Mar 17, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Legendary UK label 4AD are celebrating their 40th anniversary (which was technically last year) with Bills & Aches & Blues, a new compilation album in which current artists on the label cover songs by other artists on the label. The whole album is due out April 2, but they are also releasing it each vinyl side (or five tracks) at a time and today we get Tune-Yards covering The Breeders’ “Cannonball,” Helado Negro covering Deerhunter’s “Futurism,” Spencer covering Grimes’ “Genesis,” Efterklang covering Piano Magic’s “Postal,” and Bing and Ruth covering Pixies’ “Gigantic.” More

Nov 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was another light week, in terms of compelling new songs this week. Hence, just like last week’s list and the week before, we only have a Top 8 again, instead of a Top 10. More

Nov 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has teamed up with Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound for a new EP, Myths 04, which was released today via Mexican Summer. Now that the EP is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Oct 31, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter released a new album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?, back in January via 4AD. Now they have shared a 12-minute long brand new song, “Timebends.” More

Sep 24, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon has teamed up with Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound for a new EP, Myths 04. The duo has shared its first single, “Secretary.” More

Apr 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter released a new album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?, back in January via 4AD. Dirty Projectors released a new album, Lamp Lit Prose, back in July 2018 via Domino. Now the two bands have teamed up for some co-headlining tour dates for this July and September. More

Apr 04, 2019 By Dom Gourlay

It’s 4 a.m. when most people are tucked up in bed. However, such an ungodly hour is of no real concern to Bradford Cox, and nor should it be. At the time, he and his band Deerhunter were about to release their excellent eighth album Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? More

Mar 01, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, Issue 65, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Mitski on the front cover and boygenius (Julien Baker + Phoebe Bridgers + Lucy Dacus) on the back cover. More

Jan 25, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

This was a helluva week for new music. Monday was fairly quiet due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but Foals officially announced two albums and shared a cinematic video for a new song. More

Jan 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

We haven’t done an Album of the Week since mid November, but this week there was a multitude of strong contenders and so we’re back with a joint Album of the Week: Sharon Van Etten‘s Remind Me Tomorrow and The Twilight Sad‘s It Won/t Be Like This All the Time both get the honor. More

Jan 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter have released a new album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?, today via 4AD. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. More

Jan 11, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2019. We took an extended break in December, as there aren’t too many notable new songs released at the end of the year (beyond endless Christmas covers), but the past week has been filled with exciting new album announcements, most accompanied by new singles worthy of consideration for this list. More

Jan 09, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter are releasing a new album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?, on January 18 via 4AD. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Plains.” In a press release frontman Bradford Cox says the song is inspired by James Dean and the last summer of his life he spent filming Giant in Marfa, Texas in 1955, his final film. More

Dec 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter are releasing a new album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?, on January 18, 2019 via 4AD. Previously they shared its first single, “Death in Midsummer,” via a video for the song (it was one of our Songs of the Week). Now they have shared another song from the album, “Element.” In a press release frontman Bradford Cox calls the song “an elegy for ecology (a landscape done in toxic watercolors).” More

Nov 14, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Marfa Myths have announced their initial 2019 lineup. The festival goes down April 25 - 28 in Marfa, Texas and is put together by Mexican Summer and Ballroom Marfa. The lineup includes Deerhunter, Cass McCombs, Jess Williamson, and more. More

Nov 02, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

It was shaping up to be a weak week for Songs of the Week, but then our #1 track emerged today and we dug a little deeper through the week’s songs and put together a compelling Top 10. It’s an eclectic mix of political songs, catchy mainstream pop, a strange sci-fi spoken word track, and some unapologetic guitar indie rock. More

Oct 30, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter have announced a new album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?, and shared its first single, “Death in Midsummer,” via a video for the song. The band have also announced some new tour dates. More

May 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter released their fantastic last album, Fading Frontier, back in 2015 via 4AD. In March they announced some new tour dates featuring a new line-up. Now Bradford Cox and co. have announced a new tour-only cassette, The Double Dream of Spring, available to buy on tour. More

Mar 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter released their fantastic last album, Fading Frontier, back in 2015 via 4AD. Now Bradford Cox and co. have announced some European tour dates, as well as two warm up shows in New York. More

Feb 13, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

In 2015 San Francisco born Tim Presley of White Fence and Welsh singer/songwriter/guitarist Cate Le Bon teamed up as DRINKS and released their debut album together, Hermits On Holiday. Now they have announced a new album, Hippo Lite, and shared its first single, “Real Outside.” More

May 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Interpol previously announced some European tour dates in which they will perform their classic debut album, 2002’s Turn on the Bright Lights, in its entirety in honor of its 15th anniversary and now they have announced two such shows in New York and Los Angeles for this September. More

Aug 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter released their fantastic latest album, Fading Frontier, last October via 4AD. Now Bradford Cox and co. have announced some fall U.S. tour dates, which are below, followed by the Cox-directed video for “Living My Life.” Also read our rave 9/10 review ofFading Frontier. More

May 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter released their fantastic latest album, Fading Frontier, last October via 4AD. Last night Bradford Cox and band stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform “Living My Life.” More

Feb 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter released their fantastic new album, Fading Frontier, back in October via 4AD. Now the band has announced a new round of tour dates, which include some West Coast shows surrounding their two Coachella appearances. Check out the dates below, followed by the previously shared video for “Living My Life,” which was directed by frontman Bradford Cox. Also read our rave 9/10 review of Fading Frontier. More

Feb 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Stereolab’s co-founder Tim Gane has teamed up with synth player Holger Zapf and former Stereolab drummer Joe Dillworth to form a new trio named Cavern of Anti-Matter. They will be releasing their debut album, void beats / invocation trex, on February 19 via Duophonic and previously the band had shared “Melody in High Feedback Tones” and “Tardis Cymbals.” More

Jan 04, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Coachella has announced the line-up for their 2016 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday and Saturday are headlined by two newly reformed bands, LCD Soundsystem and Guns N’ Roses (featuring the reunion of Axl Rose and Slash). Calvin Harris headlines Sunday night. More

Nov 24, 2015 By Julia Underwood

Last weekend, Utrecht, Netherlands hosted Le Guess Who? Festival. More

Nov 19, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Stereolab’s co-founder Tim Gane has teamed up with synth player Holger Zapf and former Stereolab drummer Joe Dillworth to form a new trio named Cavern of Anti-Matter. They will be releasing their debut album, void beats / invocation trex, on February 19 via Duophonic. It features such special guests as Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox, Mouse on Mars’ Jan St. Werner, and Spacemen 3’s Sonic Boom. More

Nov 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter released their fantastic new album, Fading Frontier, last month via 4AD. The Los Angeles public radio station KCRW has posted the video of a session the band has done for Morning Becomes Eclectic show. It includes four songs from Fading Frontierand Halcyon Digest highlight “Desire Lines,” which has an extra long outro. More

Oct 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter are releasing their fantastic new album, Fading Frontier, this Friday (October 16) via 4AD. Today the band has shared another track from it, “Living My Life,” via a video directed by frontman Bradford Cox. Watch it below. More

Sep 29, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter are releasing their new album, Fading Frontier, on October 16 via 4AD. Today the band has shared a new interactive map put together by frontman Bradford Cox that highlights the various influences on the album, both musical (Tears for Fears, Pharoah Sanders) and personal (Cox’s car accident in 2014, his dog Faulkner). More

Sep 15, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter recently announced their new album, Fading Frontier, and shared the first song from it, “Snakeskin.” Now the band have shared a video for “Breaker.” It’s the first Deerhunter song to feature lead vocals from both Bradford Cox and Lockett Pundt and so fittingly much of the video is about superimposing the two of them on top of each other, fading in and out as they sing the song. More

Aug 25, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter recently announced their new album, Fading Frontier, and shared the first song from it, “Snakeskin.” Now the band have announced a slew of tour dates to go down this fall. More

Aug 17, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Deerhunter have announced their new album and shared the first song from it. Fading Frontier is due out October 16 via 4AD. Here you can watch the video for “Snakeskin,” which is positively funky by Deerhunter standards. The album is the follow-up to 2013’s Monomania. More

May 26, 2015 By Laura Studarus

On November 19-22, Utrecht, Netherlands will once again host Le Guess Who? Festival. More

Dec 05, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Deerhunter and Atlas Sound mastermind Bradford Cox was involved in a car accident and is currently receiving treatment in a Georgia hospital. More

Jun 26, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Bradford Cox is an Atlanta scene indie icon. (Heck he’s an indie icon just about everywhere, but Georgia gets to claim him.) In light of Georgia State University’s WRAS Album 88 station being acquired by Georgia Public Broadcasting (a deal that the station hopes to reverse), the Deerhunter/Atlas Sound frontman recently sat down with reporter Jeremy Campbell of Atlanta’s NBC affliate 11 Alive to discuss his memories of the station and career to date. More

Feb 24, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Recently dipping his toes in the world of film by appearing in the Oscar-nominated film Dallas Buyers Club, Deerhunter‘s Bradford Cox has continued his involvement in the medium by scoring the upcoming documentary Teenage. More

Sep 18, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Currently on the road supporting their new album Monomania, Deerhunter have announced that they’ve been forced to cancel the upcoming European leg of their tour. More

Sep 12, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Deerhunter’s new video for Monomania track “Back to the Middle” features actor Durassie Kiangangu, singing along and looking fabulous. More

Aug 06, 2013 By Julia Underwood

Last weekend, Katowice, Poland hosted the seventh annual OFF Festival. We sent writer/photographer Laura Studarus down to cover the action. Check out her gallery of photos, featuring We Draw A, Rebeka, Autre Ne Veut, très.b, Fucked Up, Thee Oh Sees, Deerhunter, and Goat. More

Jun 07, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Later this month Pontins in Camber Sands, England will host the latest installment of All Tomorrow’s Parties, curated by Deerhunter. More

May 07, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

With the arrival of their newest album Monomania seeing release today, Deerhunter have announced plans for their first proper tour behind the record. More

Apr 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Moving quickly from the band’s initial announcement in late March, Deerhunter will soon release their newest LP Monomania on May 7. More

Apr 03, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Deerhunter visited Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where they premeired the title track off their anticipated new album Monomania. More

Mar 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Deerhunter has announced their fifth studio album, Monomania, which will arrive May on 4AD. More

Jan 24, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On February 3, music video director Grant Singer will unveil a new documentary/experimental film called Youth Museum, documenting the day-to-day life ofDeerhunter/Atlas Sound frontman, Bradford Cox. More

Dec 07, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of their seminal album Last Splash, The Breeders have announced that they will reunite with its original line-up to perform the record in full at next year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties at Camber Sands in the UK. More

Nov 27, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Deerhunter/Atlas Sound frontman Bradford Cox has revealed that he will be making his feature film debut in the upcoming drama The Dallas Buyers Club. More

Nov 14, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this month supergroup Divine Fits wrapped up a tour in support of their supergroup debut A Thing Called Divine Fits. More

Nov 06, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

As previously reported, TV on the Radio and Deerhunter will be curating All Tomorrow’s Parties forthcoming UK festivals in 2013. This morning both groups have announced the initial lineups of their respective events. More

Sep 18, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

All Tomorrow’s Parties has announced that two festivals will take place next year at Camber Sands Holiday Centre in Minehead, England. More

Feb 03, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Celebrating the release of Leonard Cohen‘s latest album Old Ideas the big-wigs of Columbia thought it would a great idea to host a video series called “Old Ideas with New Friends,” where contemporary artists would show up and cover their favorite Cohen tracks. More

Feb 02, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

As previously reported Blonde Redhead’s Kazu Makino has organized a special benefit compilation called We Are the Works in Progress that will be used to help citizens of Japan in their recovery of the 2011 tsunami. More

Jun 11, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Bonnaroo 2011 kicked off this Thursday June 9th in Manchester, TN and photographer, Matt Jones, was there to capture the action. Check out photos from Day One’s performances here.
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Jun 08, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Deerhunter bottled their hurricane-force stage sound into new live album, Rhapsody Originals. More

Mar 31, 2011 By Laura Studarus

We won’t lie—we’re huge Deerhunter (and Atlas Sound!) fans. So whenever the band debuts new material, there’s always a bit of a hum in the air around UTR HQ. When we learned today that the band debuted a new song on a BBC 6 program helmed by Mark Riley, that hum rose to a loud roar. More

Mar 04, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Pitchfork has announced the initial lineup of its 2011 Music Festival. More

Feb 23, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Last night, Bradford Cox and his Deerhunter cohorts made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, playing the track “Memory Boy” from their widely acclaimed album Halcyon Digest. More

Feb 15, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Back in September of last year Bradford Cox and his cohorts of Deerhunter took part in a special live performance in New York’s SoHo Apple Store. Today, a recording of said show has become available More

Feb 15, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival’s four-day entertainment extravaganza has unveiled its 2011 lineup. More

Feb 08, 2011 By Mike Hilleary

Mashing music, film, and fashion, nowness.com has gotten its hand on a unique short film entitled, The Curve of Forgotten Things. More

Dec 03, 2010 By John Everhart

Deerhunter made their national TV debut on Conan last night. We have the clip. More

Nov 30, 2010 By Lauren Barbato

After removing three of the four free Atlas Sound albums posted on the musician’s blog, Sony explains the situation and apologizes to Bradford Cox. More

Nov 05, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Deerhunter checked in at Aol Spinner’s Interface, bringing with them tunes from recently released album, Hayclon Digest. We have the videos. More

Nov 04, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Bradford Cox is a man who loves his covers. Last Saturday in San Francisco, the gangly musician took on a new one, John Lennon’s “Mind Games.” Helping him was opener, Real Estate. We have the video. More

Oct 30, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Fun Fun Fun, Austin Texas’ DIY fest, has announced its line up. Going down Nobember 6th and 7th. artists participating include Under the Radar favorites Ariel Pink, Cults, Dirty Projectors, Deerhunter, MGMT and more. We have the full lineup. More

Oct 29, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Last night at Portland’s Wonder Ballroom, Deerhunter trotted out an acoustic cover of Scott Walker’s “30 Century Man.” We have the video. More

Oct 27, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Because one video is never enough, today Mad Decent released an alternate set of visuals to Deerhunter’s “Helicopter” (cut off recent Halcyon Digest). More

Oct 11, 2010 By John Everhart (Intro by and Moderated by)

Under the Radar‘s Fall 2010 Issue features a conversation between Deerhunter and Atlas Sound’s Bradford Cox and Stereolab frontwoman Laetitia Sadier. The full transcript of the conversation is now posted on our website. More

Sep 20, 2010 By Laura Studarus

The Halcyon Digest ticker is still at eight days away, but as of today you can hear the Deerhunter‘s fourth full-length. More

Sep 03, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Oh Bradford Cox, nothing compares 2 U. In the new Deerhunter video for “Helicopter” (from forthcoming album Halcyon Digest) the gangly leadman sings directly into the camera while melodramatic images flash by. More

Aug 05, 2010 By John Everhart

Deerhunter have revealed their Fall tour itinerary, complete with openers. We have the details. More

Jul 16, 2010 By Laura Studarus

A few weeks ago, Deerhunter asked loyal fans to print out the flyer above and post them in a gorilla advertising campaign. In reward for their service, their street team was the first to learn about the Halcyon Digest tracklist and album art. We have both. More

Jul 09, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Previously we told you about the new Deerhunter album in the works. Today, it got a title, release date, and promotional flyer.

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Jun 30, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Ever busy Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox is currently mixing the band’s untitled follow-up to 2008’s Microcastle. More

May 19, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Indie band no more? While that may be a stretch, it turns out Deerhunter’s influence my stretch a bit further than one might think. Recently, leadman Bradford Cox posted a video of a group of youngsters called Koopa Troop performing Microcastle cut “Nothing Ever Happens.” We have the video. More

May 05, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Bradford Cox and the Deerhunter gang made an appearance on Marc Riley’s BBC 6 radio program yesterday. There, the band debuted two tracks, dreamy original “Helicopter” and Fall cover, “Who Makes the Nazis?” More

Apr 21, 2010 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Staff photographer and Under the Radar‘s Co-Publisher/Co-Founder, Wendy Lynch Redfern, was at Coachella 2010. Check out a gallery of her photos from the third day of Coachella 2010. The gallery includes photos of Thom Yorke, Pavement, Florence and the Machine, Gorillaz, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jónsi, Mayer Hawthorne, Deerhunter, and The Big Pink. Click here to view the full gallery. More

Apr 20, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Day three of Coachella 2010 more than made up for a lackluster day two, with set after set of strong artists and ending with perhaps the three best performances of the whole festival, all in a row: Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. It would have been nice if the wealth of great artists had been spread out a little bit more over the three days, but then again, Sunday wouldn’t have been so strong if they had scheduled it that way. Here’s what I saw on the last day of Coachella: Local Natives, Owen Pallett, Mayer Hawthorne, Deerhunter, Florence and the Machine, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonsi, Spoon, Phoenix, Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. More

Apr 16, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Spoon dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform the Transference cut “Who Makes Your Money.” By the way, perfect song selection for tax day. Tourmate and Deerhunter leader Bradford Cox added some of his guitar skills. More

Jan 08, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

As we reported last year, Liars’ fifth LP, Sisterworld, is out March 9th via Mute. The noise rock trifecta will also put out a special edition, featuring a bonus disc of “remixes and reinterpretations” from several rock heavy-hitters. More

Dec 14, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Under the Radar Best of the Decade cover artist Bradford Cox is giving his fans an early holiday gift. Today, Deerhunter made their lo-fi 2005 album, Carve Your Initials Into the Walls of the Night available for free download via his blog. More

Dec 11, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade Issue will be hitting stores on December 18th. The cover features five notable indie musicians from different bands all photographed together. Every day this week we have been revealing a different cover artist building up to today’s reveal of the final cover. More

Dec 09, 2009 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar‘s Best of the Decade Issue will be hitting stores on December 18th. The cover features five notable indie musicians from different bands all photographed together. Every day this week we will be revealing a different cover artist until the final cover is revealed this Friday. More

Jul 09, 2009 By Laura Studarus

In a press release sent today, Bradford Cox of Deerhunter announced the sophomore album of his solo side-project Atlas Sound. Out October, 20th on Kranky, the album—titled Logos—is a change of pace from Atlas Sound’s debut, Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel. More

Jul 02, 2009 By Laura Studarus

In an effort to beat the heat and current economic state, “Jelly Pool Parties” has just announced their line-up for the weekly free concert series beginning July 12th wtih Mission of Burma, Fucked Up, Ponytail, and Jemina Pearl of Be Your Own Pet. The Brooklyn shows will feature the likes of Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, HEALTH, Fucked Up, Deerhunter, and The Fiery Furnaces. More

May 01, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

As if this year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties (ATP) Festival in New York weren’t enough of a draw with co-curation being handled by The Flaming Lips, ATP has gone ahead and announced new acts for the 2009 lineup. Iron & Wine, Deerhunter, Boss Hog, No Age, Boredoms, Deerhoof, Caribou, and Bridezilla added to the lineup. More

Apr 04, 2019 By Dom Gourlay

It’s 4 a.m. when most people are tucked up in bed. However, such an ungodly hour is of no real concern to Bradford Cox, and nor should it be. At the time, he and his band Deerhunter were about to release their excellent eighth album Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? More

Oct 11, 2010 By John Everhart (Intro by and Moderated by)

Deerhunter and Atlas Sound’s Bradford Cox has long professed his love for Stereolab, in particular 1999’s Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night, his favorite album by the band. He went so far as to effusively explicate upon its merits on a Deerhunter blog post back in 2007. In an impassioned manner akin to the prime years of the fiery late gonzo journalist Lester Bangs, he also excoriated the publications that panned the album. More

Nov 10, 2009 By Matt Fink

Though it’s reputed to be the most widely spoken musical language in the world today, rock and roll was born on the margins. More

Sep 01, 2008 By Matt Fink

“I wish we were the fucking Strokes,” says Bradford Cox defiantly, offering a preemptive strike against those who might take offense at the more approachable tones of Deerhunter’s third full-length release, Microcastle. More

Oct 12, 2015 By Jim Scott

The horrific accident that nearly killed Bradford Cox has clearly changed his outlook, and by extension, the music of Deerhunter. Gone is the gnashing of teeth and the back of the throat growl. Cox’s vocals often sounded as though they were squeezing out the last of the tube. More

Aug 06, 2013 By Laura Studarus

It’s a particular feeling, knowing that if my niece ever asks what I did the day she was born, I have a very specific answer. OFF Festival day three, featuring We Draw A, Rebeka, Autre Neu Veut, très.b, Deerhunter, and My Bloody Valentine. More

May 10, 2013 By John Everhart

Bradford Cox has long maintained that music is for all intents and purposes his boyfriend. Often classifying himself as asexual, he’s asserted that a relationship would convolute his single-minded pursuit of music. More

Oct 08, 2010 By Jim Scott

Listening to Deerhunter’s second and third albums (Cryptograms and Microcastles) was kind of like watching Neo make that first jump in The Matrix: there was just such a “holy shit”-ness to it all. Here was a band with one record under its belt growing up under our very ears. The distance they traveled over the course of tracks—much less whole albums—was astonishing. On their fourth record (though frontman Bradford Cox seems to record roughly as much as Tupac in his heyday), Deerhunter has settled into a comfortable, yet still thrilling, space. More

Apr 20, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Day three of Coachella 2010 more than made up for a lackluster day two, with set after set of strong artists and ending with perhaps the three best performances of the whole festival, all in a row: Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. It would have been nice if the wealth of great artists had been spread out a little bit more over the three days, but then again, Sunday wouldn’t have been so strong if they had scheduled it that way. Here’s what I saw on the last day of Coachella: Local Natives, Owen Pallett, Mayer Hawthorne, Deerhunter, Florence and the Machine, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonsi, Spoon, Phoenix, Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. More

Sep 22, 2009 By John Everhart

Kurt Cobain once remarked caustically that he would only wear a tie-dyed t-shirt if it were made with “the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia.” Perhaps he was rolling over in his grave when Sufjan Stevens and his band opened the main stage of ATP day 2 decked out in oversized tie-dyes. Delivering a set comprised of 2004’s Seven Swans from start to finish, Stevens announced that, “this is a set for your hangovers.” More