In My Room: Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig
VIDEO: Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig shows us his Brooklyn, New York apartment.
By Stacey Anderson 11.24.09 2:13 PM
SPIN recently visited the Brooklyn apartment of Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig for the magazine's "In My Room" section, where we show off the decor and beloved possessions of your favorite rock'n'rollers.
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The Bravery, 'Stir the Blood' (Island)
Synth-rock hams go from Hot Fuss to hot mess.
By Stacey Anderson 11.20.09 1:50 PM
The Bravery, who emerged in the wake of the early-aughts New York post-punk revival that spawned Interpol and the Strokes, are still positively 14th Street. Their petulantly plagiaristic third album -- mired in singer Sam Endicott's uncharismatic Robert Smith–in-a-wind-tunnel moan (imagine that hair) -- continues to stuff downtown Gotham streets into predictable, rhyming-dictionary couplets.
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Hot New Band: The Rifles
London hotshots cop a classic title, teach Paul Weller to play his own song.
By Stacey Anderson 10.15.09 11:32 AM
Joel Stoker, cheeky frontman for the Rifles, doesn't mind if Britpop fans are confused by his band's new album. "It's okay if people buy it accidentally," muses the singer about The Great Escape, which bears the same title as his countrymen Blur's landmark 1995 effort. "In fact, that's a good strategy: to call your album after another massive album.
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Lenny Kravitz Plays 'Let Love Rule,' Live
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of his debut album, the retro-rocker delivers a slick show in New York City.
By Stacey Anderson 10.13.09 10:20 AM
Lenny Kravitz came to the Fillmore in New York City Sunday night to blow out the birthday candles for Let Love Rule, the breakthrough debut album he released 20 years ago.
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The Raveonettes, 'In and Out of Control' (Vice)
Glibly doleful Danes push lyrical pose over the line.
By Stacey Anderson 10.03.09 7:00 PM
Four albums in, this nourish duo are still unwavering in their approach: Chilly, disturbing lyrics emerge from a dense fog of blissful Spector harmonies and squalling Jesus and Mary Chain surf and strings.
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Tiny Vipers, 'Life on Earth' (Sub Pop)
Stoic mystic transmits from deep in the void.
By Stacey Anderson 09.01.09 2:01 PM
Seattle folk minstrel Jesy Fortino, a.k.a. Tiny Vipers, expresses herself with languorous, smoky silences -- in the hesitations between her intricate acoustic guitar picking, slowly whistled interludes, and burdened sighs. But while the similarly mystical/mewling Joanna Newsom seems adrift in fantasy, Tiny Vipers finds wonder in being rooted firmly to the terra.
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