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The Journal of Popular Noise
A semi-annual audio magazine that's hand-letterpressed and hand-folded, The Journal of Popular Noise just released its latest copy, which features recordings from Foscil's residency at the BLVD Gallery in Seattle.
The Weezer Snuggie
To go along with the release of their new album, Raditude, Weezer is also releasing two, limited-edition Weezer Snuggies. Now you can watch TV on the couch with Grandma without losing your indie-rock cred.
Music Mondays
We're excited to introduce our new Music Mondays—five free songs to start the week off right. Download and keep it to yourself, or embed the player on your own blog to share the love. After all, everyone needs a little help recovering from the weekend.
The Event
Starting on Wednesday in Eastside, Birmingham, is not just an event, but The Event, a five-day contemporary arts festival. Events within the event include artist Mark Essen's roaming record exchange, an on-site creation of the seventh issue of An Endless Supply, and a performance of "and you shall know us by the trail of Morris Men," where the Morris Men will escort the audience from venue to venue and kick off the proceedings with a dance.
Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History
Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present opens today at the Brooklyn Museum. One of the first major museum shows to give rock 'n' roll photogs their due, this is something we can't wait to check out.
You Weren't There
This week, Factory 25 releases You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984, a documentary which features unseen footage from Articles of Faith, Mentally Ill, Negative Element, Tutu and the Pirates, Jeff Pezzati, Rights of the Accused and Steve Bjorklund. Catch the limited-edition, and it includes a screen-printed posters and a 20-track vinyl EP.
Eleanor Seabird
She's cute, has a great name, and is just getting started. Meet Eleanor Seabird. You're gonna like her.
The Reformation Pop-Up Shop
This Saturday, The Reformation Pop-Up shop opens at Space 15 Twenty, featuring Reformed, Reformation, Chris Habana, Made Her Think, Veda, tons of vintage and DJ Zach Rosencrantz. It's pretty much a guaranteed good time.
Mason Taylor at Urban Outfitters
This Saturday at 4pm, catch Mason Taylor (from the Boston-based band A'Tris) for an in-store performance at the Harborplace Urban Outfitters in Baltimore (301 Light St.).
Warpaint "Stars"
A perfect pre-Halloween video—haunting and beautiful at the same time.
The Big Pink vs. Switch
If you loved Big Pink's "Dominos," which we included on LSTN 7, then chances are you'll also love Switch's remix. If you don't, well then, um...
Beatles Rock Band
There's finally a reason to bust out the plastic instruments again. The
Beatles Rock Band is pretty much everything I wanted it to be, maybe
even my favorite game of the year. You can play with up to six people,
sing up to three part harmonies with three mics (Lips wireless mics
work too, bonus!) and also play bass, drums and guitar all at once. You play the 45 song story through the
Beatles career starting at the Cavern Club with mop tops and ending as
hair farmers on the Abbey Road rooftop. I was pumped to see Harrison
songs like "Something" and "Taxman" in there too since I love 'the Quiet
One.' The best part about playing this was seeing non-gamer friends go from "I'll give
it a try" to asking which song we should do next... three hours later.
Surface 2 Air x Duck Sauce
Sometimes the clouds open up and the disco-house gods answer all our prayers. Such is the case with Duck Sauce, a collaboration between A-Trak and Armand Van Helden. Check their first video, directed by Surface 2 Air, which channels a little bit of retro Patrick and Demi.
Dead Man's Bones
Dead Man's Bones is going on tour. They made their own commercial. With a little help...
Egyptian Hip-Hop
A band with little to do with Egypt or hip-hop, but rather four teens from Manchester who make quite good music. Take, for example, "Rad Pitt."
Devendra Banhart "Walillamdzi"
In an interview very much worth reading, Devendra Banhart complained to Pitchfork "...the labels have released the videos without me seeing them—incomplete videos that make no sense and make me look even dumber than
I am." Could be why he's releasing this 'unofficial' video for "Walillamdzi" (oh, Devandra...) off of his upcoming major label debut, What Will We Be. (Via Stereogum.)
The Rock-afire Explosion
As an adult, it's not unusual to look back at the staples of your childhood and realize they were all vaguely creepy. Such is definitely the case with Showbiz Pizza and its animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion. A group of musical robots in animal suits, it didn't get any weirder, and now it's memorialized in a documentary, called The Rock-afire Explosion, screening tonight at Anthology Film Archives. There will be pizza. (Via The Moment.)
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