Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse has committed suicide, according to a report from Rolling Stone. His family has released a statement reading, “It is with great sadness that we share the news that our dear friend and family member, Mark Linkous, took his own life today. We are thankful for his time with us and will hold [...]
R.I.P. Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous
March 7, 2010
It’s Indie Thursday!
August 27, 2009
Is it just us, or are there more good records by female singers this year? Soap&Skin, Fever Ray, Micachu & The Shapes, jj, Laleh, St. Vincent, Bat For Lashes, just to name few. Another really good one comes from English singer Florence Welch with her band Florence + The Machine. Only 23 years old, she [...]
Indie Thurday is stuffed!
May 14, 2009
The great world of Indie just doesn’t stop spinning. There are a lot of great new releases coming up, our favourites being: Last year, Deerhunter released the excellent Microcastle / Weird Era Cont album. It sounded like a mix of Sonic Youth and Pavement. A great one, and if you haven’t heard it yet, you’re [...]
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[Friday Afternoon Silliness] Terrible Trap Songs (mutilating songs you used to love)
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Trap is all the rage these days, sparking internet memes and making tiny white kids seem cooler by proxy. But as we all know, when a “new” genre comes to town -brandishing legitimately interesting music- people hurdle over each other to take that “new” genre and paste it on everything in sight… and it is terrifying. This all [...]