I NEED THAT RECORD: THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE
Guerilla filmaker Brendan Toller, along side Fugazi/Minor Threat’s Ian MacKaye, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, activist Noam Chomsk, Patti Smith’s guitarist Lenny Kaye, Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads, Pat Carney of the Black Keys, Rock Photographer Bob Gruen, BP Helium guitarist from Of Montreal and some other assorted artists and musicians have made a documentary […]
Wayhome Music & Arts Festival 2016, Ontario
The WayHome Music & Arts Festival is a multi-day music and arts festival where music, food, art and film come together to make a kaleidoscope of sound, smell, colour, and spectacle. This years line-up featured headliners LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire and The Killers along with Metric, CHVRCHES, Gary Clark, Jr., Mac DeMarco, Rae Sremmurd, Wolf […]
CMJ – 15 Must See Shows in ’15
Now celebrating it’s 35th anniversary, New York City’s annual CMJ Music Marathon is descending on downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn October 13-17 with 120,000 artists, music fans, and industry insiders. Every October, CMJ features over 1,400 live performances in more than 80 of New York City’s storied nightclubs and music venues, exclusive parties and cutting edge conference events throughout one vital […]
Q + A : Bury Me A Lion
Q + A with Bury Me a Lion by Discosalt DISCOSALT: With influences ranging from Patsy Cline to Depeche Mode do you ever find it difficult to express the both sides of the spectrum of music they encompass? BURY ME A LION: As a band, our goal has always been to create a sound that’s […]
Q + A : Happy Lives
Q+A with Happy Lives by Discosalt Brooklyn’s Happy Lives trust themselves to get weird and succeed. Together, the intensely creative duo Mike Lande and Julian Beel) step deep into the absurd and unknown, using DJ software to play rock music to achieve a massive wall of sound. We recently caught up with Mike and Julian in New York […]
The Article is a Remix : Is Remixing Culture the New Direction in Music and Art?
This Article Is A Remix: Is remixing culture the new direction in music and art? For better or worse, like most of my generation and those younger than me, I grew up voraciously consuming and interacting with pop culture. I spent endless hours holed up in my parents’ basement watching after-school cartoons, playing with toys […]
How Internet Killed the Indie Rock Star
How Internet Killed the Indie Rock Star by Erik Burg The world of independent music exists as a function of its fans who, for better or worse, are exactly the pretentious stereotypes they’re made out to be. I know because I’m one of them. This musical sanctuary, our own little gated community, has flourished because […]
MP3 GRAB: HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE: DOG SCRATCHED EAR
Following on the heels of their highly-praised debut Everything’s For Sale, South Wales duo Henry’s Funeral Shoe are set to unleash their second full-length effort Donkey Jacket – an album filled with the twosome’s distinctive punk-energy-blues-drenched-rock ‘n’ roll. With their incendiary guitars and hard-rock riot, fans of Radio Moscow, Left Lane Cruiser and The Black Diamond Heavies should find much […]
RECORD STORE DAY, SATURDAY APRIL 16 2011
Record Store Day might be more fun than Christmas. Whether you manage to get your paws on some limited-edition wax or get a chance to check out an in-store performance or DJ set, hopefully, you get off the couch this year to show/get some love from your local record shop. Now in its fourth year, […]
This Article is a Remix
This Article Is A Remix: Is remixing culture the new direction in music and art? by Discosalt For better or worse, like most of my generation and those younger than me, I grew up voraciously consuming and interacting with pop culture. I spent endless hours holed up in my parents’ basement watching after-school cartoons, playing […]
nihiti: OTHER PEOPLE’S MEMORIES
[rating:4] nihiti: other people’s memories Label: lo bit landscapes Release Date: October 10, 2010 New York based musical duo nihiti is a jazz-infused psychedelic dark pop/electronica band made up of The Surveyor and Dragan. The diverse, at times unclassifiable musical project, is notorious for their mysterious and surreal live performances intensified by the bands dramatic light shows, […]
top 10 albums of 2009
With the year winding down, team discosalt has squared in with our “top 10” best albums of 2009. If you are missing any of these albums in your quiver, you may be ill prepared to face the new year. Take a peek, take a note and let us know who we left off. ABC/DJ SLEEPY […]
FREE SUMMER SHOWS: YEASAYER, THE XX, YACHT, SONIC YOUTH, BOY CRISIS, NEON INDIAN, THE ANTLERS, DEERHUNTER AND MORE…
There is an amazing lineup of free shows coming to New York City this summer. The Jellynyc pool parties are back on the Billyburg waterfront with 8 shows (not all of which have leaked yet), along side a ton of other free shows happening all over Brooklyn, Manhattan and Governors Island. So mark the calendar […]
TWIN SISTER: COLOR YOUR LIFE
Twin Sister create the kind of hypnotic pop you’ve been dreaming about since Galaxie 500 fizzled, cut with Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac thump, and a shot of Lynchian weirdness for good measure. They’re slack yet focused, a spark in the dark distance on a desert highway where speed is relative. Formed in Long Island two years […]
WHAT DID YOU PICK UP ON RECORD STORE DAY?
Record Store Day might be more fun than Christmas. Whether you managed to get your paws on some limited-edition vinyl or had a chance to check out an in-store performance or DJ set this Saturday, hopefully, you got off the couch to show/get some love from your local record shop. Now in its third year, […]
SXSW 2010: BANDS TO WATCH
With SXSW 2010 creeping up, Discosalt has a preview of this years bands to watch. There are some amazing bands to check out, so clear the rest of your schedule for the afternoon and comb through our list: MINUS THE BEAR Recent Dangerbird Records signees, Minus The Bear, are set to release their new album, […]
DISCOSALT TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2009
With the year winding down, team discosalt has squared in with our “top 10” best albums of 2009. If you are missing any of these albums in your quiver, you may be ill prepared to face the new year. Take a peek, take a note and let us know who we left off. ABC/DJ SLEEPY […]
Best Albums of 2009
With the year winding down, team discosalt has squared in with our “top 10” best albums of 2009. If you are missing any of these albums in your quiver, you may be ill prepared to face the new year. Take a peek, take a note and let us know who we left off. ABC/DJ SLEEPY […]
DISCOSALT BREAKS DOWN 2008’s CROP OF NYC BANDS TO WATCH
Bands on our radar : Bear Hands-Straightforward post-punk indie. Yeasayer-Psych-experimental dance party. If you haven’t heard them, please leave your cave immediately and rejoin society. A Place to Bury Strangers-Dark Atmospheric noise-pop against a tension-wracked Joy Division-meets-Ministry, Jesus-Mary Chain backdrop. Blonde Acid Cult-Brooklyn swagger Rock& Roll Party band ala Jet, Stone Roses. Crystal Stilts-Cheap instruments, Moody Stipped […]