On Saturday, Brooklyn's gorgeous Grand Prospectus Hall hosted an anniversary party for the new millennial cool factory that is DFA. The label tweeted that they were expecting around 4,000 people, and…   Read Story »

Back in March, we posted the video for "Howl," a truly excellent plainspoken pop single from the teenage British singer Chlöe Howl. The Portland electro-pop duo YACHT have now remixed that track,…   Read Story »

I feel like some version of this happens all the damn time: A couple years back, Forever 21 started selling a Flipper T-shirt that bore a distinct resemblance to a shirt worn by Kurt Cobain on…   Read Story »

The thought that led to this short video was, basically, "Wouldn't it be nice to document bands' pre-show rituals?" As soon as I realized YACHT would be in town to perform a Full Moon Party, inspired…   Read Story »

Psychedelic Portland dance-party duo YACHT haven't announced plans for a new album, but they're giving us a new song and a new video anyway, to celebrate the fact that they've been an ongoing project…   Read Story »

Around last November, the band YACHT moved to Los Angeles. Just under a year later, they have announced a new TV show. YOU KNOW HOW IT IS. The show is called Support, and Amazon Studios optioned…   Read Story »

Last month, we posted YACHT's excellently blippy cover of the great Brigitte Fontaine/Art Ensemble Of Chicago classic "Le Goudron." And on that single's B-side, they repeat the trick, doing a…   Read Story »

In 1969, the French avant-pop singer Brigitte Fontaine recorded an intense, absorbing song called "Le Goudron" with free-jazz greats the Art Ensemble Of Chicago. It's one of those icy examples of…   Read Story »

Portland-born synthpop duo YACHT have already released a couple of videos from their recent Shangri-La, and now there's a new clip for the title track. In the video, the group's two members engage in…   Read Story »

YACHT's video for the cowbell-happy track "I Walked Alone" is a pretty simple affair. Throughout most of it, the Portland synth-psych duo are the only folks on camera, and it relies entirely on the…   Read Story »