landmark track “Tomorrow Never Knows.”