Sarah went to the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey last weekend and took some photos. The festival was curated by Portishead who played two shows, closing out both Saturday and Sunday nights in the Asbury Park convention center. Highlights included a Q&A session between the crowd and Shellac, Flavor Flav’s outfit … Continue reading
Instead of posting Part 4 separately, because we’re running a little behind this week, we just went right for the full Friday compilation. The full dialectic, including Megan’s final, insecurity-laden statement about a specific British pop music torch, can be found after the jump along with a link to the full album stream, which is … Continue reading
The Horrors‘ Skying is their best album to date, gimmick or no, says Brandon. He’s also wasted, so take that with a grain of salt. Furthermore, he’d like you to know that this is not a dance album. Well, it is and it isn’t. (This section is also being written by Brandon, who remains in … Continue reading
Megan is back with a scathing account of the 80s and queries about band “gimmicks” on the path to success. Also, she still wishes she were a DJ. She doesn’t come right out and say it, but…c’mon. DJing is way sweeter than med school.
The Horrors are set to release their third album, Skying, stateside in a couple weeks via XL. These guys started out as a goth-punk group in 2007 and are now releasing maybe the most upbeat record of 2011. What? Megan Bowers swings by for another dialectic as we unravel the the mysteries and bury ourselves … Continue reading