Showing All "Grimes" Posts
Dec 18th, 2012 234 Comments
This morning, Pitchfork finished counting down its favorite songs of the past calendar year. As someone who wrote for Pitchfork for a long-ass time, I can tell you that those guys take the task of…   Read Story »
Aug 24th, 2012 28 Comments
I haven't been charting it or anything, but I've been writing these lists for the better part of a year now, and despite a few slow weeks, they seem to get better all the time. So here's something to…   Read Story »
Aug 22nd, 2012 51 Comments
We've already seen the trailer, and now the full self-directed video for Grimes' "Genesis" is here. And it's fucking nuts. There's no real narrative here; best to think of it as a headlong plunge…   Read Story »
Aug 20th, 2012 6 Comments
Grimes is at the point in her hype-arc where a one-minute trailer for a forthcoming video is a perfectly farmable tract of online content. (That she's capable of making incredibly memorable videos…   Read Story »
Aug 15th, 2012 47 Comments
Every time an internet-indie sensation makes her American network TV debut, an angel gets its wings, which means Jimmy Fallon is helping a whole lot of seraphim get off the ground these days. Last…   Read Story »
Jul 26th, 2012 3 Comments
Vancouver producer and Grimes buddy Blood Diamonds just released the 12" single version of his Grimes collab "Phone Sex," and one of its B-sides is a spacey, dissolving remix from the Nashville…   Read Story »
Jul 23rd, 2012 Comment
Here's a track from Montreal electronic artist Solar Year, a musician who just put out the ethereal LP Waverly. "Solar Year" is a meditative, solemn electronic cut that's like an alien take on a…   Read Story »
Jul 17th, 2012 79 Comments
The rumored Coachella cruise is on, scheduled for two voyages -- a three-day trip aboard the Celebrity Silhouette to the Bahamas and a four-day trip to Jamaica (both cruises will leave from Fort…   Read Story »
Jul 15th, 2012 11 Comments
At ginormous festivals like Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza, it's pretty tough to craft a narrative -- when there's something like 200 bands playing over a weekend, it's next to impossible to really sew a…   Read Story »
Jun 12th, 2012 28 Comments
On Sunday afternoon, the L$D video "DONT SMOKE MY BLUNT BITCH," a collaborative effort from Grimes, Kreayshawn, Blood Diamonds, and Tragik, debuted on Tragik's Tumblr. The video was accompanied by…   Read Story »

































