HAIM: The Wire The sisterly trio of hot rockers known as HAIM continues to leave fans wanting more with their new song “The Wire”—and the track’s brazen video shows they’re breaking a few hearts along the…
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Future Islands: Walking Through That Door Artist Kymia Nawabi explores the confidence that deep love provides in a new stop-motion short film for Future Islands’ 2010 synth-pop song, “Walking Through That Door.” The animation, which features…
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The Flaming Lips: Turning Violent One of the Flaming Lips’ darkest works yet; the lyrics, instrumentation and video for “Turning Violent” are uncharacteristically reserved. Steven Drozd’s falsetto vocals and an oscillating bass synth lead you into…
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A debut album set in motion by busking from New York to Belgium, many factors play into the soulful joy of Marques Toliver’s Land of CanAan. Chance, talent, a voice and a violin have mingled, coalescing…
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The Knocks—Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “JPatt” Patterson—are infiltrating the electronic music world with their distinct style of driving synths and disco grooves. Starting their music careers as producers by day and DJs by night, the…
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Vampire Weekend: Diane Young Any music video featuring a saxophone as a giant bong is worth spending a moment enjoying, but Vampire Weekend gives plenty of reasons to stick around and put it on repeat with “…
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John Grant: GMF In a style that is one part Antony Hegarty and one part Jack Black, American musician John Grant smoothly tackles hard-hitting issues like addiction, sexuality and living with HIV. The Reykjavik-based singer’s droll ruminations recently amused crowds at NYC’s Le…
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Lord Huron: Lonesome Dreams Lord Huron delivered “part one in an exciting series of adventures” with their video for “Lonesome Dreams,” the third track on their album of the same name. Cleverly, “Lonesome Dreams” is also…
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Born in Chongqing, China, musician Wu Na holds the distinction of being one of the world’s premier guqin players, a seven-string instrument strummed by Confucius and revered as one of China’s four classical arts. Her instrument of choice is one of China’s most ancient and revered musical pieces—reigning as…
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Cancer fuels comedy in Tig Notaro’s impromptu album
Tig Notaro was on top of the world. Ringed with critical appeal and on the crest of a booming career, life was looking up for the comedian. The tumbling of events that followed included a severe sickness, the death of a mother, a breakup and, finally, a cancer diagnosis….
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