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STREAM: Chairlift New Album “Something” One of the more outstanding January releases catching our attention this new year is Chairlift‘s Something. Even its album title,...

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STREAM: Chairlift New Album “Something”

One of the more outstanding January releases catching our attention this new year is Chairlift‘s Something. Even its album title, which refuses to define it as a single concept, acknowledges...
VIDEO: Jangula “Hanging Gardens”

We’ve been fans and friends of Jangula since early 2011 and have written about them several times here on The Morning After Pills. Those who have caught on early know them as a...
COVER: Destroyer does New Order “Leave Me Alone”

The latest issue of Mojo features new wavers New Order on the cover along with a compilation album of Power, Corruption & Lies covers by various artists. Not sure if this is just from a lack of...
PHOTO GALLERY: Yeah Yeah Yeahs 12/16/11 Brooklyn Bowl

Last Friday, Yeah Yeah Yeahs headlined the Jonathan Toubin Benefit show at Brooklyn Bowl with a bunch of other bands and DJs. All proceeds went to Jonathan’s medical bills in...
VIDEO: The Cure “A Forest” (Live at Bestival 2011)

I recently saw The Cure on their Reflections Tour and got yelled at for standing up in the balcony seating (sorry but when The Cure is on, my body’s not...
REMIX: Twin Sister “Bad Street” (Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas)

I’ve had Twin Sister‘s “Bad Street” stuck in my head for the majority of this past summer. I remember strolling through McCarren Park with a friend and going like “I...
PHOTO GALLERY: Screaming Females, The Men, Street Eaters, 3Jane 11/05/11 at 285 Kent

Woops, somehow these Screaming Females photos from a month ago slipped through our fingers. But these are some eggggggcellent shots (thanks, Andrew St. Clair) so we thought you should look...
LISTEN: Chairlift “Met Before”

The new Chairlift album, Something, takes a different turn from their cutesy “I got bruises on my knee for you” debut… and it RULES. I’m still obsessed with this… and...
STREAM: The Black Keys 5 Tracks from “El Camino”

Whoa, we’ve been MIA for some time. Apologies — blame that damn bird and the “Congratulations, you won an iPad!” pop-ups that keep clouding my screen (pop-ups, I know *eyeroll*)....
The Blue Throne Listening Party Is Tonight!

Most mash-ups are shit. They’re the product of two unrelated and uncomplimentary forms of expression combined together in unholy matrimony to create a hairlipped, club-footed harlequin of a baby that...
VIDEO: MGMT “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything” (Bauhaus Cover)

On the MGMT-curated compilation album LateNightTales that dropped a month ago, the band included a cover they did of the Bauhaus song “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything.” It was...
STREAM: Crystal Stilts New EP “Radiant Door”

The new Crystal Stilts EP Radiant Door drops tomorrow via Sacred Bones. It’s certainly no In Love with Oblivion but this EP sounds like its deleted scenes counterpart. Stream, stream...
COVER: Holy Ghost! does Ministry “I Wanted to Tell Her”

As I’m a big fan of Ministry and not as big of a fan of the new Holy Ghost! album, I listened to this cover of “I Wanted to Tell...
COVER: The Horrors do David Bowie “Suffragette City”

Watch The Horrors cover — and master — Bowie‘s classic Ziggy Stardust track “Suffragette City” in a decked out studio in London. It was shot stylistically — not to mention,...
LISTEN: Tennis “Origins”

Cape Dory, the debut LP from married couple/nautically nectarous group Tennis dropped earlier this year with track after track of sweeter than fiction, sailing with no care in the world-type...
LISTEN: Koko and the Sweetmeats

A curious little album found its way into our inbox last week — Sacrifice, by a band named Koko and the Sweetmeats, which kind of sounds like the title of...
VIDEO: The Kills “Baby Says”

Here is the new video for The Kills‘ “Baby Says,” directed by Ben Cook. The clip follows around a cross-dresser in the midst of decadence and the strange morning-after haze....
LIVE SKETCHES: Warm Ghost, Nite Jewel, Headless Horseman, and Caged Animals 11/02/11 at Glasslands

Last night, Warm Ghost rocked Glasslands with fellow bands Nite Jewel, Headless Horseman, and Caged Animals. Here are some live sketches for your viewing pleasure. Warm Ghost recently released a...
PHOTO GALLERY: Street Chant 10/26/11 at Trash Bar

Check it out! Street Chant played Trash Bar last week and Andrew St. Clair brought back some photos, along with this awkwardly cute portrait above. These guys have a few...
VIDEO: The Soft Moon “Total Decay”

Happy Halloween! Today’s day of spookiness doubles as the EP release of The Soft Moon‘s Total Decay, which is 15 minutes of unrelenting chill and gothy goodness. The video for...
PHOTO GALLERY: CSS and MEN 10/22/11 at Webster Hall (CMJ)

The all-caps, three-letter bands CSS and MEN partnered up for their “Falling in Love” tour, and made a pit stop in New York just in time for CMJ. We pretty...
VIDEO: Arctic Monkeys “Evil Twin”

Watch the new Arctic Monkeys video for “Evil Twin,” which is like a sequel to “Suck It and See“. I’m still having a hard time seeing drummer Matt Helders as...
MP3: Crystal Stilts “Dark Eyes”

Crystal Stilts’ latest release In Love with Oblivion is still one of our favorite releases of the year for their expertise in mixing gloom with what sounds like a post-punk...
VIDEO: Summer Camp “Down”

We love when the Halloween-themed music videos start rolling in. Last year, we got Violens’ “Violent Sensation Descends,” which had spooky visuals to not go along with their rather sweet...
LIVE REVIEW + PHOTOS: Xeno & Oaklander 10/21/11 at Public Assembly (CMJ)

Though BrooklynVegan’s early Friday showcase wasn’t *officially* CMJ, they managed to wrangle many of the must-see bands of the week, like Xeno & Oaklander. The king and queen of coldwave...
LIVE REVIEW: The Twees and Balkans 10/20/11 at Spike Hill (CMJ)

Balkans kicked off an intimate showcase at Spike Hill with a nerdy high school look that was all too endearing to pass up. They were a little bit disheveled and...
MP3: The Cranberries “Show Me the Way”

I can confidently say that The Cranberries were the first band I ever liked, even when I was too young to even have a musical preference. My dad and I...
LIVE REVIEW + PHOTOS: Twin Shadow, Main Attrackionz, Bleached, Caveman 10/19/11 at Santos Party House (CMJ)

On Wednesday night, we got the full ‘VICE Music Experience’ at the CMJ showcase that was thrown by Vice’s music platform, Noisey. The openers were a mix of awesome and...
LIVE REVIEW + PHOTOS: Titus Andronicus, Delicate Steve, Mr. Dream, Cuckoo Chaos, Hollerado 10/18/11 at Glasslands (CMJ)

The Stereogum/PopGun showcase on Tuesday night took off with an energetic set from Hollerado, who are not actually from Colorado but rather from Canada and thus had a lot of...
The Morning After Pills Guide to CMJ 2011

So as you probably know, CMJ week kicks off tomorrow (I KNOW RIGHT? It crept up on us like a sneaky lil bastard). I just took a look at the...