words: Brianna Shore
Sasha Frere-Jones(z) is getting mucho flacko for his recent essay on the mass Colgating of ’00s indie rock. And we have to agree. The rock music that rules the Internets is primarily decided by people who go to Jelly. Sunset Rubdown? Jose Gonzalez? The fucking Virgins? Used to be, those were the into-the-stacks, […]

Band of Horses remind us so much of the current president that we throw-up listening to them. You should as well.

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“Once the ear has fully developed [performance artist Stelios Arcadious] hopes to get a microphone implanted as well: ‘I hope to have a tiny microphone implanted to it that will connect with a bluetooth transmitter; that way you can listen to what my ear is hearing.’”
Somewhere John McEnroe and Larry David […]

There has been a mercurial airlift exodus from Miami as of late but you wouldn’t thunk it from hearing MC Spank Rock’s new tag team effort with Benny Blanco Bangers & Cash. Seems like jus’ ‘esterday that everyone at the 36th street bar was saying, “Wait, that’s Amanda Blank? No wonder she rolls with Oxy,” […]

“Click to play me.” - voice of a fly
As a side-effect to our new feature, many of us are wasting precious time on ’80s emulators when we could be working on new features. Well, not really. We have plenty of stuff in store for simian trash to rip-on on Smack’s beloved comment section. But we […]

photos of Le Loup at Shubas in Chicago: Matthew Solarski
words: Andrew McLees
There are groups like, oh, say Peter Bjorn and John, Arcade Fire, and Trail of Dead that have heaps of early web hype to spare like snow outside a cabin door after an avalanche, or prop popcorn at William Atherton’s. These bands’ level of […]

photos from this weekend’s protests in Washington, D.C. by Kira Wisniewski

words: Neal Kharms
The fight for his right to sit on couches and tell jaded musicians and loyal (servants?) assistants what to do has certainly paid dividends for Mr. Rick Rubin. As you know through the transcendental meditation that is wasting hours on the ‘Net, the New York Times Magazine has (introduced to the world?) […]

words: Shane Marcone
There’s something about the admittedly justified post-aholic M.O.s of addictive streetwear sites like Hypebeast and HighSnobiety that disfavors the traction needed for creative perspective. Confident that they have created the definitive publication documenting the current creme of incoming streetwear from around the globe, the staff at ANTENNA sent us their premiere issue.
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