http://www.thefader.com The FADER is the definitive voice of emerging music and the lifestyle that surrounds it. Fri, 15 Aug 2014 22:12:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/21/the-tripwire-on-wax-idols-pounding-punk-debut/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/21/the-tripwire-on-wax-idols-pounding-punk-debut/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:17 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=156748 If Wax Idols’ No Future seems bold and eclectic for a debut full-length that’s because it is. As young as she looks, Wax Idols frontwoman Heather Fedewa has a more extensive resume than most rock … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/21/the-tripwire-on-wax-idols-pounding-punk-debut/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/14/the-tripwire-on-quilts-coherent-psych-twang/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/14/the-tripwire-on-quilts-coherent-psych-twang/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:40:20 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=154639 Boston-based band Quilt had their coming out party this week, releasing their debut self-titled album (via Mexican Summer) and playing a celebratory show at Brooklyn’s Glasslands. But you’d hardly know it by searching the internet. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/11/14/the-tripwire-on-quilts-coherent-psych-twang/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/the-tripwire-youth-lagoon-breaks-out-of-the-bedroom/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/the-tripwire-youth-lagoon-breaks-out-of-the-bedroom/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:10:50 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=150654 Bedroom pop-makers are not hard to come by in the high-speed internet age. Never has there been a more direct route to processing and broadcasting heartache from your machines to the world. Some of these … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/31/the-tripwire-youth-lagoon-breaks-out-of-the-bedroom/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/24/the-tripwire-on-friends-and-the-grounded-love-song/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/24/the-tripwire-on-friends-and-the-grounded-love-song/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:45:14 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=148318 Sometimes it takes a music festival with an international draw like CMJ to get around to seeing that band from down the block you’ve been meaning to catch. Thus was the case with Bushwick, Brooklyn-based … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/24/the-tripwire-on-friends-and-the-grounded-love-song/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/17/the-tripwire-on-the-possible-end-of-an-era-for-brooklyns-parts-labor/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/17/the-tripwire-on-the-possible-end-of-an-era-for-brooklyns-parts-labor/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:10:27 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=146559 Drummer Christopher Weingarten once summed up the unique mission that stellar Brooklyn noise-rock outfit Parts & Labor embarked upon for the past decade, saying, “Make the world a noisier place. Remind the noisy places what … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/17/the-tripwire-on-the-possible-end-of-an-era-for-brooklyns-parts-labor/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/03/the-tripwire-on-belle-and-sebastian%e2%80%99s-stevie-jackson%e2%80%99s-solo-debut/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/03/the-tripwire-on-belle-and-sebastian%e2%80%99s-stevie-jackson%e2%80%99s-solo-debut/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:03:11 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=143058 Belle and Sebastian is a band I perennially geek out about. They were prolific and excellent for an entire decade. But from 2006 through 2010, they disappeared. Bands are entitled to hiatuses. Then, along came … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/10/03/the-tripwire-on-belle-and-sebastian%e2%80%99s-stevie-jackson%e2%80%99s-solo-debut/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/26/the-tripwire-on-the-war-on-drugs-large-contained-landscapes/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/26/the-tripwire-on-the-war-on-drugs-large-contained-landscapes/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:30:40 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=141371 The War On Drugs played an NPR World Café session last week. Watching it, I was blown away by the band and the sound they’ve grown into. The session closes with “Arms Like Boulders,” possibly … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/26/the-tripwire-on-the-war-on-drugs-large-contained-landscapes/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/06/the-tripwire-on-cass-mccombs-formidable-year/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/06/the-tripwire-on-cass-mccombs-formidable-year/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:28:18 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=136355 Cass McCombs stated earlier this year that he doesn’t write albums. He simply writes songs, compulsively, and doesn’t look back until he’s made enough to create something. This might be surprising, given the cohesion that … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/09/06/the-tripwire-on-cass-mccombs-formidable-year/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/08/the-tripwire-on-male-bonding-versatility-and-escaping-lo-fi-stigmas/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/08/the-tripwire-on-male-bonding-versatility-and-escaping-lo-fi-stigmas/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:30:21 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=131309 Male Bonding has always seemed to me a band that suffered from some unfortunate categorization. Don’t get me wrong. A lot of people have had a lot of very positive things to say about the … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/08/the-tripwire-on-male-bonding-versatility-and-escaping-lo-fi-stigmas/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/01/the-tripwire-on-eleanor-friedbergers-surprise-album-of-the-summer/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/01/the-tripwire-on-eleanor-friedbergers-surprise-album-of-the-summer/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:03:40 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=129868 Fiery Furnaces frontwoman Eleanor Friedberger may not have made a summer album in the traditional sense. This will probably not find your ears through any pulsating car speakers or block parties. But play (the aptly … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/08/01/the-tripwire-on-eleanor-friedbergers-surprise-album-of-the-summer/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/19/the-tripwire-on-big-deal-covering-sacred-ground-and-harmonizing-the-hard-parts/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/19/the-tripwire-on-big-deal-covering-sacred-ground-and-harmonizing-the-hard-parts/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:59:00 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=126509 There is not a wealth of information on the Internet about UK duo Big Deal. That’s cause for some degree of fascination—usually, by the time a band has a couple demo tracks and a planned … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/19/the-tripwire-on-big-deal-covering-sacred-ground-and-harmonizing-the-hard-parts/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/11/the-tripwire-the-tallest-man-on-earth-hides-the-storm-below-the-calm/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/11/the-tripwire-the-tallest-man-on-earth-hides-the-storm-below-the-calm/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:15:30 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=124867 The thing that sticks with you about Kristian Matsson—who’s recorded as The Tallest Man On Earth since releasing an EP of same name in 2006—has always been this: his complex and often melancholy lyrics provide … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/11/the-tripwire-the-tallest-man-on-earth-hides-the-storm-below-the-calm/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/06/the-tripwire-on-independence-and-getting-lost-in-bill-callahans-america/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/06/the-tripwire-on-independence-and-getting-lost-in-bill-callahans-america/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:30:09 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=123823 On July 4th morning, I woke up to a cup of coffee and a conversation with an old friend now living in a proud Midwestern city not far from where I grew up. She was … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/07/06/the-tripwire-on-independence-and-getting-lost-in-bill-callahans-america/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/20/the-tripwire-ty-segalls-gliding-through-all-things-rock/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/20/the-tripwire-ty-segalls-gliding-through-all-things-rock/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:15:39 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=121066 For a California dude, Ty Segall does not seem very concerned about making you feel comfortable or at ease. At least not on his latest effort Goodbye Bread (which is steaming in full here). Last … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/20/the-tripwire-ty-segalls-gliding-through-all-things-rock/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/15/the-tripwire-on-shark-black-lips-and-good-music-hidden-behind-novelty/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/15/the-tripwire-on-shark-black-lips-and-good-music-hidden-behind-novelty/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:30:11 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=119679 The new Mark Ronson-produced Black Lips album, Arabia Mountain, came out last week. I’m comfortable saying it’s quite good. It’s less conflicted and contradictory than usual, or at least conflicted in a different sense than … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/15/the-tripwire-on-shark-black-lips-and-good-music-hidden-behind-novelty/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/06/the-tripwire-on-destroyer-transformations-and-when-less-is-more/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/06/the-tripwire-on-destroyer-transformations-and-when-less-is-more/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:30:39 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=117996 Destroyer’s Kaputt will almost surely be on my personal top 10 year-end list. Structurally and musically, the recent reissue of Destroyer’s Ideas For Songs feels like a near-polar opposite to the grandiose and intricate arrangements … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/06/06/the-tripwire-on-destroyer-transformations-and-when-less-is-more/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/31/the-tripwire-podcast-067/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/31/the-tripwire-podcast-067/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 16:15:09 +0000 Robert English http://www.thefader.com/?p=115548 Stream: The Tripwire Podcast 067 Download an enhanced version with album art, links, and chapters here (ctrl + click). 00:00:02 SIDE A: The Very End Of Time 00:01:19 The The “The Violence Of Truth” (Sony … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/31/the-tripwire-podcast-067/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/10/the-tripwire-the-antlers-reach-their-tipping-point-follow-up-an-emotional-trainwreck/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/10/the-tripwire-the-antlers-reach-their-tipping-point-follow-up-an-emotional-trainwreck/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 18:20:56 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=111332 The Antlers’ “I Don’t Want Love” begins with the line You want to climb up the stairs/ I want to push you back down. This should be a pretty jarring introduction. To a certain extent, … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/10/the-tripwire-the-antlers-reach-their-tipping-point-follow-up-an-emotional-trainwreck/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/02/the-tripwire-b-sides-covers-and-cohen-edition/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/02/the-tripwire-b-sides-covers-and-cohen-edition/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 21:34:14 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=107512 This column has served as myriad things on different weeks, but basically always come down to what one or two things were happening within rock’s domain that got me the most excited (because why else … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/02/the-tripwire-b-sides-covers-and-cohen-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/25/the-tripwire-podcast-066/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/25/the-tripwire-podcast-066/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:00:13 +0000 Robert English http://www.thefader.com/?p=107316 Stream: The Tripwire Podcast 066 Download an enhanced version with album art, links, and chapters here. 00:00:02 SIDE A: We Need To Thicken Our Revenue Stream 00:01:28 Beastie Boys “Make Some Noise (edit)” (Capitol) 00:04:46 … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/25/the-tripwire-podcast-066/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/11/the-tripwire-woods-tennis-and-being-nostalgic-for-that-which-youve-never-experienced/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/11/the-tripwire-woods-tennis-and-being-nostalgic-for-that-which-youve-never-experienced/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:16:02 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=104720 Aside from feeling like their music lives a layer or two below the surface much of the time, Tennis and Woods seem like they reside in positively different landscapes. Both, however, happened to release something … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/11/the-tripwire-woods-tennis-and-being-nostalgic-for-that-which-youve-never-experienced/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/04/the-tripwire-jeff-the-brotherhood-as-champions-of-rock-unironic-fog-machines/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/04/the-tripwire-jeff-the-brotherhood-as-champions-of-rock-unironic-fog-machines/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:30:35 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=103320 There were a lot of things going on in rock music this week worth writing about. Yuck released a pretty great B-side. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart made a worthwhile album that should … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/04/04/the-tripwire-jeff-the-brotherhood-as-champions-of-rock-unironic-fog-machines/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/28/the-tripwire-the-dodos-buzz-band-pitfalls-and-the-junior-comeback/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/28/the-tripwire-the-dodos-buzz-band-pitfalls-and-the-junior-comeback/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:00:20 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=101928 I’ve had a complicated relationship with The Dodos for some time. A few years ago, their introduction to the better part of the world (those, myself included, that hadn’t heard their self-released debut) Visiter found … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/28/the-tripwire-the-dodos-buzz-band-pitfalls-and-the-junior-comeback/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/14/the-tripwire-a-place-much-like-kurt-viles-living-room/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/14/the-tripwire-a-place-much-like-kurt-viles-living-room/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:00:59 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=98977 Last week I got an unexpected night off of work. I ended up getting a haircut and just sort of wandering the neighborhood for a bit afterward and quite literally stumbled upon a leg of … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/14/the-tripwire-a-place-much-like-kurt-viles-living-room/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/07/the-tripwire-those-smith-westerns-proved-us-way-wrong/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/07/the-tripwire-those-smith-westerns-proved-us-way-wrong/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:00:34 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=97524 I have always been a bit of a lo-fi/chillwave apologist (so long as I don’t have to literally defend the latter term). Sure, I could have done without the ubiquity of the subgenre on certain … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/03/07/the-tripwire-those-smith-westerns-proved-us-way-wrong/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/28/the-tripwire-on-the-vaccines-the-modern-hype-machine-and-the-beauty-of-the-three-minute-pop-song/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/28/the-tripwire-on-the-vaccines-the-modern-hype-machine-and-the-beauty-of-the-three-minute-pop-song/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:00:08 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=95786 Woe are the perils of the buzz band in this era of the internet hype machine. The Vaccines have been a fully formed band for less than a year. They made their U.S. debut just … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/28/the-tripwire-on-the-vaccines-the-modern-hype-machine-and-the-beauty-of-the-three-minute-pop-song/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/21/the-tripwire-podcast-065/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/21/the-tripwire-podcast-065/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:26:35 +0000 Robert English http://www.thefader.com/?p=92151 Stream: The Tripwire Podcast 065 Download an enhanced version with album art, links, and chapters, here. Full track information after the jump! 00:00:02 SIDE A: I Made You An iTunes Playlist… 00:00:56 The Strokes “Under … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/21/the-tripwire-podcast-065/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/14/the-tripwire-the-strokes-return-as-reluctant-rock-heroes/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/14/the-tripwire-the-strokes-return-as-reluctant-rock-heroes/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:30:09 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=90983 One of my friends longest running shared jokes involves riffing on Shia LaBeouf rocking a Strokes t-shirt for the better part of the first Transformers movie reboot. I’m not sure why the joke has lasted … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/14/the-tripwire-the-strokes-return-as-reluctant-rock-heroes/feed/ 2 http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/07/the-tripwire-video-premiere-stricken-city-bella-writer/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/07/the-tripwire-video-premiere-stricken-city-bella-writer/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:04:30 +0000 Sam Hockley-Smith http://www.thefader.com/?p=90080 Not sure if you guys heard, but Stricken City broke up. Too early! It’s always too early, despite what anyone might say. Bands need to live out their natural lives, and their natural lives are … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/02/07/the-tripwire-video-premiere-stricken-city-bella-writer/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/the-tripwire-youth/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/the-tripwire-youth/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:30:14 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=88973 Last Friday, verb/re/verb curated a YOUTH mixtape of teenage artists covering songs that shaped their childhoods not long past. The first track, by Teenage Reverb, is a wordless Backstreet Boys cover. Their take on “Get … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/31/the-tripwire-youth/feed/ 3 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/the-tripwire-podcast-064/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/the-tripwire-podcast-064/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:00:50 +0000 Robert English http://www.thefader.com/?p=87694 Stream: The Tripwire Podcast 064 Download an enhanced version with album art, links, and chapters, here. Full track information after the jump! 00:00:02 SIDE A: Why Am I So Pissed Off?!?!? 00:00:35 British Sea Power … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/24/the-tripwire-podcast-064/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/10/the-tripwire-2011-everything-is-the-new-everything/ http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/10/the-tripwire-2011-everything-is-the-new-everything/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:00:38 +0000 Duncan Cooper http://www.thefader.com/?p=85735 J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-Chief for eMusic, told WNYC: “In 2011, expect the line between independent music and big-name, arena-filling acts to become increasingly blurred.” That sounds about right. (Top Three Places We Saw Phoenix With … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/10/the-tripwire-2011-everything-is-the-new-everything/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/20/the-tripwire-podcast-063/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/20/the-tripwire-podcast-063/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:00:01 +0000 Robert English http://www.thefader.com/?p=84050 Stream: The Tripwire Podcast 063 Download an enhanced version with album art, links, and chapters, here. Full track information after the jump! 00:00:00 SIDE A 00:00:02 Brother “Darling Buds Of May” (unsigned) 00:03:13 Young Buffalo … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/12/20/the-tripwire-podcast-063/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/22/the-tripwire-podcast-062/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/22/the-tripwire-podcast-062/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:00:52 +0000 Robert English http://www.thefader.com/?p=78793 Stream: The Tripwire Podcast 062 Download an enhanced version with album art, links, and chapters, here. Full track information after the jump! 00:00:00 SIDE A: Turn The Juice On Full Power 00:00:35 Jamaica “Cross The … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/11/22/the-tripwire-podcast-062/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/the-tripwire-sufjan-stevens-once-again-makes-a-fine-case-for-the-album/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/the-tripwire-sufjan-stevens-once-again-makes-a-fine-case-for-the-album/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:30:58 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=75742 A bit lost in the shuffle of our collective CMJ hangover last week was the (slightly anticlimactic) ending to the Sufjan Stevens/Asthmatic Kitty versus Amazon saga. Sufjan’s sixth proper album, The Age of Adz, debuted … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/27/the-tripwire-sufjan-stevens-once-again-makes-a-fine-case-for-the-album/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/the-tripwire-my-morning-jackets-jams-for-a-lifetime/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/the-tripwire-my-morning-jackets-jams-for-a-lifetime/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:30:23 +0000 John McShane http://www.thefader.com/?p=74685 My Morning Jacket have a lot to offer as a studio band, but no single recording of theirs is worth much when held up to their Scott Pilgrim-esque live show. I had always been on … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/21/the-tripwire-my-morning-jackets-jams-for-a-lifetime/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/the-tripwire-rethinking-green-days-musical-american-idiot/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/the-tripwire-rethinking-green-days-musical-american-idiot/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:45:28 +0000 Daniel Arnold http://www.thefader.com/?p=73700 Last night I was accidentally seeing MTV’s European Music Awards on cable TV and U2 played at the site of the famous Berlin Wall and I was thinking hey, this is really really rock music. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/13/the-tripwire-rethinking-green-days-musical-american-idiot/feed/ 4 http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/06/the-tripwire-no-age-plowing-through-the-hard-parts/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/06/the-tripwire-no-age-plowing-through-the-hard-parts/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:15:40 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=72639 A former Tripwire colleague of ours once spoke at length with us on the merit of the Japandroids Post-Nothing. That talk went something like this: Him: Did you read that (relevant rock website that writes … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/10/06/the-tripwire-no-age-plowing-through-the-hard-parts/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/29/the-tripwire-loving-abe-vigodas-new-album-crush/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/29/the-tripwire-loving-abe-vigodas-new-album-crush/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:15:36 +0000 John McShane http://www.thefader.com/?p=71657 The last couple years have seen indie rock coverage fall victim to some of the laziness and shortcuts that are plaguing mainstream news coverage of election season: namely, the reliance on easily digested, occasionally trite … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/29/the-tripwire-loving-abe-vigodas-new-album-crush/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/22/the-tripwire-deerhunters-flashback-to-the-gold-sounds-of-1990-something/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/22/the-tripwire-deerhunters-flashback-to-the-gold-sounds-of-1990-something/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:15:16 +0000 Adam Daniels http://www.thefader.com/?p=70786 Greetings from Pavement week here in New York City—when music writers everywhere are treating the reunion package with far more enthusiasm than the shrugs Pavement themselves seem to be giving from the stage. It legitimately … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/22/the-tripwire-deerhunters-flashback-to-the-gold-sounds-of-1990-something/feed/ 1 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/15/the-tripwire-a-smokebreak-with-neon-indian-and-miniature-tigers/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/15/the-tripwire-a-smokebreak-with-neon-indian-and-miniature-tigers/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:45:27 +0000 Maia Stern http://www.thefader.com/?p=69717 Nothing solidifies a bro bond between two bands better than a joint tour. As a unit, they toil through the monotonous schedule of playing the music, hitting another town, barely sleeping, eating Quiznos again, etc. … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/15/the-tripwire-a-smokebreak-with-neon-indian-and-miniature-tigers/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/08/the-tripwire-these-are-fall-colors-in-the-studio-with-love-as-laughter/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/08/the-tripwire-these-are-fall-colors-in-the-studio-with-love-as-laughter/#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:30:57 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thefader.com/?p=64674 It’s unusual to introduce yourself just as you’re headed out, but stay close for a second: my name’s David Bevan and in addition to being a member of Team FADER, I have spent the past … read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/08/the-tripwire-these-are-fall-colors-in-the-studio-with-love-as-laughter/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/09/03/the-tripwire-school-of-seven-bells-sang-lullabies-in-our-backyard/ 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http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/30/video-male-bonding-weird-feelings/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/30/video-male-bonding-weird-feelings/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:02:40 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34698 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/30/video-male-bonding-weird-feelings/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/26/video-mgmt-congratulations-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/26/video-mgmt-congratulations-2/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:31:27 +0000 John McShane http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34696 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/26/video-mgmt-congratulations-2/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/ty-segall-unplugged-in-the-bathroom/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/ty-segall-unplugged-in-the-bathroom/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:15:21 +0000 Maia Stern http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34693 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/ty-segall-unplugged-in-the-bathroom/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/streaming-jenny-and-johnnys-im-having-fun-now/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/streaming-jenny-and-johnnys-im-having-fun-now/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:11:21 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34694 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/streaming-jenny-and-johnnys-im-having-fun-now/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/video-grass-widow-fried-egg-2/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/video-grass-widow-fried-egg-2/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:52:23 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34691 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/25/video-grass-widow-fried-egg-2/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/24/hear-a-new-beach-house-song/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/24/hear-a-new-beach-house-song/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:10:49 +0000 David Bevan http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34688 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/24/hear-a-new-beach-house-song/feed/ 0 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http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/20/video-nirvana-milk-it-live/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/19/two-woman-vigilante-squad-beat-up-cheerleaders-take-their-beats/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/19/two-woman-vigilante-squad-beat-up-cheerleaders-take-their-beats/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:12:27 +0000 Alex Gortman http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34674 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/19/two-woman-vigilante-squad-beat-up-cheerleaders-take-their-beats/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/19/the-curious-tale-of-esben-and-the-witch-and-their-manson-mug-shots/ http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/19/the-curious-tale-of-esben-and-the-witch-and-their-manson-mug-shots/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:17:34 +0000 Alex Gortman http://www.thetripwire.com/?p=34673 read more »]]> http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/19/the-curious-tale-of-esben-and-the-witch-and-their-manson-mug-shots/feed/ 0 http://www.thefader.com/2010/08/19/this-is-thee-new-thee-oh-sees-video/ 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