By Casey Newton of Crumbler Late Sunday night, the boys in Frightened Rabbit fired a shot at their reviewers at Pitchfork. “Har har!” they wrote on Twitter. “Pitchfork compared us to Muse… Fucking idiots (both).” The tweet belonged to a proud tradition of artists lashing back against the era’s most influential indie tastemaker. Over the past … Read more
We have another track to add to our Fiona Apple cover song collection, as this week brings one of her most unexpected choices to date: “Pure Imagination,” the song Gene Wilder sings as Willy Wonka in the 1971 film, recorded for Chipotle’s anti-factory farming campaign. Hats off to my pal and occasional 24B contributor Casey, … Read more
Dirty Projectors returned today with a first glimpse at their forthcoming LP: “Gun Has No Trigger,” a soulful, mid-tempo jam that offers both a nod to Dave Longstreth’s previous work and a confident step in a fresh direction. My pal/occasional 24B contributor Casey hears some Cee-Lo Green on lead vocals, but — picking up on … Read more