Having already shown segments at the CBGB Festival in New York this month, Salad Days documents an era and location that was pivotal to not only punk rock, but to the indie movement of do-it-yourself record labels itself. Washington DC-raised director Scott Crawford and DC DP Jim Saah deliver the story of the capitol’s pivotal and hugely […]
23
Oct
A documentary about the birth of punk in the nation's capitol
4
Sep
Bringing together 59 albums of The Man In Black on 63 CDs
Johnny Cash is a music legend. A bigger than life, genuine, real deal outlaw who will go down in history as one of the great American musicians of all time. The Man In Black lived larger and played harder than most of the countless he influenced, and kept at it until his final days thanks […]
29
Apr
Elegiacal indie confessions from Alpharetta, Georgia
There’s no shaking the undeniable catchiness of Manchester Orchestra, the Alpharetta, Georgia band whose elegiacal “Simple Math” has taken over college radio. At first listen one could brush it off as a very capably written indie pop song, and you wouldn’t be wrong. But at second and third listens the track becomes an earworm, and […]
27
Jan
The return of South Carolina's Chaz Bundick
LIAS once-and-future feature subject Toro Y Moi (read our Q&A HERE) is prepping for the release of the followup to his breakthrough debut Causers of This. On the highly anticipated second effort, Underneath the Pine (Car Park Records), the Columbia, South Carolina native otherwise known as Chaz Bundick has dropped the samples in favor of […]
14
Dec
Nothing says school spirit quite like laurel wreath tongue branding on your shoe
I know what you’re thinking: Ivy League sophistication has always been the key ingredient missing from the world of hiking shoes. Never fear! Now you can walk tall (and balanced) onto campus next semester, because New Balance has announced its redesign of the hiker silhouette (in both mid and low top) for a selection of […]
10
Sep
More psychedelic pop loveliness from Chaz Bundick
One of this year’s first To Whom It May Concern interviews, Toro Y Moi, returns with his next single “Taramak”. Big fan of Chaz Bundick’s music, and this singe (and beautifully shot video from Jon Casey) is just more musical loveliness to enjoy…
10
Feb
Assemble it yourself, learn a thing or two
You don’t have to be a tween to be able to assemble one of these, but it might help. Sponsored in part by Google, the BigShot project was put together by Columbia University grad students as a method of teaching science and engineering concepts to children. It’s just like academia to try and teach someone […]
29
Jan
Psychadelic pop from the soul of South Carolina
South Carolina has never been renowned as a hotbed of musical talent, and that serves Chaz Bundick, aka Toro Y Moi , just fine. After graduating last spring from the University of South Carolina, the 23-year old Columbia native retired to his bedroom studio and decided to meld his brain to his studio gear. With […]
