HEADLINES

SXSW 2012, Friday March 16

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The first thing I got up and out for Friday was Of Monsters and Men at Filter Magazine’s Showdown on Cedar Street at 1:00pm. Showing up about five minutes past the hour, the courtyard was completely packed. People flowed up and out onto the street, and I quickly determined that getting down into the action [...]

SXSW 2012 Schedule Up Today!

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Quick, all you uber music fans out there scramble to get your SXSW 2012 personal schedules together. Today marked the release of the official schedule and, with it, some band and artist names that weren’t previously included on the ‘to-play’ list. I won’t lie; I started working on my schedule a month ago. But I [...]

Listen: Zola Jesus – “In Our Nature” (David Lynch Remix)

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If you are a fan of pop idol Zola Jesus or bizarre film idol David Lynch, then there is a remix floating about with your name on it! Today, Zola released a remix of her track “In Our Nature” remixed by the Crazy Clown Time man himself. Check it out below and let us know [...]

Watch M83 and Zola Jesus play ‘Intro’ Together

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Joining M83 at their Los Angeles show at the Music Box on Wednesday evening, Zola Jesus graced the stage to perform her part in opening number “Intro” from the band’s new release, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. The collaborative effort, a highlight of the new album, doesn’t disappoint live, and even from the slightly grainy mobile-filmed [...]

Interview: Luiza Sá of CSS

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With only four more stops left on the U.S. tour calendar this year, CSS is wrapping things up to head to Europe next, where they’ll continue trekking the globe in support of their third full-length record, La Liberación, which came out just two months ago. Tonally different, that record harnesses elements which are tied to [...]

Review: Zola Jesus – “Conatus”

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Though my Nika Roza fandom has existed since I first came across her, my Zola Jesus fandom is one that seems to swell incrementally each time a new record is released. The Spoils is a good record, but Stridulum II is a great record. In fact, Stridulum II (2010) is one of those few records [...]