Trentemøller’s new video shows malaise at its best/worst
Trentemøller stares into the faces of the dissatisfied with video for “Never Stop Running.”
Music
Best Albums: A Queenly return, infectious Americana, and hard tropicalia
Queens of the Stone Age: …Like Clockwork
Lifted Bells: s/t EP
Pokey LaFarge: s/t
Sao Paulo Underground: Beija Flors Velho e Sujo
Brian Eno on light, music, and surrendering
Brian Eno sat down with the Red Bull Music Academy to discuss the process behind his visual/aural series of light paintings.
David Yow’s first solo release is crushing, maybe literally
The limited-edition vinyl release of David Yow’s first solo effort is literally a concrete slab.
Something witchy this way comes: Psychic Temple’s “Seventh House” video
Following his original Psychic Temple creation, composer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Schlarb has united another outrageous selection of talent for Psychic Temple II, an eclectic mix of pop, jazz, and prog.
Questlove and Elvis Costello team for stark, “hammy” collaboration
In the latest installment of “whoa, didn’t see that coming,” The Roots drummer Questlove and singer-songwriter Elvis Costello have collaborated on a full-length album.
Teenage psych-rock balladry: Hear “Pray for Me, Fragile” by Dreamers Dose
Dreamers Dose is a group of young psych-rockers. Its new song, “Pray for Me, Fragile,” proves that it has the skills of musicians twice its age.
Q&A: Ghost BC on orgiastic art and ABBA’s infernal fate
Ghost BC is a Swedish metal outfit composed of five “nameless ghouls” and a singing zombie-priest whose vocals are so clean and sugary that he probably could land a role on Glee if he wasn’t always praising Satan.
Best Albums: Blackjazz refinement, punk fury, and pulling a Dave Grohl
Shining: One One One
Retox: YPLL
Roomrunner: Ideal Cities
Polymath protester Ai Weiwei goes metal with “Dumbass”
Ai Weiwei, having previously protested through photography, street art, and film, has gone musical with “Dumbass,” the first track from upcoming album The Divine Comedy.
Exclusive stream: Shining’s One One One w/ commentary
Destined to be one of the best albums of 2013, Shining’s One One One picks up where Blackjazz left off — as a refinement of the band’s frenzied, progressive, jazz-infused avant-metal.
WTF? Friday: 14-year-old Tina shreds Van Halen’s “Eruption”
Tina S. is good at guitar. Really good. Seriously, just stop reading this and watch the video.