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The Art of Touring

Edited by Sara Jaffe (Erase Errata) and Mia Clarke (Electrelane), Yeti’s The Art of Touring book and DVD reflects on life on the road. Rich with photos, art, tales, and more, the package features thoughts from a wide variety of bands, small to large, but all independent.

Art by Beth Murphy (Times New Viking), Julianna Bright (The Golden Bears), Devendra Banhart, Tara Jane ONeil, Nathan Jerde (The Ponys), Hannah Mae Blair, Jason Sanford (Neptune), Erika Spring Forster (Au Revoir Simone), and more. Photography by Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Emma Gaze (Electrelane), Andy Moor (The Ex), Munaf Rayani (Explosions In The Sky), Rebecca Gates, Elizabeth Sharp (Ill Ease), Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and writing by Johanna Fateman (Le Tigre), Drew Daniel (Matmos), Carla Bozulich, Everett True, Sharon Cheslow, Jean Smith (Mecca Normal), Sara Jaffe, Sara Marcus, Cynthia Nelson, Brian Case (The Ponys) and many more.

At the Futurist: Beacons of Ancestorship

New content from me at the WOXY blog. “It’s been five years since the band released a full-length with all new material, and we’re ready for it. Few do what these guys do well, making the remix, electronica, jazz and ambient noise play nicely with deep rhythm sections and patient atmospheres. It’s no easy task, but the veterans show they’ve still got chops.”

Read the rest here and listen to “Prepare Your Coffin.”

Mixtape: Where Was My Mind, Pts. 1-4

For a couple years now, I’ve been saying that I’m going to make some mixes of everything I really loved in the ’90s. I came of age in that decade: discovered classic rock with my dad, went to my first show, fell in love with my first radio station, and became punk rock’s underage love child. This is a four part mix, featuring songs and bands that helped define my formative listening years. Naturally there’s a bunch of stuff I listened to that isn’t here - I’m focusing on the dirty, gritty, pre-emo and loud this time. I cheat just a bit with a couple of softer tunes, but they belong here. Shoe-gazing depression mix comes next. Follow the jump for the rest of the discs.

DOWNLOAD: Where Was My Mind, Pt 1 (zip)

Disc One
01 Men’s Recovery Project “Domestic Phone Call (Artificial Leg Remix)”
02 Christie Front Drive “Dyed on 8″
03 Seam “Berlitz”
04 Manumission “Guillotine”
05 Ordination of Aaron “Parthenon”
06 Home “Bad Vibrations”
07 Hoover “Breather Resist”
08 Hum “Isle of the Cheetah”
09 Fingerprint “Liberation”
10 Policy of 3 “Jet Black”
11 Boys Life “Golf Hill Drive”

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