In a world populated by endless boring debates about the ever-changing times of music and pop culture, two lovable millennials, Mike Duquette and Stephanie Salo, scour the world in search of yesterday’s coolest sounds and today’s hottest takes. Armed with little more than a Spotify Read More …
We’re spending the month of December looking back at some of the great new releases that we missed out on reviewing earlier this year. This is The Rest of 2014. Let’s face it: this has been a weird fucking year for culture in general. The most Read More …
If you’ve managed to make it in the incredibly bizarre business of professional art, you’ve probably sipped from that tart cup marked “but what I really want to do is…” It’s that perfect mix of creative impulse and barely-checked hubris that put Prince in one Read More …
No One Is Lost is the tale of a band coming full circle. After recording the last few albums in reputable studios, Stars found themselves yearning to return to their bedroom pop roots. To that end, the Montreal-based quintet acquired an apartment with some storied Read More …
Hey, drummers can have side projects, too. Members of Radiohead have to have something to do while waiting for Thom Yorke’s alien overlords beam him. While Jonny Greenwood has made bank doing film soundtracks and Yorke is busy with Atoms For Peace, drummer Philip Selway Read More …
By Steph Salo Prince is one of the most brilliant musical masterminds of his generation. He is like a beautiful butterfly who can morph into a new him with the bat of an eye. He can slay on the guitar or piano, or dance like a maniac. He is one Read More …
Art Official Age is many things at once. A funk album bombarded by cosmic rays and mutated into something else. A semi-autobiographical sci-fi concept album about love and partying in the twenty-teens. A mess. Disappointing in some respects and admirable in others, Prince’s follow up Read More …
I imagine that an artist is under a lot of pressure when making a follow up to a successful, well loved album. The fans want something that sounds similar to what they’ve heard, but if you make it too similar, you risk being labeled a one-trick Read More …
By Steph Salo Whirr, the masters of sass, are back in the saddle. For fans of My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, or the bands heavily influenced by their sound (Nothing, All Natural Lemon And Lime Flavors, Fleeting Joys, etc), you’re probably already familiar with the five Read More …
Listen Here is a monthly playlist picked and curated by members of the Deadshirt staff around a certain theme. This month’s theme is “Songs For Your Workday,” with a playlist selected by several Deadshirt staffers and curated by music editor Julian Ames. With the Labor Day holiday still Read More …