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PREFIX PREMIERE: Little Boots “Headphones”

“The inspiration for the video was partly from the wim wenders film ‘Paris Texas’ and the idea of a peep show revolving around headphones and listening to music as opposed to talking. The idea is that everyday characters enter a booth and on listening to the song their extrovert selves appear in the reflection, so the song is a way of releasing their inner selves and setting the crazier side of them free. We wanted to create an energetic party atmosphere to fit the song whilst avoiding the cliches of a lot of current club themed videos. “

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nprfreshair:

On today’s Fresh Air: remembering Doc Watson. You can download his interviews on Fresh Air in 1988 and 1989 right here.

Google releases digital synth tribute to Robert Moog!

And it’s definitely going to eat up at least twenty minutes of your life.

Neon Indian, Ducktails and Lemonade at Terminal 5 (May 12, 2012)

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Prefix Artist to Watch: DIIV

DIIV is the project Zachary Cole Smith, guitarist of the tilling, Brooklyn shine-poppers Beach Fossils. Interested in some of his own ideas, he started composing blurry-warm bedroom rock for a theoretical, wishful-thinking live band. Eventually Dive (now DIIV) landed on the internet. Defined by glittery guitar yawns, splashing drums and abject synths, Smith looked accidentally genius. He’s certainly not the only person weaving dazed shoegaze and brisk indie-pop through a musky filter, but the curious energy of DIIV’s demeanor is remarkably resonant. It’s an aesthetic that certainly has its disciples, but few with the same songwriting talent. The band’s debut album Oshin is due out June 26, we caught up with Zachary to talk about guitars, name-changes, and the reduction that comes with being a blog-cemented “lo-fi” band.

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officialbeastieboys:

as you can imagine, shit is just fkd up right now. but i wanna say thank you to all our
friends and family (which are kinda one in the same) for all the love and support.
i’m glad to know that all the love that Yauch has put out into the world is coming right back at him.
thank you.

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Watch: Screaming Females Perform “Bell”

Hilarious: 13-Year-Old Trashes Sonic Youth In Fan Letter

“You are worse than Rebecca Black.”

Directed at the indefinitely on-hiatus Sonic Youth, this comment—excerpted from a longer piece—was written by a 13-year-old and posted on the band’s Facebook page. It’s pretty damn funny when the teenage author says, “It actually sounds like a joke to me,” only to follow it up with, “The drummer is okay.” The Black Keys comment is also great. You can read the whole thing HERE.