Category: 33 Things

33 Things: March Edition

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Every month, we will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in March. This list is brought to you by our 33 1/3 intern, Mike Doub.  This month saw the release of our latest 33 1/3 title, Blondie’s Parallel Lines. Authored by Kembrew McLeod, the book details Blondie’s efforts to straddle the line between the mainstream and the underground, and their success in exposing the fraudulent…

33 Things: February Edition

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Every month, we try to put together a fun, exciting, and sometimes silly list of 33Things that happened in music. We’ve followed the Twitter evolution of Kanye’s new album and hoped for the return of Wolf Parade; we’ve analyzed Justin Bieber’s sad face and pondered drinking Queen beer; we’ve questioned Sufjan’s fashion choices and Lil B’s Vegan Emoji App; we could not stop talking about Meow the Jewels and the phenomenon of Nickelback hate. But today, on this long short month, it’s my turn to 33Thing you all, and I’ll…

Video Vault 91: Fever Ray

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Enigmatic brother-sister duo The Knife called it quits two years ago, and the 10-year anniversary of their seminal Silent Shout has the defunct group on my mind lately. Their brand of moody, broody electro-pop has been oft-imitated since that album — artists like Zola Jesus and iamamiwhoami exhibit Knife-like fingerprints in their music — though no one ever did it quite so well. More impressive still, Karin and Olof Dreijer used their bangers as Trojan horses, protests against social norms nestled within. The Knife would never again package their MO so accessibly. Seven years after Silent Shout the group…

Listening Party: J Dilla’s Donuts

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10 years ago last Sunday, producer’s producer J Dilla – born James Dewitt Yancey – released his swan song, Donuts. If you’re at all plugged into the music blogosphere, you may have heard a thing or two about this anniversary. A triumph of analog and the art of sampling, Donuts has been categorized posthumously as Yancey’s masterpiece (a lofty distinction for an artist whose production credits include songs for A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde and Common). That Yancey recorded the album from a hospital bed and passed away three days after its…

33 Things January Edition

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Every month, we will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in January. This list is brought to you by our 33 1/3 intern, Michael Doub. R.I.P. David Bowie. I can’t do the enormity of his passing justice in this space, so I’ll link to a few more considered eulogies. A silver-lining to the terrible news: his final release Blackstar ended the commercial reign of terror of…

33 Things: August Edition

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Every month, editorial assistant Michelle Chen will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in August? The N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton was released this month, immediately facing much criticism for downgrading Dre’s history of violence against women. In fact, Dee Barnes wrote a pretty harrowing account of her 1991 assault by Dre for Gawker. Yet despite the storm of controversy, the…

33 Things: July Edition

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Every month, editorial assistant Michelle Chen will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in July? July 27th marked the end of our Open Call where we received over 600 proposals! Have a look through the long list of every album proposed this year. This one technically happened in June BUT if you missed the New Yorker’s fantastic feature on Andrew Schartmann’s…

33 Things: June Edition

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Every month, we will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in June? This list is brought to you by our 33 1/3 intern, Katherine DeChant. 33 1/3 was featured on Pitchfork! Apple Music is launching today! Which of course brings to mind TSwift’s (possibly hypocritical) open letter to Apple, asking them to pay royalties to musicians during their three-month trial period.…

33 Things: April Edition

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Every month, we will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in January? This list is brought to you by our 33 1/3 intern, Jonah Simonak. The world greatest dancer made a triumphant return. Pavement kept us at the edge of our seats. Ah, Andrew W.K. This! Ah, Morrissey.  Brad “Scarface” Jordan wrote an awesome memoir, which reminds me, don’t forget to…

33 Things: March Edition

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Every month, editorial assistant Michelle Chen will compile the best, weirdest, most interesting music and sound news from the past 30 days and serve it up to you in one handy, easy to digest list. May we present 33 Things that happened in March? Our upcoming book on Koji Kondo’s Super Mario Bros. was featured in FACT! Sorry this list is technically two days late. It’s no big deal but I had to take some One Direction related bereavement leave. SURPRISE not surprise! As Lindsay Zoladz predicted during a discussion…