Cult rockers THE SHINS, DEVENDRA BANHART and RILO KILEY have turned T-shirt designers to create casual wear for charity. Proceeds from the sale of the musicians' $25
, a Montreal-based non-profit organization, has recruited a handful of indie rock stars to design shirts for girls and boys everywhere. They cost $25 apiece (pretty good, as they're American Apparel), with all money going to the charity of the designer's choice.
Sadly, this week marks the final lesson in our monthlong comics crash course. I wanted to end on an inspired note, so today I'm sharing 25 of my personal favorites. These aren't necessarily the "essential" reads you hear about all
With an affectless baritone voice and sheaves of poignant, idiosyncratic songs, Bill Callahan cut a dashing figure as the man behind Smog, one of first and best one-man bands in the early-'90s underground. Callahan began an identity shift as Smog became the parenthetical (Smog), and eventually just
Amie Street, an online music store that features both user-generated content and the content of record labels, has signed a deal with Beggars Group (Rough Trade, XL, 4AD), Matador and Polyvinyl, adding artists like Cat Power, the National and Of Montreal to their website today.
Amie Street has made a name for itself as a DRM-free music store for independent labels, and its popularity-based pricing structure and other social features continue to attract major indie artists to the scene. Amazon, in the meantime, may still be interested in incorporating those features into its own store. Read More
The British electro-pop duo Goldfrapp radically reinvents itself for "Seventh Tree," its fourth studio album, out today. The makeover isn't just creatively and commercially surprising †both 2003's "Black Cherry" and 2005's "Supernature" were glam, libidinous dance-pop affairs that charted in both Britain and America, with the latter earning a 2007 Grammy nod for Best Electronic-Dance Album â€
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