Chris Taylor has been busy. Best known as the bass player of Grizzly Bear, he has also crafted diverse sounds as a producer for bands like Twin Shadow, Dirty Projectors, Blood Orange, Class Actress and Jamie Lidell. Then last year he launched Terrible Records, an independent label that prints limited-edition seven-inch records, then last week [...]
Category Archives: Music
September Mix
September 2, 2011 – 7:55 am
Every month, artist Sam Falls makes a mix and sends it out to a group of friends. He also shares the playlists as a monthly feature here. They are compiled from the daily mixes he makes in his studio while working and are deliberately unthemed. Click here to download the September mix.
August Mix
August 10, 2011 – 5:59 pm
Every month, artist Sam Falls makes a mix and sends it out to a group of friends. He also shares the playlists as a monthly feature here. They are compiled from the daily mixes he makes in his studio while working and are deliberately unthemed. Click here to download the August mix.
Dancing In The Clocktower
August 5, 2011 – 8:28 am
Turn on, tune in, and drop out – it’s August. Avant-turntablist and our friend Maria Chavez made a mix that is sure to put it in perspective. Download it, put it on your e-square or e-rectangle and see you out there. For more of Maria, you can check her site for upcoming performances here.
New Blood Orange Video
July 13, 2011 – 11:59 am
Director Alan Del Rio Ortiz has once again paired up with Dev Heynes from Blood Orange to create a music video of a clandestine world most of us will never brush up against. Shot on Super 8 film, Alan worked with choreographer Lily Baldwin (the dancer in the red and black jacket) and a mix [...]
Mirror Mirror, Interiors
July 12, 2011 – 4:04 pm
In their newest video, Interiors, Mirror Mirror cast Rumi Missabu, legendary member of the 60′s psychedelic drag troupe The Cockettes, as their hermetic heroine. Dressed in a stark black dress designed by Lauren Devine, with metallic cones extending from each of his fingers, Rumi slinks around a white abyss mouthing lyrics about reclusiveness. The effect of [...]
July Mix
July 11, 2011 – 3:41 pm
Every month, artist Sam Falls makes a mix and sends it out to a group of friends. He also shares the playlists as a monthly feature here. They are compiled from the daily mixes he makes in his studio while working and are deliberately unthemed. Click here to download the July mix.
Go with the Flow
July 11, 2011 – 8:50 am
One of the best reasons to visit Finland’s capital, Helsinki, in August is the Flow Festival. The annual three-day music festival is held in a very beautiful industrial area next to the city center, by the sea. And every year it features an inspired line up, which for 2011 includes artists such as Kanye West, [...]
Solid Sound
July 10, 2011 – 10:44 am
Last weekend—with a backpack full of coffee-stained film and a Polaroid camera given to me by friends at the Impossible Project––my friend Oliver and I took a bus to North Adams, Massachusetts to attend the second annual Solid Sound Festivall at the Mass MoCA. Curated by the members of the venerable musical outfit Wilco, the [...]
