It'd been nigh on twelve long months since I'd last found myself clambering up the vertiginous inclines of Alexandra Park toward Ally Pally – a timescale no sooner contemplated than it'd been calculated, for each extreme was bookended by something utterly scintillating. Each was an I'll Be Your Mirror . This time taking place toward the beginning of an altogether merrier May, Karen O and her resurgent Yeah Yeah Yeahs plastered Saturday in a fluoro hue of glee, cherry-picking the likes of Dirty Beaches & The Field & Anika from a group filed [...]
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The first of a new bi-weekly series, the Best Fit Mix will feature a specially curated selection of tracks from a wide variety of artists and producers with an aim to tap into their influences and unearth some hidden gems. Kicking things off is Prince Rama . Hot off the debut of their film 'Never Forever', the Brooklyn group Prince Rama has assembled a compilation of sounds that, much like the band, defy all classification and occupy a universe that is wholly their own. This [...]
Returning for a third outing, if this year streamlined to but the one solitary day next month is to witness the return of All Tomorrow's Parties' tangential I'll Be Your Mirror festival to Alexandra Palace for an afternoon-cum-early evening-cum-black night shebang which looks set to be explosive, and so too expansive as any other. For where previous editions have focussed on altogether gloomier aesthetics ( Portishead called upon anyone and everyone from DOOM and Company Flow to Swans and GY!BE, whilst last year featured the likes of the Melvins, Slayer, Codeine and so on) this [...]
Sleep Over at Austin Psych Fest 2012 ( more by Tim Griffin ) Sleep Over is going on a tour with Memory Tapes which hits NYC for a previously mentioned show on April 14 at Mercury Lounge . TIckets for that show are still available. All dates are listed below. After that tour wraps up, Sleep Over will play another NYC show a few days later at [...]
For Das Racist fans who were devastated by the news of their break up last year, this weekend offers a chance to see Himanshu Suri ( Heems ) and Ashok Kondabolu (Dapwell) perform music, wax eloquent at a panel discussion and display visual art. Part of the Blues For Smoke weekend-long festival, but this particular showcase will be held at the Whitney Museum in the second floor galleries this Sunday, April 7 from from 11 AM — 6 PM. The festival seeks to showcase younger artists who are working within the bounds of rap, hip-hop and [...]
Le1f The Whitney Museum is currently hosting the Blues for Smoke exhibition, which will be up through April 28. The exhibition "explores a wide range of contemporary art through the lens of the blues and blues aesthetics." In conjunction with that exhibition, they are also presenting a festival this weekend with performances and events. On Friday (4/5) , former Das Racist member Kool A.D. will team up with Mykki [...]
As though their recent Top Ten Hits of the End of the World weren't colorful and imaginative enough, Prince Rama is now spinning those songs into the soundtrack for an original film, directed by Astral ... read more
Prince Rama transition to film-making. Prince Rama have announced new tour dates in support of their recent album, Top Ten Hits of the End of the World. Joining the sisterly duo are new...
Not to be slowed down, Prince Rama has recently announced a tour in Europe this spring, an upcoming release of their first feature film, Never Forever, and the addition of two new members to the band. All of this while Nimai manages to keep up with the addictive and tasty Healthy or Hungover column on this here website (seriously, read it). The ladies wrapped up a tour with Animal Collective in the fall and have since added members Christopher Burke and Michael Collins, on bass and synthesizer, ...
Camden Crawl Dublin have announced its first set of artists. The Black Lips, Prince Rama, Amateur Best, Stubborn Heart, Tropics, Three Trapped Tigers, Darkstar, PVT, Lanterns on the Lake, Gallops, Kid Caraveral, The Pictish Trail, Concrete Knives have all been confirmed so far. The festival will take place between May 3-5 in the Camden area of Dublin. Head here to find out more info.
A couple of years back, the Guardian published an article called "The Lost Art of the Pop Manifesto," bemoaning, well, the lost art of the pop manifesto. The article harked back to the golden age of punk, when bands published manifestos as often as they made records, and lamented that bands these days just don't seem to do the same thing. We're not so sure, though — so in honor of The Knife's recently published manifesto, which did the rounds earlier this week, here's a look at some of our favorite manifestos past and present, from [...]
For a country with relatively minimal amounts of jagged coastline, Canada's certainly producing some invigoratingly edgy music at the minute. In fact, I'd go so far as to throw hyperbole to the wind and suggest them there Canucks are, contemporarily speaking, just about the most refreshing artists actively out there. And Prince Innocence – the Toronto/ Montréal pairing comprising Talvi Faustmann and Josh McIntyre – go some way to becoming the reigning monarch of our hearts. 'Rama still prevails, though Golden Hour runs 'em close. The inevitable parallel, however, will perhaps always be compatriots Purity Ring though as Faustmann initially coos of [...]
It's been quite some while already that art-pop daydreamer Airick Woodhead has been hanging around in the Doldrums of blog culture, which automatically creates a dangerous amount of anticipation around this, his début full-length. For his is a name of quiet notoriety already: he's been around the world a couple times touring his scattily collated bits and pieces; done the prerequisite Grimes collaboration. And Lesser Evil even appears to neatly encapsulate both a learned outlook on modern-day electronica, and indeed the sonic identity of his native Montréal. Though why, therefore, does it never quite work as one? [...]
Reference Points is the weekly column where we get the chance to ask our favourite artists to reveal what inspires them from outside the world of music. This week, we catch up with Prince Rama , a band who were perhaps better prepared than most for the rumoured end of the world, which was supposed to happen in December. Then didn’t. Nevertheless, the Brooklyn duo made sure that a super soundtrack was in place to accompany the planet’s end in the form of their latest album, Top Ten Hits of the End of the World and [...]
Prince Rama have released a video for the song, “So Destroyed”, from their most recent album, Top Ten Hits of the End of the World . The video was put together after the band held a contest [...]
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Poco a poco este largo recorrido anual está llegando a su fin, lo cual en parte me alegra bastante ya que en ocasiones me llego a hacer bolas yo mismo con este asunto de los números de atrás para adelante peeero, obvio no estoy aquí para exhibir mis pocos dotes matemáticos, sino para hacerles llegar los 15 tracks del día dentro de este conteo que, hasta donde tengo entendido, ha sido de la grado de muchos de ustedes, y eso es algo que me alegra aún mas ya que si no fuera así... Pues ni modo, estas son mis elecciones. [...]
Got any plans for the possible apocalypse? Yet once again, there's another media frenzy of internet rumors about the end of the world, currently set to occur this Friday. It's hard to summarize what is said to happen, as there's such an amalgamation of theories referencing demons, aliens, a collision with another planetary body, black holes- you name it, it's in the mix. There are likely a number preppers planning to scramble for potential safety in mountain ranges, and packing their pantries to the brim. But if there's anyone who's going to sell me on any "end of [...]
by Bill Pearis Prince Rama @ Cake Shop, CMJ 2012 ( more by Amanda Hatfield ) As you may be aware, Friday is December 21 aka 12/21/12 , aka the day that the world is supposed to end according to the Mayan calendar. (Many people don't believe the world will actually end, or they probably wouldn't finished up Breaking Bad already.) There are a lot of Apocalypse parties happening, one of which will be at 285 Kent headlined by [...]
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