Lars Von Trier’s Childhood Stop Motion Short Way before the emotional and moral trappings of Dancer In The Dark, or the existential reflectivity of Melancholia, an 11-year old Lars Von Trier immersed himself into the world of stop motion filmmaking and created a cute —and technically impressive, considering his age—stop-motion short called Turen til Squashland… En Super Pølse Film (translated […]
Six Acts To See at Governors Ball 2015
The fifth Governors Ball descends upon New York City’s Randall Island park today through Sunday, June 7th. If you already have tickets but are still assembling your schedule, here’s our selection of some of the best acts you don’t want to miss at the event, to make your planning a little easier. 1. White Lung The Blonde Ambition issue-featured […]
POSTSCRIPT #4
The fourth instalment of POSTSCRIPT, the performance art series hosted at MoMA PS1’s Printshop, is taking place this weekend. Described as “a performance series that explores the confluence of music, poetry and fashion”, POSTSCRIPT has in the past featured such artists as Timeghost, Boy Harsher, Gene Pick, Peter Seligman, Nick Klein, Dark Sister, Negation and I Lewis, and has expanded considerably, […]
Playlist: Sharon van Etten, Nicolas Jaar, Girlpool, Moses Sumney + More
When we spoke to Sharon Van Etten last year, she opened up about her creative process saying, “I think listening to what the core of the song is, without burying it is pretty important. And to respect the practice of restraint. But sometimes the song wants to be this big thing, and you let it be a beast, too.” On […]
Rundgren/Nikolaisen/Lindstrøm – Put Your Arms Around Me (Erol Alkan Rework)
Runddans, the collaborative album by the legendary Todd Rundgren, and two of Norway’s finest, Emil Nikolaisen of Serena Maneesh and producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, is out on May 5th on Smalltown Supersound. The album is described as “a spiritual magnus-opus that stands alongside Rundgren’s most worshipped trippy albums of the seventies, fusing his blue eyed soul with Lindstrom’s epic disco compositions […]
Dance Yrself Clean: Clean Bandit
The liberally applied “experimental” descriptor can often read like a a warning: strap in tightly for an onslaught of cringe-worthy sounds called up from the darkest depths of, well… possibly hell. However, in the instance of the classically trained British electro-quartet Clean Bandit, experimental means infectiously danceable tracks that seamlessly blend classical and contemporary music. “We’re influenced by a little […]
Coachella 2015: The Best Performances
If you were at Coachella, these will be fond reminders of what we hope was a memorable weekend. If you weren’t there, we bring you a selection of the best live performances, courtesy of Florence and the Machine, Chet Faker, St. Vincent, The Weeknd and more. Florence and the Machine ft. Father John Misty – Love Hurts […]
Kevin Drew and Andy Kim: A New Social Scene
When we spoke to Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew last year, it was during the singer’s promotional push for his sophomore solo album, Oh My Darlings—a beautiful record which we described as “Drew singing the pages of his journal over discrete orchestral moments and thoughtful synth swells.” Throughout the recording of Darlings, and for many years prior, Drew has maintained a […]
David Lynch, Between Two Worlds: A Union of Art, Film and Xiu Xiu
Despite the fact that his latest directorial feature, the obscurely fascinating Inland Empire, was released almost a decade ago, David Lynch’s legacy as a filmmaker, artist and visionary is perhaps more profoundly vital today than it has ever been. Beyond his work as a filmmaker, David Lynch has been, throughout his entire career, a prolific painter and artist, with a body of work that […]