Sentimentalist Magazine

The Eastern Sea – ‘Plague’

Joshua — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:24:30 +0000

The Eastern Sea, a young and rising Austin act (SXSW 2011 Showcasing Artist), recently announced the release of its debut album starkly titled Plague, out June 26th...

It’s Internet Week 2012. Here Are Some New Beastie Boys Stats

staff — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:21:26 +0000

Musicmetric of London sent us an early morning Monday message stating that they've handily put together stats on the online interest and response to Beastie Boys (RIP MCA) for the last week. Here's the breakdown...

Good Morning, You Are Now Suing Apple

zabatay — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:58:23 +0000

This morning I've received a delightful notice with the subject line "In re Apple iPod iTunes Antitrust Litigation", oh stand still my beating heart, this is quite preferable to those emails that someone is suing me. The gist of the note is about a class action lawsuit against Apple that is currently going forward in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The "class" is all of those who have owned an iPod between a 2006 and 2009, and the crux of the argument of the "class" is that when Apple released a software update in 2006 that would only allow users to use their iPod with music purchased from iTunes (also an Apple product in case you are reading about this world for the first time) thereby effectively resetting the part of your music library that was not purchased directly from Apple...

Seattle Rapper Katie Kate’s “Uh…No” Video Premiered Today

staff — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:18:24 +0000

She's a classically-trained pianist turned a one-woman dynamo rapper with a sassy smirk and contradictory charm. Rapper Katie Kate's got stark lyrics and a swagger that works so well in this black and white video for song "Uh...No".

Twin Shadow to Release ‘Confess’ on 4AD; North American Tour Follows July Through September

staff — Wed, 09 May 2012 14:09:38 +0000

Twin Shadow, aka George Lewis Jr., will release his second album, 'Confess', on July 10th via 4AD, with his "Ton Up" North American Tour to follow from mid-July through September.

Now Streaming: CocoRosie’s “We Are On Fire”

Joshua — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:02:35 +0000

Following on the announcement of their single's album art and tour dates, CocoRosie goes live with their track "We Are On Fire."

Iceage Side Project Vår Releases Video; Play First US Show at Northside Festival June 17th

staff — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:22:55 +0000

The project can be described as haunting, lo-fi electro with a limitless, multimedia angle. Iceage's Elias Bender Rønnenfelt and Loke Rahbek of Sexdrome, co-owner of Posh Isolation, is Vår, once known as Danish duo WAR.

Dynasty Electric Screens “Eye Wide Open” Video at Norwood; Album to be Released June 24th

madeline — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:49:17 +0000

Electro future-pop NYC duo Dynasty Electric, fronted by the compelling and colorful Jenny Electrik and featuring the instrumentation and production of Seth Misterka, unveiled the video for their single "Eye Wide Open" on Tuesday night at the swanky members-only club, Norwood.

Tom Vek’s Latest Track, “You’ll Stay” Posted Today

staff — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:00:59 +0000

London's "say it as it is" prolific one-man band/musician Tom Vek has just released a blunt beauty of a track, "You'll Stay".

THEE…NESS an evening with Genesis Breyer P-orridge and Morrison Edley

Joshua — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:28:32 +0000

We recently met up with one our very favorite counter-culture icons, Genesis Breyer P-orridge, to glimpse her latest visual pieces, on display at the Lower East Side boutique, Salvor Projects. The party was thrown by Salvor in conjunction with Invisible Exports and idontlikemondays.us (whose creatively-charged PR empress, Sarah Maurer, worked the eventually too-crowded floor with impressive ease). Besides the most beautiful woman in the world and her Psychic TV co-member and dj partner, the illustrious Morrison Edley, spinning a perfect set of industrial to psych to acid music on into the night...