In December of 2012, hot on the heels of their successful major label debut, The Gaslight Anthem’s frontman Brian Fallon promised their next album would be “weird.” In an interview with Rolling Stone, Fallon expressed his desire to make an album like Pearl Jam’s No Code, which Read More …
Deadshirt Is Listening… Bringing you a rundown of our staff and guest contributors’ favorite new tracks released in the past week after they’ve had the weekend to blast them in their cars, in a club, alone in their rooms, etc. Deadshirt decided to do something a Read More …
Filmmaker and geek culture icon Joss Whedon made waves last week with the stealth on-demand release of In Your Eyes, the latest production from his and Kai Cole’s Bellwether Pictures. Whedon, who wrote the screenplay, enjoys top promotional billing over the relatively unknown director Brin Read More …
By Mike Duquette How much do you really know about Bob Dylan? Even if you’re familiar enough with The Bard’s career to freak out that he shaved off that pencil-thin mustache in that Super Bowl ad, your expertise might be confined to the basics: came Read More …
A couple of weeks ago, a friend shared this video with me, more as something of a curio than as must see content. Since then, I have watched it countless times and forced as many people as possible to do the same. There is Read More …
Forcefield, the new album from Ontario’s Tokyo Police Club, explodes out of the gate with the sprawling, stunning “Argentina (Parts I, II, III)”. Over a breathless eight-and-a-half minutes, TPC chart the course of a doomed weekend fling with several tempo and key changes. While it Read More …
The cover of St. Vincent, the self-titled fourth album from Annie Clark, posits the multi-instrumentalist as some sort of galactic empress or cult leader, glowering impressively from her throne. It’s a fitting image for this, an ambitious, monolithic collection of songs that, for all its Read More …
On Halloween 2013, Too True, the third full-length album by LA band Dum Dum Girls, was announced. When reporting it, Pitchfork jokingly called it “Bangerz: Goth Edition” noting the similarities between poses of lead singer Dee Dee Penny and Miley Cyrus on their respective album Read More …
Aside from Earth, where in the known universe are we most likely place to find life? If you guessed Mars…that’s a good guess. But on Earth, where there’s liquid water, there’s life, and where you’ll find the most liquid water off of Earth is on Read More …
It’s here. It’s finally here! After months of buzz generated by songs posted online, stellar live shows at SXSW, and tons and tons of blog posts, (including one of my own) the synthpop trio Chvrches finally released their debut full-length album. The hype surrounding this Read More …