Watch Divine Fits' Album Teaser Trailer
Just about a week ago we learned of the existence of Divine Fits, a collaboration of Spoon’s Britt Daniel, New Bomb Turk’s Sam Brown and Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and the recently disbanded Handsome Furs.... read more
Found in: NewsWatch Clips of Wolf Parade's Final Show
Over the course of their nearly eight years as a band, Canadian rockers Wolf Parade haven’t relied solely on their trademark synth-led guitar lines. With three LP’s under their belts, the group has taken a stab at everything from prog-rock to fuzzy lo-fi recordings, while still managing to attract a devoted legion of fans.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsOur Favorite Posters from the Indie Rock Poster Book
“I see where the inspiration came from,” someone might say squinting at a smudge of brown paint on a canvas in a brightly-lit gallery. But it’s often difficult to see where an artist is coming from when the only explanation is a neatly printed card with a singular word or phrase accompanied by a high-price tag.... read more
Found in: Books, FeaturesThe 25 Best Album Covers of 2010
Album art has had a rough go of late. Big vinyl cover art got reduced to little CD cover art which got reduced to pixels on a screen. Fortunately, bands continue to do great things with those pixels, as attested to by The 25 Best Album Covers of 2010. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWolf Parade Goes on Indefinite Hiatus
Canadian rockers Wolf Parade may have played their final show ever this weekend in Toronto. “This is the last show we’ll play for a long time,” singer Spencer Krug told the crowd.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Wolf Parade's "Yulia" Video
Scott Coffey writes and directs the cosmonaut-themed video for Wolf Parade’s “Yulia,” the latest single from Expo 86.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWolf Parade Plots End-of-Year Tour
Wolf Parade’s newest album, Expo 86, dropped recently, and the Canadian band recently announced an end-of-year tour that takes them all over Europe throughout September and, finally, up and down the eastern U.S. in November.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWolf Parade: Expo 86
Marching on Wolf Parade’s third studio LP attempts to straddle the ghostly and mesmerizing pop of their stellar debut Apologies to the Queen Mary and the sprawling, fuzzed-out prog of followup At Mount Zoomer. The Montreal quartet is mostly successful in this balancing act, delivering a handful of thematically-obtuse pop missiles heavy on reverb and guitar, with trademark synths still lurking low in the mix. There’s plenty of Queen Mary-esque verve and vigor; “Palm Road” is a delightfully skuzzy guitar-rocker buoyed by straight-outta-DEVO Casio lines, and “Pobody’s Nerfect” is Wolf Parade in fighting trim—a cacophony of gritty guitar, Moog, rumbling... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsTen June Albums Worth Checking Out
Ah, June. It's the month that kicks off summer, the month where music festivals start popping up like weeds... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the Day25 Albums We're Looking Forward To This Summer
It's May, which means it's almost summer, which means car windows rolled down and stereos cranked up. Here to start off our summer preview week are 25 albums... read more
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