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10 Artsy Music Videos We Can't Stop Watching

Andrew Reilly | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: The Internet, Rihanna, Maceo Plex, Syd-Tha-Kid, House Music, Ryan Leslie, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, Real Estate, The Stepkids, Matthew Dear, Sebastien Tellier, Video, Hip Hop, Nowness, Odd Future, The Drums, Electronic Music, Modeselektor, Parachute Youth, Thelma and Louise, Stones-Throw-Records, Django Django, Indie Rock, Edm, Arts News

We're going to ahead and call the disappearance of the music video a big fat myth. Thanks perhaps nearly-universally to YouTube, music videos are b...

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Is This the Official Anthem of Occupy Wall Street?

Greg Garry | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: The Drums, Occupy Wall Street, Indie Rock, Entertainment News
Greg Garry

The Drums' "Money," the clever first single off their second album Portamento, seemed poised to be the poster song of our current financial armegeddon...

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PHOTOS: Treasure Island Schedule And Evening Shows Announced

Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: The Drums, The Head and the Heart, dfa1979, Treasure Island Evening Shows, Treasure Island Music Festival, Mstrkrft, Death From Above 1979, Thao Nguyen, Jens Lekmen, San Francisco News

One of the coolest things about the annual Treasure Island Music Festival is all the great live music that happens before the festival even starts and...

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The Drums Go for Broke

Greg Garry | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: The Drums, Indie Rock, Portamento, Religion, The Economy, Entertainment News
Greg Garry

You would think that the Drums would just cheer up already. 2010 was a very good year for the indie rock darlings.

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PHOTOS, REVIEWS: Lollapalooza, Day Two

The Huffington Post | Joe Erbentraut | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Lollapalooza, Deftones, Lollapalooza 2011, Pretty Lights, Eminem, Music Festivals, Lollapalooza Review, Music, Chicago Music, Lykke Li, Ellie Goulding, Cee Lo Green, The Drums, Chicago Music Festivals Live Music, My Morning Jacket, Death From Above 1979, Chicago Around Town, Black Lips, Lollapalooza Photos, Chicago News

Day two of Lollapalooza is now in the books and it was an altogether hotter, muddier, more crowded and less consistently enthralling musical affair th...

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Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Jim Jones Revue, Back to School, Martin Scorsese, Edwards Scissorhands, Akira Kurosawa, Dimitri Tiomkin, Carlos Chaivez, Rob Zombie, Pierre Yuksek, The Drums, Marilyn Manson, Steven Spielberg, Pavement, Rush, A Clock Orange, Bernard Herrmann, Kinky, Dick Tracy, Daft Punk, Werner Herzog, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ariel Pink, Devo, Richard Craft, Lincoln Center, Slayer, The Voyage of Sinbad, Tim Burton, Max Steiner, John Huston, Russ Meyer, Gerry Casale, Woolite, A Perfect Circle, Harlem, Kii Arens, U2, Phoenix, Comedy Central, Jell-O, Slipknot, Broadway Danny Rose, Weird Science, Forbidden Zone, The Lords of Salem, Joni Mitchell, Army of Darkness, Danny Elfman, Sebastien Teller, Stanley Kubrick, Jeffrey Miller, Jason Trucco, Beetlejuice, Paul Simon, Seb Caudron, Alice in Wonderland, Big Fish, Alfred Hitchcock, Silverchair, The Pixies, Jason & the Argonauts, Federico Fellini, Tom Papa, Ginger Fish, Gus Van Sant, Smith Westerns, Franz Waxman, Alexandre Desplat, Roman Polanski, Richard Prior, Carny, Midnight Run, Oingo Boingo, Stephen Colbert, Gary Busey, The Cars, Batman, The Static Revenger, Steve Martin, John Williams, Iron Maiden, Allison Krause, White Zombie, The Bewitched Hands, Jon Stewart, Twyla Tharpe, Soundgarden, Aaron Sorkin, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Nono Rota, Air, Paul Reubens, Peatport, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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2010 -- The Year Surf Rock Swelled

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Heartbreaks, Interview, Tennis, The Strokes, Male Bonding, Surfer Blood, The Drums, Lo-Fi, Vampire Weekend, Wavves, Best Coast, Indie Rock, The Postelles, New York News
Salvatore Bono

Trends in this day and age seem to come on fast and then wither away. One of this year's trends has been the rapid growing genre of surf rock. But take note: this isn't your parents' surf rock.

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Band on the Rise: Get to Know 'The Drums'

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Weezer, Surfer Blood, Jonny Pierce, Surfing, New York City, The Drums, Let's Go Surfing, Arcade Fire, Indie Rock, Wilson Phillips, Horseheads, Indie Pop Rock, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

The Drums' track "Let's Go Surfing" features the best whistling in a song since the infectious Peter, Bjorn & John recent classic "Young Folks."

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Jonah Rocks VIDEO: Amazing 5-Year-Old Drummer Does Awesome Song Covers

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jonah Rocks Video, Video, Jonah Rocks Drummer, Jonah Rocks, Child Drummer, The Drums, Jonah Rocks Drummer Video, Music, Jonah Drummer, Entertainment News

Jonah Rocks is a 5-year-old drummer you're clearly going to be hearing lots about in the future. The kid has surreal musical skills for someone so yo...

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