Lotus Plaza, the solo side project from Deerhunter's Lockett Pundt, has a new split 10" single coming out with Nice Weekend, otherwise known as Pundt's fiancee Shayda Yavari. On the B-side, Pundt…   Read Story »

To celebrate Leonard Cohen's new record Old Ideas, our Album Of The Week, Columbia is putting together a series of tribute videos featuring contemporary artists covering their favorite Cohen songs.…   Read Story »

We first brought up Kazu Makino's (Blonde Redhead) benefit compilation We Are The Works In Progress as we discussed Four Tet's contribution, "Moma," and today a brand new instrumental Deerhunter…   Read Story »

Label/tastemakers CoCo Art, in step with the season, posted their third annual Roam For The Holidaze compilation featuring contributions from Lotus Plaza (Deerhunter's Lockett Pundt), Old King Cole…   Read Story »

At a Black Lips show in Conley, Georgia over the weekend, Deerhunter/Atlas Sound frontman Bradford Cox came to the stage dressed as another famously tall and gawky frontman, Joey Ramone. Cox, in a…   Read Story »

Making a pit stop in Los Angeles prior to their Summer Sonic shows in Japan, Deerhunter dropped by the Wiltern with walls of noise that rattled the Art Deco theater. Keeping things in the noisy…   Read Story »

Pitchfork Fest's final day was a scorcher. We're still recovering, but our tireless photog Graeme Flegenheimer braved the heat to deliver pics of Ariel Pink, Baths, Cut Copy, Deerhunter, How To Dress…   Read Story »

Music Critic/Ui co-founder (and, full disclosure, associate) Sasha Frere-Jones remixed Georgia underground legends Pylon's "Yo-Yo" twice by adding a number of new elements, including vocals by Sleigh…   Read Story »

The 10th annual 'Roo is underway. Here are Randy Cremean's great pics of some of the notable sets from the first two days of this year's fest in beautiful, boiling Manchester, TN. Featuring Sleigh…   Read Story »

After watching the recently unearthed footage of Arcade Fire playing a house party in 2002 and a 17-year-old Robin Pecknold covering Radiohead and Simon & Garfunkel, I thought it would be fun to…   Read Story »