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Rising: Total Control
Total Control, from left: James Vinciguerra, Zephyr Pavey, David West, Mikey Young, Dan Stewart, Al Monty. Photos by Karl Scullin.Total Control’s forthcoming second album Typical System, which follows...
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Photo Galleries: Pitchfork at Northside 2014
by Samantha MarbleJune 16, 2014 Photo by: Samantha Marble Last weekend, Pitchfork held three showcases during Brooklyn's Northside Festival featuring Perfect Pussy, Frankie Cosmos, Pharmakon, Youth...
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Update: Jessie Ware
When I last spoke with Jessie Ware two years ago, her debut album Devotion had yet to chart in 10 different countries and whirl her around the globe on tour. “I'm just having fun and trying to pretend...
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Festival Report: Bonnaroo 2014
by Paul ThompsonJune 16, 2014 Photo by: Pooneh Ghana Check out a photo gallery from last weekend's Bonnaroo by Pooneh Ghana, along with Paul Thompson's review of the fest. Like any festival its size,...
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Photo Galleries: Bonnaroo 2014: Photos
Phoenix Photo by: Pooneh Ghana Last week, Bonnaroo went down in Manchester, Tennessee, with acts such as Kanye West, Elton John, Phoenix, Cut Copy, Flaming Lips and Arctic Monkeys. Our photographer...
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Festival Report: Bonnaroo 2014: Photos
Phoenix Photo by: Pooneh Ghana Last week, Bonnaroo went down in Manchester, Tennessee, with acts such as Kanye West, Elton John, Phoenix, Cut Copy, Flaming Lips and Arctic Monkeys. Our photographer...
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Cover Story: How to Dress Well: Soul to Keep
Photos by Erik SanchezMere minutes after wrapping a set filled with songs about the hanging spectre of death, the impossibilities of desire, and the impending extinction of humankind, Tom Krell is...
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Ordinary Machines: Pretty When You Cry
A few months ago, an unfamiliar man working in my office came up to me and said, "Why don't you give us a smile, honey?" What I gave him instead was a confused look, followed by a belated, radioactive...
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Update: A Sunny Day in Glasgow
We’ve all been there: deep into a convoluted email chain that could probably be reduced to a three-minute conversation if everyone just talked it out in person. Still, you think you’ve got a sense of...
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Photo Galleries: Before the Storm: Trash Talk Offstage
by Brick StowellJune 23, 2014 Photo by: Brick Stowell Though best known for their raucous, limb-spewing live shows, L.A. hardcore band Trash Talk aren't always kicking faces in from the lip of a stage....
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Interviews: Black Sun Rising: Ten Years of Hyperdub
Few labels—electronic or otherwise—can claim to have stamped as indelible an imprint as Hyperdub over the course of the past decade. To remain ahead of the pack in a scene that prides itself on rapid...
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Update: Mykki Blanco
Mykki Blanco: "Booty Bamboo" on SoundCloud. When I call Mykki Blanco earlier this month, she’s just watched the first two seasons of “Game of Thrones” in as many weeks. And she’s got opinions: “A lot...
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Starter: Footwork: 10 Essential Tracks
Traxman, DJ Rashad, and DJ Spinn. Photos by Erez Avissar.Chance the Rapper posted a short video to Instagram a few months ago that illustrates the enduring legacy of footwork music and dance. Chance,...
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Electric Fling: Rattling Hum: Ambient Music's Alternate Realities
Electric Fling is a Pitchfork column about the world of electronic music by Andy Beta. A1 “White Blur”This week saw the circuitous release of a record old enough to be deemed “electronica”: Richard D....
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Update: Duke Dumont
Photo by Sam ColdyThe sound of popular dance music in America might be entering a new phase. EDM is as strong as ever, but, entering the back half of 2014, radio and streaming charts are being...
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Starter: Sun Ra: 10 Essential Tracks
Sun Ra would have turned 100 this year. Instead, he died in 1993 at the age of 79—though it can’t be said that the jazz icon didn’t make good use of his time on Earth. In fact, he also made good use of...
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Interviews: United Nations
Photos by Jesanne Rechsteiner“Everything in my life has been fantastic this year,” Geoff Rickly says at the start of our phone call. “I can't believe it!” And while it may be hard for anyone to fathom...
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Staff Lists: Overlooked Records 2014
As is our tradition, we're taking this space over the holiday weekend to highlight some very good records you might have missed. None of these releases received a Best New Music designation and not all...
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Overtones: Mozart Makes You Smarter... And Other Dubious Musical Theories
Overtones is a column that examines how certain sounds linger in our minds and lives.Can music help you? Does it hurt you? People care deeply about these questions. Until recently, however, I did not....
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Show No Mercy: Pallbearer
The Arkansas doom metal band Pallbearer’s 2012 debut LP Sorrow and Extinction was a very good metal record that “people who don’t normally like metal” ended up liking, too. In some ways, this was...
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