People are rightfully enjoying Microcastle, Deerhunter's Heasley-eque followup to 2006's Cryptograms. Most of us have seen and heard most of it, but you might not have all the facts or artwork. For instance, access iTunes: the leak had a couple... CONTINUE READING DEERHUNTER'S MICROCASTLE ALBUM ART & "GAME OF DIAMONDS" (DEMO)»
Posted on July 10, 2008 in , , (10 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter | Nine Inch Nails
After working through the leaked tracks and those posted to MySpace earlier this summer, pretty much all of us agreed: there's less swoony catharsis at play in this newest crop of Deerhunter songs, but not at the expense of swoon-worthy... CONTINUE READING NEW DEERHUNTER LIVE VIDEO - "NEVER STOPS" & "NOTHING EVER HAPPENED"»
Posted on July 7, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter
For all the love and attention Deerhunter get around here, they've always inspired heated detraction. I've always figured that's centered primarily on their dressed-up photo sets and bowel movement blog posts, easy handles to fling some good old fashioned comment... CONTINUE READING STREAM TRACKS FROM DEERHUNTER'S MICROCASTLE»
Posted on June 4, 2008 (21 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter
Bradford Cox takes a lot of heat from various corners, but say what you will about his on and off-stage antics, the man has a knack for prolifically turning out brilliant, seemingly off-the-cuff bedroom-ambient recordings. He's also a prolific blogger.... Things I'll Miss EP)'">CONTINUE READING NEW ATLAS SOUND - "MY CAR" (FROM THE FREE THINGS I'LL MISS EP)»
Posted on May 6, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Bradford Cox | Deerhunter
When's the last time you want to an actual record store? Like where you have to walk through a door and can't just click "download"? Yes, we live inside a blog, but record stores are pretty great. Brandon worked at... CONTINUE READING TOMORROW IS RECORD STORE DAY»
Posted on April 18, 2008 (32 comments)
Tags: Björk | Black Keys | Built To Spill | Dead Meadow | Death Cab For Cutie | Deerhunter | Grizzly Bear | Interpol | New Pornographers | Prurient | R.E.M. | Regina Spektor | Stephen Malkmus | Tapes 'N Tapes | Vampire Weekend
Stereogum's tag cloud hovers above The Paper Of Record today, with profiles on Brooklyn alt-rockers in Arts & Leisure and an indie rock dress-up cheat sheet in the Men Styles Magazine. Consider it a print version of the story run... CONTINUE READING NY TIMES PROFILES BROOKLYN'S EXPERIMENTAL (AND STYLISH) INDIE ROCKERS»
Posted on March 8, 2008 in (47 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Battles | Beirut | Deerhunter | Dirty Projectors | Dragons Of Zynth | Gang Gang Dance | Grizzly Bear | High Places | MGMT | Vampire Weekend | Yeasayer
Thanks to reader Joshua, who pointed out some news from Deerhunter's blog this morning, in a post titled "Goodbye 21st Century," announcing a band hiatus. Before you read the entry, please pause a moment and remember the band in better... CONTINUE READING DEERHUNTER GO ON HIATUS»
Posted on November 19, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Deerhunter
CMJ 2007 will be remembered for ... not a lot, sadly. And not just 'cause everybody was boozed up. Folks will probably hold on to how it was every bit as exhausting as years past but not every bit as... CONTINUE READING YOUR FRIEND, ANDREW W.K. & OUR CMJ SUPERLATIVES»
Posted on October 22, 2007 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Andrew W.K. | CMJ | Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | Land Of Talk | No Age | White Williams
With the help of Andrew, we've already uncovered what partying at CMJ's like for the fest folks parading around the Lower East Side; for the second and final installment of the Stereogum + Andrew W.K. Study of Partying at CMJ,... CONTINUE READING CMJ PARTY SCHOOL! WITH STEREOGUM AND ANDREW W.K. (PART TWO: BACKSTAGE AT BOWERY)»
Posted on October 22, 2007 in (14 comments)
Tags: Andrew W.K. | CMJ | Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | No Age | Ponytail | White Williams
On a night of a No Age onstage party, a Deacon-led parted party, and a party party party, Deerhunter tore down the night's hyperactive madness and reshaped it with an outstanding, slowly swelling set. Here's a treat from the show... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: DEERHUNTER PERFORMS NEW SONG "CALVARY SCARS" @ BOWERY BALLROOM»
Posted on October 20, 2007 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter
Left to right: Andrew W.K., Bradford Cox. Right, so let us explain. When the CMJ scheds first came out, the Windish Agency showcase at Bowery immediately stood out as the night with most party potential. Band to watch No... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: PONYTAIL/WHITE WILLIAMS/NO AGE/DAN DEACON/DEERHUNTER @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 10/17/07 (WINDISH AGENCY SHOWCASE)»
Posted on October 18, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Andrew W.K. | CMJ | Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | No Age | Ponytail | White Williams
All we've got to go on is a snippet here (53 seconds at that), but for fellow Grizzly fanboys and girls, it's the best way to spend less-than-a-minute today. The song's called "Blackcurrant Jam," and it's set to appear on... CONTINUE READING NEW GRIZZLY BEAR SNIPPET - "BLACKCURRANT JAM" (AND LOTS OF "KNIFE"S)»
Posted on September 26, 2007 in (13 comments)
Tags: Atlas Sound | Born Ruffians | David Shrigley | Deerhunter | Girl Talk | Grizzly Bear
For the better part of the long Labor Day weekend, NYC was refreshingly manageable, its population decreased by 30%, according to our full-of-shit metrics. Not so for the Friday night kicking off the holiday at the Seaport, though it's... CONTINUE READING DEERHUNTER/BATTLES @ SOUTH STREET SEAPORT, NYC 8/31/07»
Posted on September 4, 2007 in (18 comments)
Tags: Battles | Deerhunter
The NYC-based amongst you are probably doing exactly what we are: counting the hours 'til the kick-off of a long weekend promising good weather and, starting at 7PM, the free show of the summer: Deerhunter and Battles at the Seaport... CONTINUE READING COLIN MEE LEAVES DEERHUNTER»
Posted on August 31, 2007 (21 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter
Just when we thought it was safe to stop reading Bradford Cox's blog, he reminds us why it's quickly becoming one of the most engrossing stops on the Internet. First came the Poop Journal (maybe more "gross" than engrossing), then... CONTINUE READING DEERHUNTING SEASON»
Posted on July 30, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter
Still tired from our Chicago trip this weekend, and really it's all this 2AM show's fault. Word floated through the Pitchfork Festival on Sunday that a warehouse at Wolcott and Walnut (mnemonic device of the day: "Think 'Wall' ... then... CONTINUE READING DAN DEACON/DEERHUNTER @ A WAREHOUSE IN CHICAGO 7/16/07 (& PITCHFORK FESTIVAL PICS)»
Posted on July 18, 2007 in (20 comments)
Tags: Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | Pitchfork Music Festival
Wouldn't be a series of Pitchfork scores without at least one bearing little-to-no relation to the verbiage that followed, right? Well, day last of this year's P4K party in Union Park was another fine one, bringing two more mind-bending... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007 [SUNDAY; 7/15] RATING: 6.2»
Posted on July 16, 2007 in (12 comments)
Tags: Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | Girl Talk | Junior Boys | Menomena | of Montreal | Pavement | Pitchfork Music Festival | Stephen Malkmus | The Field
How could we have missed Deerhunter's Wednesday night set at Bowery? Village Voice makes it sound positively historic:Pretty sure what I saw last night when Deerhunter headlined the Bowery Ballroom is going to be in a book or a documentary... CONTINUE READING BEHIND THE MUSIC: DEERHUNTER»
Posted on July 13, 2007 (25 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter
Deerhunter have been pushing boundaries from the get-go, calling their debut album Turn It Up Faggot, messing around with gender roles and fake blood, and most shockingly, working at American Apparel. But the Atlanta psych-rockers had really taken their art... CONTINUE READING DEERHUNTER: "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT PULLING THIS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY SHIT WITH ME..."»
Posted on July 12, 2007 (23 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter
You may not have noticed this, but P4K is rather obsessed with all things Deerhunter. Not pointing fingers, everybody's prone to playing favorites (hey, remind us, we have to tell you 'bout this Soofyan guy ... repeatedly) -- and our... CONTINUE READING NEW DEERHUNTER - "AFTER CLASS"»
Posted on July 6, 2007 (5 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter
Deerhunter's been buzzing loudly since the release of their sophomore album Cryptograms earlier this year. The Fluorescent Grey EP helped maintain the chatter some, but it's the Atlanta quintet's live presence -- dresses, blood, and blowjobs, but also old-fashioned chops,... CONTINUE READING QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: DEERHUNTER»
Posted on May 23, 2007 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter
Great interview with Deerhunter's Bradford Cox over at P4K today. The band's breakthrough Cryptograms felt uneven to us ... until we saw 'em at SXSW, at which point Bradford's amp-perched shrieking-gargoyle routine had us floored. (Best set of the fest,... CONTINUE READING DEERHUNTER ON DRESSES»
Posted on May 15, 2007 (34 comments)
Tags: Deerhunter
Despite the excellent lineups all over town, our daylight hours on Friday had been spoken for well before we made the trek to SouthBy (and particularly after spending Thursday systematically missing a bunch of the acts we'd hoped to... CONTINUE READING SXSW: FRIDAY IN AUSTIN»
Posted on March 19, 2007 in , (5 comments)
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