Mar 31, 2014
By Matt Fink
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Sharon Jones has always been a fighter. Though she has been singing her whole life, doing talent shows and singing backup on some obscure albums in the ‘70s and ‘80s, she had to fight for anyone to think she could be more than a former Rikers Island corrections officer with a booming voice. More
Mar 31, 2014
By Chris Tinkham
Christian Larson
In the history of Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, how many bands have decided to break up before releasing their first Top 10 single in the U.S.? There can’t be many, but Swedish House Mafia is one such band. In June of 2012, the electronic dance supergroup, composed of DJs/producers Steve Angello, Axwell, and Sebastian Ingrosso, announced that their next tour would be their last. “Don’t You Worry Child,” the trio’s final single before disbanding, had yet to be completed at the time of the announcement, but the song made its live debut in England the following month and was released to radio later that summer. For his feature-length documentary, Leave the World Behind, director Christian Larson covered a far and wide range of geographical territories to capture the frenzied sights and sounds of the farewell shows. More
Mar 28, 2014
By Shawn Hazelett
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It’s a wonder how a man who was so accomplished could still be so unknown. How is it that Cesar Chavez—a man who helmed a labor rights movement that began in California and extended to Europe, who was praised by the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, whose slogan “Si, ne puede” was adopted by Barack Obama in 2008—is barely more than a footnote in the pages of American history? Diego Luna—director of Cesar Chavez—believes the lack of recognition is owed partially Chavez lacking the qualities of a typical leader. More
Mar 28, 2014
By Lily Moayeri
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A new Doves album may not be in the cards in the near future, but the group’s frontman, Jimi Goodwin, has broken out on his own for his debut solo record, Odludek, which was released this week on Heavenly Recordings. More
Mar 27, 2014
By Austin Trunick
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Four years ago, The National was ready to embark on what was to that point the longest and largest world tour of their career. Lead singer Matt Berninger invited along his brother, Tom, to help out on the tour. His band is comprised of two sets of siblings—musicians Aaron and Bryce Dessner, and Bryan and Scott Devendorf—but Matt couldn’t be more different than his own brother. Tom, nine years younger and a devout heavy metal fan, brought his camera along on the road. As the tensions rose, the footage he captured revealed as much about himself and about family as it does the band he set out to document. More
Mar 26, 2014
By Lily Moayeri
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Kyle Wilson, central focus of the New York-based Milagres, is aging backwards. The now-beardless prolific songwriter sits in his living room, its walls adorned with framed posters as random as an Andy Warhol movie poster to that of the Next Wave Festival, a music festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music from the ‘80s. More
Mar 26, 2014
By Austin Trunick
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In Breathe In, Felicity Jones stars as Sophie, a troubled foreign exchange student who moves into the upstate New York home of Keith (Guy Pearce) and Megan (Amy Ryan) Reynolds. Keith is a talented musician who was forced to give up his artistic dreams when their daughter (Mackenzie Davis) was born 17 years earlier, and longs to move on from the suburban teaching job he’s held ever since. When he finds a kindred, listless soul in the young, musically-gifted Sophie, a romantic relationship forms and the life he has with his family begins to unravel. More
Mar 25, 2014
By Lily Moayeri
Issue #48 - November/December 2013 - HAIM
In-demand foursome Temples is on its way to check in at a hotel in Berlin, post-soundcheck for a gig—one of five in a row. Hot on the heels of the release of the quartet’s hugely anticipated debut album,Sun Structures, the group is either gigging or promoting, making the whole experience a jumbled whirlwind. More
