Aug 29, 2014
By Cody Ray Shafer
John Lennon
Mark David Chapman was denied parole for the eighth time this week. He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the 1980 killing of former Beatle and cultural icon John Lennon.
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Aug 29, 2014
By Cody Ray Shafer
The Black Keys
BoJack Horseman is Netflix’s first foray into the adult animation market, and they’ve already lined up a pretty intimidating voice cast. The cartoon-which explores the life of a washed up former sitcom star/anthropomorphic horse-stars Will Arnett in the title role, and features Aaron Paul, Alison Brie, Amy Sedaris, and Paul F. Tompkins.
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Aug 29, 2014
By Cody Ray Shafer
Esben and the Witch release their third album, A New Nature, in a couple weeks, and today they’ve shared a new track. “The Jungle” is an epic, fourteen minute piece they claim is the “dark, sprawling heart” of A New Nature.
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Aug 28, 2014
By Cody Ray Shafer
Zola Jesus
Nika Roza Danilova, aka Zola Jesus, has a new album, Taiga, due out October 7. Today she revealed the new video for the album’s single “Dangerous Days.”
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Aug 28, 2014
By Cody Ray Shafer
U.K. psych-noise outfit Hookworms just announced a new album, The Hum, the follow up to their 2013 release Pearl Mystic. As a teaser, they’ve also shared a track from the album, “The Impasse.”
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Aug 28, 2014
By Cody Ray Shafer
Broken Bells
Broken Bells, side project of The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse, just released a new video for “Control” from their LP After the Disco. It’s an eclectic mashup of UFO footage, famous physicists, and their signature giant pink floating polyhedron.
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Aug 28, 2014
By Cody Ray Shafer
The Drums
The Drums have just released another video teaser for their upcoming LP Encyclopedia, which is due out September 24.
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Aug 28, 2014
By Cody Ray Shafer
CMJ
New York City’s CMJ Music Marathon has announced its first round of performers.
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Aug 28, 2014
By Cody Ray Shafer
Chad VanGaalen
Chad VanGaalen has been described as weird probably too many times to count, so it’s no big surprise that his latest video for the Shrink Dust track “Monster” is a psychedelic horror-fest.
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Aug 27, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Grimes
Grimes’ epic new video for her new single “Go” features her pal Blood Diamonds, a whole lot of dancing, and some crazy costumes.
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