Watch Spoon's Britt Daniel Cover the Beatles' "I Me Mine" at George Fest

In September 2014, a star-studded lineup assembled at L.A.'s Fonda Theater for George Fest, paying tribute to George Harrison. On February 26, a recording of the show will be released as George Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of George Harrison, a concert film and accompanying album on Hot/Vagrant. Among the performers was Spoon's Britt Daniel, who covered Harrison's track with the Beatles, "I Me Mine." Watch it below.

Other performers at George Fest included Brian Wilson, the Flaming Lips, the Strokes' Nick Valensi, Heart's Ann Wilson, Brandon Flowers, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Perry Farrell, and Norah Jones.

Read our Interview with Britt Daniel.

Read "Notes You Never Hear: The Metaphysical Loneliness of George Harrison".

Watch the film's trailer:

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Watch Spoon's Britt Daniel Cover George Harrison's "I Me Mine" at George Fest

In September 2014, a star-studded lineup assembled at L.A.'s Fonda Theater for George Fest, paying tribute to George Harrison. On February 26, a recording of the show will be released as George Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of George Harrison, a concert film and accompanying album on Hot/Vagrant. Among the performers was Spoon's Britt Daniel, who covered "I Me Mine." Watch it below.

Other performers at George Fest included Brian Wilson, the Flaming Lips, the Strokes' Nick Valensi, Heart's Ann Wilson, Brandon Flowers, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Perry Farrell, and Norah Jones.

Read our Interview with Britt Daniel.

Read "Notes You Never Hear: The Metaphysical Loneliness of George Harrison".

Watch the film's trailer:

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Tame Impala Camp "Really Happy" With Rihanna's Cover

Kevin Parker photo by Pooneh Ghana

Yesterday, Rihanna finally released her album ANTI. Surprisingly, it featured a cover of Tame Impala's "New Person, Same Old Mistakes" from the band's 2015 album Currents. Tame Impala's management have now issued a brief statement to NME about the cover. Read it below.

The Roc Nation team got in touch with us here at Spinning Top letting us know that Rihanna loved the Tame Impala track 'New Person, Same Old Mistakes'. They asked if she could cover the song for her new record. Kevin was more than happy to send it her way. We’re all really happy with how the song turned out, love it!

Tame Impala recently announced a tour in support of Currents. Read "Cosmic Neurotic: The Heady Perfectionism of Tame Impala's Kevin Parker."

Listen to Tame Impala's "New Person, Same Old Mistakes":

Watch Tame Impala perform "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" for Pitchfork.tv: 

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Force Field PR Announces 10th Anniversary Shows With Neon Indian, Lou Barlow, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and More

Los Angeles-based publicity firm Force Field PR has its 10th anniversary this year. To celebrate, the firm is hosting events in New York and Los Angeles.

The first show is on Thursday, March 3 at Brooklyn's Baby's All Right, and features Neon Indian, Lou Barlow, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and more. The second event is on Saturday, March 12 at the Echo and Echoplex in Los Angeles. It features Lightning Bolt, La Sera, Wax Idols, and more. Check out the poster for the New York event (designed by Agnes Montgomery) above and the L.A. one (by Henry Owings) below.

Watch Neon Indian play "The Glitzy Hive" for Pitchfork.tv's GP4K series:

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Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls Announces Solo Project as Kristin Kontrol

Kristin Welchez is best known as Dee Dee, the frontwoman of Dum Dum Girls. Today, she's announced a solo project, Kristin Kontrol. Her debut album will be out this spring via Sub Pop. Watch a promo for Kristin Kontrol below.

According to a press release, Kristin Kontrol's music is a combination of new wave, R&B, synth pop, and krautrock. Welchez explained her reasoning for starting Kristin Kontrol:

I wanted to open things up and shed light on significant influences that felt off-limits in Dum Dum land. I don't want to fight them off anymore. That'd be a drag.

The music is so different from anything I've ever done -- I felt compelled to shed the alter-ego instead of trying to morph Dum Dum Girls into something else. I didn't want to mess with that legacy.

So yeah, I'm Kristin … and this is Kristin Kontrol.

Kristin Kontrol is not Welchez's only non-Dum Dum endeavor. Before Dum Dum Girls, she was in Grand Ole Party, which released Humanimals in 2008. She also has a band with her husband Brandon, Haunted Hearts. They released Initiation in 2014. Welchez's last album with Dum Dum Girls was 2014's Too True.

Read our 5-10-15-20 feature with Welchez.

Watch Welchez sing the Cure's "Lovesong" on Pitchfork.tv's "60 Seconds Left":

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Ty Dolla $ign and E-40 Perform "Saved" on "Conan"

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Ty Dolla $ign was the musical guest on tonight's episode of "Conan." He brought along E-40 and the two performed "Saved" from Ty's 2015 album Free TC. Watch it below.

Earlier today, BJ the Chicago Kid shared "The Westcoast Remix" of his In My Mind track "Church" featuring Ty and Anderson .Paak. Listen to it above. The original song features Chance the Rapper and Buddy. BJ previously shared another remix featuring Jeremih and Lil Durk.

Ty Dolla $ign heads out on the Purple Reign tour with Future next month. Read our 5-10-15-20 feature with Ty.

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Listen to Skrillex's New Track With MUST DIE!, "VIP's"

Tomorrow, Skrillex's label OWSLA will release a compilation album Worldwide Broadcast. Before its out, Skrillex has shared one of his contributions, "VIP's," with MUST DIE! Listen to to it below.

In addition to the album, OWSLA has a new clothing collaboration with Bixel Boys' brand #FREELIFE and streetwear company Dimepiece LA. 

Worldwide Broadcast includes Skrillex's remix of GTA's "Red Lips." Read our interview with Skrillex about the track's music video.

Watch Skrillex perform at Check Yo Ponytail on Pitchfork.tv:

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Clark Announces The Last Panthers

Last year, Clark scored the "The Last Panthers," a six-part crime thriller TV series that aired on Canal+/Sky Atlantic. Now, he's announced a new album with music from and inspired by the show. It's called The Last Panthers and it's out March 18 via Warp. Check out the tracklisting, read what he had to say about The Last Panthers, and watch a trailer for the album below.

David Bowie composed the theme song for "The Last Panthers." Co-producers Warp Films are bringing the show to U.S. television on SundanceTV later this year.

Clark released the Flame Rave EP last year. His last full-length was 2014's Clark. Read our Guest List interview with him.

I was quite shocked when I heard all the final cues from "Panthers," lined up in the exact order they appear in the show, in a clinical linear fashion. I thought, "there's no way that's an album as it is." There were about 60 tracks for a start. I felt like I had to rescue it from being a conventional exposition of the music in the series, so I went on an immense chiselling/editing mission and also started writing new material. I think it works as a standalone album, it's a continuous slab of liquid melancholy, it resonates through harmony and texture. Rhythm felt less important.

[Series director] Johan [Renck] has incredibly broad, open-minded taste. "Make it more satanic, biblical" was his favourite direction. He hates handclaps too. I'm sure I managed to slip a few in there somewhere. The hard thing was reducing it to a signature "Panthers" palette. The most fun part was recording huge chunks of me playing viola, and then treating the recordings like errant students in need of guitar pedal discipline. It's an amazing feeling to play your own string parts, even though they sound quite scuffed, it brings a grit that I can't resist. I wanted to create an unsettling, brittle sonic universe that reflected the tragic downward trajectory of the characters lives, with moments of immense enveloping warmth and softness.

The Last Panthers:

01 Back to Belgrade
02 Hiero-Bosch for Khalil
03 Diamonds Aren't Forever
04 Panthers Bass Plock
05 Chloroform Sauna
06 Serbian Daffodil
07 Naomi Pleen
08 Open Foe
09 Strangled to Death in a Public Toilet
10 Cryogenic
11 Brother Killer
12 Omni Vignette
13 Actual Jewels
14 Dead Eyes for Zvlatko / Heaven Theme
15 Diamonds Aren't Forever II
16 Upward Evaporation
17 Hide on the Treads 1
18 Hide on the Treads 2
19 Hide on the Treads 3

Watch Clark perform his "Unreleased" live set at Pitchfork Music Festival 2015:

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Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner Has Died

Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images

Jefferson Airplane guitarist/vocalist and founding member Paul Kantner has died, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. He was 74. Kantner had suffered a heart attack in March 2015. His friend and publicist Cynthia Bowman confirmed to the Chronicle that he died of multiple organ failure and septic shock.

Kantner formed Jefferson Airplane with Marty Balin in 1965. The band released seven albums, wrote counterculture hits like "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit," and performed at iconic rock festivals such as Woodstock and Monterey. They broke up in 1973, following the release of 1972's Long John Silver.

Following the breakup, Kantner formed the spin-off band Jefferson Starship in 1974 with ex-Jefferson Airplane member Grace Slick and other musicians who'd worked with the band. Through various lineup changes, Starship released 10 albums. In 1989—while Starship was still going—Jefferson Airplane reunited for a self-titled album. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. 

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Islands Announce Two New Albums, Taste and Should I Remain Here at Sea?

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Islands last released Ski Mask in 2013. Today, they've announced two new follow-up albums, Taste and Should I Remain Here at Sea? They're both out May 13 via PledgeMusic. They've shared a song from each album, too: "Back Into It" from Should I Remain Here at Sea? and "Charm Offensive" from Taste. Listen to both below, via Stereogum.

Islands will head out on tour in support of their albums. Check out their tour dates below.

Band members Nick Thorburn (a.k.a. Nick Diamonds) and Evan Gordon produced both albums. Speaking on the process, Thorbun said:

Contained on these albums are the saddest songs I've ever written, the funniest songs I've ever written, the catchiest songs, and the most satisfying songs. Excuse all the superlatives, but I honestly don't think I've ever walked away from a recording process more fulfilled and invigorated.

He also spoke about each new song, in particular. He said "Back Into It":

is a study in contradiction. It’s a bright, loose affair, with bubblegum backing vocals and major key guitar chugging, but you don't have to dig that deep to hear the venom, acrimonious and sour. When someone rains on your parade, make rain on your parade lemonade.

On "Charm Offensive":

"Charm Offensive" is all sharp angles, smooth lines and mechanical melodies, but just underneath is a desire for the round edges, the soft corners, a loose swing and some crude revelry. I was trying to express that urge to find the good times, and let the bad ones go. To stop using songwriting as a pool to wallow in. To find the light, to sneak in, “pull back the shades, see the darkness fade.

Thorburn composed the music for the second season of the "Serial" podcast, which premiered in December. He also recently expressed interest in reissuing the band's 2006 album Return to the Sea. (The band considers Should I Remain Here at Sea? the spiritual sequel to Return to the Sea.)

Read "The Sound of Serial: Composer Nick Thorburn Explains the Making of the Podcast Score" on the Pitch.

Islands:

05-19 Montréal, Québec - Bar Le "Ritz" P.D.B
05-20 Allston, MA - Great Scott
05-21 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg
05-22 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
05-24 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
05-25 Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Diner
05-26 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
05-27 Ferndale, MI - The Loving Touch
05-28 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern
06-03 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
06-04 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret
06-05 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
06-07 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
06-09 Los Angeles, CA - The Teragram Ballroom
06-10 San Diego, CA - Casbah
06-11 Las Vegas, NV - Bunkhouse Saloon

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Paul Oakenfold Announces First-Ever Electronic Music Awards Show

Photo via Electronic Music Awards & Foundation's Facebook

British DJ Paul Oakenfold and L.A.-based TV4 Entertainment have teamed up to create the Electronic Music Awards & Foundation. On April 23, Oakenfold will co-produce the innaugural Electronic Music Awards show, the first-ever awards show to celebrate electronic music, in particular. It will air as an hour-long special at 8 p.m., EST on Fox. Watch the announcement video below, via The Hollywood Reporter.

EMAF's website states: "The Foundation is dedicated to help change the lives of young people in need and shine a light on the next generation of talented DJs, artists, and producers ready to break the mold in electronic music."

Paul Oakenfold said, "I'm thrilled to be a part of an awards show that finally both recognizes and celebrates, on a primetime platform, one of the biggest music genres in the world today."

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A$AP Rocky Featured in Tyler, the Creator's Golf Wang Catalog

Last year, Tyler, the Creator and A$AP Rocky went on tour together. Now, Tyler has tapped Rocky for his latest Golf Wang catalog. For a new set of photos, Tyler asked his friends "what made them smile," and Rocky had a pretty…interesting answer, which you can see above. Check out Tyler's photo below and see the rest of his friends' responses here.

Tyler explained the project:

I ASKED MY FRIENDS WHAT MADE THEM SMILE; WATCHING THE FEW SECONDS OF THIER INNOCENT HONESTY WAS THE BEST PART. NEW GOLF ITEMS RELEASES SATURDAY ON GOLFWANG.COM

While out on tour last year, Rocky freestyled over Tyler's "Yonkers." Yesterday, Rocky dropped a new song with Pharrell, "Hear Me." He also shared the video for "JD" from last year's At.Long.Last.A$AP.

Tyler, the Creator released his album Cherry Bomb last year.

Watch A$AP Rocky perform "Goldie" at Pitchfork Music Festival 2012:

Watch Tyler, the Creator perform "French" with Odd Future at Pitchfork Music Festival 2011:

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David Bowie's Blackstar Art Released for Free to Fans

Jonathan Barnbrook is the graphic designer who designed several of David Bowie's album covers, including this year's Blackstar. Today, Barnbrook—the eponymous London design agency he founded—released the design elements for Blackstar under a Creative Commons NonCommercial-ShareAlike license, so that they can be used by fans for non-commercial purposes. You can download them here.

Barnbrook also shared a note about the release:

Barnbrook loved working with David Bowie, he was simply one of the most inspirational, kind people we have met. So in the spirit of openness and in remembrance of David we are releasing the artwork elements of his last album ★ (Blackstar) to download here free under a Creative Commons NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence. That means you can make t-shirts for yourself, use them for tattoos, put them up in your house to remember David by and adapt them too, but we would ask that you do not in any way create or sell commercial products with them or based on them. Any questions or commercial licence usage please contact us.

Previously, Barnbrook explained the meaning behind Blackstar's cover. "This was a man who was facing his own mortality, and I hope the design is appropriate to that," he said.

Read our "Afterword" feature on Bowie, plus tributes from Nile Rodgers, Bradford Cox, Carlos Dengler, Thurston Moore, Carlos Alomar, and Jonathan Lethem.

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Ice Cube Talks N.W.A Reunion, Dee Barnes, David Bowie in New Interview

Ice Cube has sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone in which he talked about the N.W.A reunion, his thoughts on David Bowie, why Dee Barnes was left out of Straight Outta Compton, and more. You can read the whole piece here. 

Ice Cube is intending to reunite N.W.A. at his upcoming Coachella performances, which take place April 16 and 23. Last year, he reunited with MC Ren, and DJ Yella to perform as N.W.A. for the first time in two decades at the BET Experience in Los Angeles. (Dr. Dre did not join them.)

When asked about whether or not the reunited group might tour, he said: "Well, I don't really know the status. Making the movie was a monster, and we had to really concentrate on that. Some things are easier said than done, and I don't know where everybody's head is at. I hope people will see us out on that stage together soon, but it's really up to Dre and Ren and Yella. You might see some of us; you might not see all of us."

Last year, Dee Barnes wrote an essay discussing the 1991 incident in which Dr. Dre assaulted her—a moment in N.W.A history that didn't make it into the film's final cut, though an early draft of the screenplay included the scene. "I felt sorry for Dee," Ice Cube told Rolling Stone about the incident. "And I wasn't too friendly with Dre—I was mad at Dre at the time. I really didn't have too much sympathy for him."

When asked about why the scene was left out, he said: "Go make your own movie about N.W.A. Then you can put in anything you want to. It's like a thousand different incidents that happened with us. There's no way we could have got them all into the movie."

Back in 1997, Ice Cube appeared on a remix of David Bowie's "I'm Afraid of Americans." Asked about whether that was a big deal to him, he said: "It was. He was such an innovator, and his songs were phenomenal. I remember when I first heard 'Fame' on the radio, I thought he was black. It was so funky!"

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Killer Mike Interviews Tommie Smith, Olympic Medalist and Civil Rights Figure

In 1968, Tommie Smith won a gold medal in the 200-meter dash at the Mexico City Summer Olympics. Posing on top of the winner's podium, he threw up a Black Power fist—as did bronze medalist John Carlos—in a moment that was captured in a now-iconic photo of the civil rights era. Recently, Killer Mike sat down at his Atlanta barbershop to interview Smith. You can watch the video below.

In the video, they discuss equal rights, Black Lives Matter, how athletes can help social change, the power of imagery—Mike refers to the photo of Smith as "mythology"—and much more. Of progress, Smith says: "The optimal way to get to society at its highest point is togetherness. And we don’t have to be talking about the issues in the same words, but on the same platform. Dr. King and Malcolm X were talking the same principle of freedom but they used using different actions to get there. But they were both killed because of getting to the same place differently."

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D∆WN (Dawn Richard) Shares "Not Above That"

D∆WN (aka Dawn Richard) is gearing up to release RED*emp*tion, the follow-up to last year's excellent Blackheart. After sharing "Hollywould," she's dropped another single, the Machinedrum-produced "Not Above That." She's also announced a couple of tour dates. Stream "Not Above That" above, and view her itinerary below. 

Watch D∆WN's "Billie Jean/Dance" video:

D∆WN:

03-12 New York, NY - Webster Hall
03-14 Washington, DC - DC9
03-17 Austin, TX - SXSW
04-21 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
04-22 Chicago, IL - Reggies
05-20 Asheville, NC - Moogfest

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David Bowie Turned Down Producing Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis Says

Photo by L. Cohen

Earlier this week, Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis stopped by Los Angeles' KLOS to chat with radio host and Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones during his show, "Jonesy's Jukebox." At one point, the two reflected on David Bowie's passing.

As Alternative Nation points out, Kiedis revealed that his band had reached out to Bowie on several occasions to work with him. They asked Bowie to produce two of their albums, 2002's By The Way and 2006's double album Stadium Arcadium. Bowie turned them down.

Kiedis also revealed that Bowie's frequent collaborator Brian Eno rejected them eight times when asked to produce a Chili Peppers album. Listen to the interview here; Jones and Kiedis begin discussing Bowie's interactions with the Peppers at the 24:36 mark.

"Every record we ever made, we had the band discussion: 'Who should we get to produce this record?' 'I don’t know, we have to try someone new. Let's get David Bowie!"

He continued:

So in the beginning we would call him, and he would say no, respectfully. Then, later, we would write long e-mails explaining everything, and why it was time for us to really get our ships on—and he always respectfully declined... For two minutes I was heartbroken, and then I would hear Chad Smith play drums, and I’d be like, ‘We’re good, we can go do something else.'”

We asked him to produce By the Way, as we were writing By the Way, and then we asked him again for our next record, which was Stadium [Arcadium]. He said no to us like, two or three times, but his mate [Brian] Eno, who we’ve also been asking our entire career to please produce a record for us, has said no eight times. All good. You gotta ask. And by the way, "no" is a reasonable answer. It's one of a couple of answers you could get, and it's acceptable.

Red Hot Chili Peppers—who are currently working on the follow-up to 2011's  I'm With You—aren't the only artists who reached out to Bowie and got turned down: he rejected a collaboration with Coldplay too, telling them, "it's not a very good song."

Read our "Afterword" feature on Bowie, plus tributes from Nile Rodgers, Bradford Cox, Carlos Dengler, Thurston Moore, Carlos Alomar, and Jonathan Lethem.

Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers cover David Bowie's "Suffragette City" at a 1995 concert:

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Pitchfork Radio to Feature Hannibal Buress, Kamasi Washington, Battles, Afrika Bambaataa, Richard Hell, Joey Bada$$, DJ Premier, More

Pitchfork Radio is back on February 1-4, and this time, we're broadcasting live from Manhattan. Presented by Shinola and powered by TuneIn, we'll be located at the Shinola booth in the Skylight Clarkson during Men's Fashion Week. The broadcasting hours are 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Today, we've got the schedule for you. Find full details below.

The station will be produced by Elia Einhorn and Ted Shumaker. Listeners can access Pitchfork Radio by downloading the free TuneIn Radio app for their mobile device or by visiting TuneIn.com. Follow the station on TuneIn before we start broadcasting live.

Monday, February 1

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.: Pitchfork Radio signs on
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.: "Twitter Request Live" with Pitchfork's Charlotte Zoller
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: LNZNDRF (ft. members of the National/Beirut)
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Brett Davis
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.: TEEN
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.: Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group spins "Cool Runnings '70s Reggae"
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.: "Rock'n'Roll Girls Revisited" with Pitchfork's Amy Phillips
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.: J.G. Thirlwell
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.: DJ Premier
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.: Martin Rev's "Rev Reviews"
7:30 - 8:00 p.m.: Torres
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.: Kamasi Washington
9:00 - 10:00 p.m.: The Range

Tuesday, February 2

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.: Hannibal Buress
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.: Joey Bada$$
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.: "Down Is Up" with Pitchfork's Jenn Pelly
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Frankie Cosmos
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Porches
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.: Duane Harriott from WFMU 
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.: Beyond Beyond is Beyond
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.: The Silent Barn
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.: Veronica Vasicka
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Flatbush Zombies
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.: Arto Lindsay
7:00 - 7:30 p.m.: Television's Richard Lloyd gives a guitar lesson
7:30 - 8:00 p.m.: "Twitter Request Live" with Pitchfork's Charlotte Zoller
8:00 - 9:20 p.m.: "Battles' Battles" With Ian Williams of Battles
9:20 - 10:00 p.m.: St. Vitus

Wednesday, February 3

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.: T. Cole Rachel's "Rainbow in the Dark"
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.: Casey Legler (Female Male Model)
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.: Ted Shumaker
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Kevin Corrigan
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: Cheap Shots With J, & Jay
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.: Matt Sweeney 
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.: Justin Strauss
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.: "High School High" with Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal and Matthew Schnipper
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.: Dapwell (of Das Racist/Chillin Island)
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.: Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Captured Tracks' Mike Sniper
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.: Prince Rama's "Best New Music of the 12th Century"
9:00 - 10:00 p.m.: "The Dilla Files" with Pitchfork's Ryan Dombal

Thursday, February 4

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.: Richard Hell in conversation with Pitchfork's Brandon Stosuy
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.: "Elia's Indiepop Student Disco" with Elia Einhorn
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: True Panther's Dean Bein
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.: KPISS Radio's Sheri Barclay
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.: Kip Berman (Pains of Being Pure at Heart), Jen Goma (Sunny Day in Glasgow) 
2:30 - 3:00 p.m.: "Twitter Request Live" with Pitchfork's Charlotte Zoller
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.: Pitchfork's Zoe Camp
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.: Tim Sweeney (Beats in Space)
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Perfect Pussy's Meredith Graves
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.: Ted Leo
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Afrika Bambaataa
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.: TBA
9:00 - 10:00 p.m.: Calvin Johnson

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Sleater-Kinney Perform "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone," "Modern Girl" on "Austin City Limits"

This Saturday's episode of "Austin City Limits" features performances from Sleater-Kinney and Heartless Bastards. In the meantime, the show has shared footage of the band doing "Modern Girl" (via Stereogum) and "I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone." Check the videos out below, along with Sleater-Kinney's setlist for the upcoming episode.

Setlist:

Price Tag
A New Wave
Dig Me Out
No Cities to Love
Words and Guitar
Entertain
Modern Girl

Read "A Certain Rebellion", our feature article on Sleater-Kinney, and check out our interview with Brownstein about her memoir.

Watch Sleater-Kinney perform "Bury Our Friends" at Pitchfork Music Festival 2015:

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Nite Jewel and Droop-E Team for Collaborative EP as AMTHST, Share "Thug Passion"

Photo by Phil Emerson

Back in 2013, Nite Jewel featured on "N the Traffic," a track by Bay Area rapper/producer Droop-E. Now, they've teamed up for a full EP as AMTHST. Euphoria is out February 17 via Sick Wid It, the label of Droop-E's dad, E-40. The pair produced the record themselves, with additional production by BatmanOnTheBeatz. Listen to "Thug Passion" above.

Euphoria:

01 Euphoria
02 Let it Go
03 Thug Passion
04 OverZone
05 I Wonder

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