Jul 25, 2018
Live
Pitchfork Music Festival
“Festival season,” for lack of a better term, can be mildly frustrating. The days feel endless, the festivals themselves can often turn into muddy, drunken shitshows, and the artists playing are typically exhausted, punching in for an hour set while in the midst of frenetic summer touring schedules.
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Jul 25, 2018
Music
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One of a series of recent Flaming Lips reissues, Scratching the Door highlights the earliest recordings The Flaming Lips made, back in the ‘80s and with Wayne Coyne’s brother Mark on vocals.
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Jul 25, 2018
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Ten tracks of smooth and soothing deep house, split into chapters and footnotes, are what we get from Leon Vynehall’s debut Ninja Tune full-length.
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Jul 24, 2018
Music
Years & Years
It’s no coincidence Years & Years’ second album arrived on the eve of London’s Pride weekend. Pride in sexuality is a recurring theme on Palo Santo, tying together a bold and adventurous new record which draws inspiration from reggaetón, Stevie Wonder-esque pop-soul, and 2000s R&B.
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Jul 23, 2018
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One step forward, two steps back. So goes the retro-futuristic bachelor pad music on Jellies, the debut album by former members of The Bees (aka A Band of Bees), Aaron Fletcher and Tim Parkin, the duo now known as 77:78.
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Jul 20, 2018
DVDs
The Rolling Stones
The latest Rolling Stones From the Vault release finds the Stones playing a rescheduled date at the San Jose Arena in April of 1999, on the final leg of the band’s No Security tour in America.
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Jul 20, 2018
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Like the Sphinx’s missing nose or the Venus de Milo’s arms, the history of cinema is haunted by absent parts.
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Jul 20, 2018
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Psych-rockers Ty Segall and White Fence (aka Tim Presley) make a groovy return with Joy, the follow-up to their 2012 collaboration, Hair. This is the second 2018 release for each artist, both of whom have released separate projects this year:
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Jul 19, 2018
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Brocka’s Manila in the Claws of Light is like an Italian Neo-Realist film set in Hell.
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Jul 19, 2018
Music
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As is the norm for warm-up bands, audience expectations were low for the relatively unknown Brooklyn band Bodega as they opened for Franz Ferdinand on a leg of their current tour. But eyes and ears perked up instantly on the first note played because Bodega is neither your average warm-up band nor your average post-punk band.
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