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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Two female comedians — Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad — are set to join the cast of Saturday Night Live. [via The Comic's Comic]
2. Rumor is Bono’s Spider-Man musical is back on track, with production to pick up sometime this week. [via Variety]
3. Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil… Read More

Music

The CMJ Music Marathon Guide: The Showcase Artists 6 Word Reviews + MP3 Downloads

By Stelios Phili on

New York’s CMJ music marathon is an epic display of music journalism and indie street cred. From October 20-24, over a thousand under the radar bands will perform, hundreds will be blogged about, and a dozen will be become semi-obscure household names (see: Passion Pit) in the aftermath. The 22 initial showcase artist have been announced today, and so we have compiled a guide for your listening pleasure. Six word artist descriptions and song downloads — enjoy!

1. Broadcast
Pensive electro performed by benign fembot.
Sample Song: “America’s Boy” [Download Now] via The Decibel Tolls

2. School of Seven Bells
 Easy listening indie pop cures insomnia.
Sample Song: “Conjour” [Download Now] via Stereogum

3. Zac Brown Band
 Truckers enjoying cold bear and trucks.
Sample Song: “Toes” [Listen Now] via MySpace

View the rest after the jump. … Read More

Web

What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we discovered our new favorite iPhone app. We made a mental note never to land on Shepard Fairey’s bad side. We lusted after this colorful calendar. We argued about this list of the worst blockbusters ever. We wished we hadn’t thrown away all of our old cassettes. We laughed out loud over Frank Bruni’s top 20 one liners. We knew this wouldn’t end well. We wondered how The Awl got Ryan Adams to write their theme song. And more importantly, who we can get to write ours (we’re looking at you Das Racist). We were stressed. We met the real family Evelyn Waugh based Bridehead’s Revisited on. And finally, we weren’t sure what to think about this Tiesto/Tegan & Sara collab.… Read More

Music

Required Viewing: Das Racist’s Live Show

By Maureen Miller on

It’s tempting to try to explain away Das Racist, the music project of recent Wesleyan graduates Himanshu Suri and Victor Vazquez. Their unalloyed enthusiasm for lyrical non sequiturs and literal wordplay has invited comparisons to “Eddie” Said, outer borough shit-shooting, and Sonia Sotomayor. Das Racist has made most of these comparisons themselves, which is kind of the whole point.… Read More

Music

Quote of the Day: Victor Vazquez’s High-Brow Rap

By Caroline Stanley on

Today the New York Times reviewed Das Racist, the Flavorpill favorites who brought you the aural magic that is “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.” After reading the smarty pants lyrics above, we’re not surprised to learn that the group formed at Wesleyan. Also: Remember when we interviewed Egpytian Lover?