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‘Cripple Crow’ at 20: Devendra Banhart on His Bilingual Ode to Folk & Latin Legends and the Importance of ‘Finding Your Tribe’

“Everyone was invited — including the dog,” Devendra Banhart chuckles over Zoom, looking back on Cripple Crow, his sprawling 2005 opus that was part artistic manifesto, part communal love letter. Dubbed “freak folk” at the time, the genre-bending opus was, in his words, “a snapshot of community,” where Brazilian-inspired tropicalismo, psych-folk and radical inclusivity collided. […]

Pink Floyd’s Iconic Album ‘Wish You Were Here’ Is Getting a 50th Anniversary Reissue With Bonus Songs

Pink Floyd’s landmark album Wish You Were Here will receive a 50th anniversary edition re-release, the band announced on Friday (Sept. 12). Related Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2025 ‘Pink Floyd at Pompeii: MCMLXXII’ Live Album Makes Top 10 Debut On Multiple Billboard Charts How ‘Pink Floyd at Pompeii’ Found New, Brilliant Life […]

LCD Soundsystem Announce 2025 New York City Residency Run at Knockdown Center 

LCD Soundsystem are gearing up for another one of their annual New York residency runs. The James Murphy-fronted dance-rock collective announced on Friday morning (Sept. 12) that they will be setting up shop at the Knockdown Center in Queens, N.Y. for a run of 12 shows over three weekends later this year. The shows are slated […]

How Exceleration Music Is Giving Indie Labels a New Lease on Life — and Treating Music as More Than Just ‘An Asset Class’ 

When Exceleration Music launched in January 2021, it became something of an anomaly in the music industry: A group of indie label execs, dedicated to investing in and acquiring other indie labels.  Backed by what the company has called “substantial investment capital” that allows it to make deals ranging from the hundreds of thousands to […]