Photo by Francis Chung Last night, Nicolas Jaar took over BBC Radio 1 for two hours with his Essential Mix . The mix features Jaar material and music by Jay-Z, Jonny Greenwood, Beyoncé, Aphex Twin, Feist, Marvin Gaye, Bill Callahan, the Field, and, uh, *NSYNC. Listen to it here . And remember, Jaar will perform Saturday, July 14 at the  Pitchfork Music Festival . Single day tickets are  on sale here .

Covering arguably the most intense and harrowing period of  the Vietnam War, this latest collection from Sublime Frequencies is awash in acid rock and bit grooves. "Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks, 1968-74," a collection of insistent vintage 45s, captures an odd moment in time when a people deeply embrace the culture of a country that is presently destroying their own. That context gives this set a sharp edge, but the songs in and of themselves can stand alone, some the equal of anything 60s punk had to offer. CBC Band's "Con Tim Và Nuróc Mat" kicks things off ...

Bass of Ace (aka Ace Chung) has twiddled his I-See-No-Pop-Music digits again and like a five year old who has just opened his Christmas presents for the very first time, he has gone “Pow-Pow-Pow” towards the likes of Nicki Minaj … Continue reading →

With the end of the world coming, you might think that some truly apocalyptic sounds from bands like Godspeed You! Black Emperor or Mogwai might be appropriate, but at least in the universe of "Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World," it looks like people are going to get reacquainted with old hits and classic tunes as they meet their untimely demise. The soundtrack for the movie is a pretty decent blend of radio hits like "Devil Inside" by INXS and "Dance Hall Days" by Wang Chung, oldies from The Beach Boys, Walker Brothers">The Walker Brothers and ...

Photo by  Francis Chung On Friday night in Washington, D.C.,  Pitchfork partnered  with the  Hirshhorn Museum  and  Wired  to present one of multimedia artist  Doug Aitken 's  "Happening"  events for his public art project  "SONG 1"  at the Hirshhorn. The "Happening" featured musical contributions from  Collective">Animal Collective 's Geologist,  Nicolas Jaar ,  Oneohtrix Point Never ,  No Age ,  High Places ,  Tim McAfee-Lewis , and  Leo Gallo , all offering takes on "I Only Have Eyes for You". In addition to  photos from the event , we've got the entire concert available to watch on  Pitchfork.tv on YouTube :

Photos by  Francis Chung ; above: No Age Update: Watch the entire performance on Pitchfork.tv on YouTube here . On Friday night in Washington, D.C.,  Pitchfork partnered  with the  Hirshhorn Museum  and  Wired  to present one of multimedia artist  Doug Aitken 's  "Happening"  events for his public art project  "SONG 1"  at the Hirshhorn. The "Happening" featured musical contributions from  Collective">Animal Collective 's Geologist,  Nicolas Jaar ,  Oneohtrix Point Never ,  No Age ,  High Places ,  Tim McAfee-Lewis , and  Leo Gallo , all offering takes on the crooner staple "I Only Have Eyes for You". Check out photos by Francis Chung after the ...

Photo by Francis Chung Update:   Domino have now announced the album's tracklist, which you can read below. On Collective">Animal Collective 's website , there's the below video that announces that the band's follow-up to 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion is called Centipede Hz and will be out in September on Domino . The video also offers a list of words and phrases that may or may not  make up the tracklist on the album. Listen to two new Collective">Animal Collective songs, "Honeycomb" and "Gotham", here . Centipede Hz : 01 Moonjock 02 Today's Supernatural 03 Rosie Oh 04 ...

Photo by Francis Chung Tom Krell a.k.a.  How to Dress Well has remained fairly quiet following the release of last summer's  Just Once EP. Now he has announced a short string of summertime tour dates in North America. According to Exclaim! , Babe Rainbow and Aaron Read will be members of Krell's backing band for the trek.

UNIS and designer Eunice Lee present the New York-based fashion label’s 2012 spring/summer lookbook, shot by photographer Justin Chung. Showcasing the brand’s timeless and casual aesthetic, the latest collection features everything from a suede bomber and tiger camo military jacket to button-downs, tastefully pleated chinos, Tai Chi shoes and more. All of the looks from [...] Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast.com

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Hermetic is Eric Axen (baritone guitar, lead vocals) and Bart Newman (drums, backup vocals). They draw inspiration from high-energy post-punk (Minutemen, Fugazi, Mission of Burma) and heartfelt 90s indie rock (think Jawbreaker, Inbreds, Plumtree, etc). Check out Hermetic’s LP Release w/ Chung Antique + Movieland on May 4th… you can attend here on Facebook. Enjoy [...]

Check out Francis Chung's photos of the Chickfactor: For the Love of Pop! shows at Artisphere in Arlington, Va.--which featured performances from Black Tambourine, Frankie Rose and numerous other acts.

Hennessy threw the hottest soiree of the week in New York City last night and it brought a nice well-rounded mix of celebs from the Hollywood, music, fashion and sports worlds in one place. Twilight star Peter Facinelli, Super Bowl champ GIANTS player Victor Cruz, Gabrielle Union , Solange Knowles, Erykah Badu, stylista Alexa Chung, BET's 106 & Park host Rocsi Diaz to name a few, all came out to help celebrate Hennessy honoring Erykah Badu and famed film director  Martin Scorcese. PHOTOS: "Think Like A Man" NYC Premiere Guests were treated to an electric performance by Missy Elliott and Timbaland ...

Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland’s Black Is Beautiful is almost here ( due April 17 via Hyperdub), and as a “fucking awesome” reminder, they’ve just let loose another heaping handful of tracks under the name The Attitude Era . The mixtape/unorganized jumble is being offered for free download here (originally posted at the end of this interesting Hype Williams profile ) at The Guardian , but get it now because the link will be dead in two weeks. Though a mishmash, The Attitude Era clocks in at 1.3 hours and 30 tracks; damn . Plus, you never know with these two whether an untitled track might be the highlight of the album, so no sniffing at these titles just because they say “version” or “unmastered” or “rejected remix.” Inhale, exhale, get chung and breeeed. The Attitude Era “tracklisting”: tape 3 mix weds Showcase of the Immortals ramirez mix instrumental AMIR voc mix attitude adjustment The Attitude Era bar rumba Sinn Fein slugabed rejected remix This is the remix untitled WHITE FLIGHT WHITE FLIGHT II white flight refix y2j 8210 copeland not ever face turn MASTERED Schadenfreude PROGRESSION poison dub unmasterd Parred ...

Thanks for listening to Vamos A La Playa on WVUM 90.5 FM . I host a new show every Monday afternoon from 5-7pm . No radio? No Problem! Stream live online at wvum.org . I also post lots of tracks on my other blog NIGHTDRIVEMIAMI.COM Samanta Vien A Casa Electric Machine Re Bop Electronic Garcons Why (Extended 12" Version) Simon">Carly Simon Come Here HEION Blue (Armed With Love) Wham! The Dead of Night Mike Simonetti & Johnny Jewel Sea Crest (Sportloto remix) Chordashian Chase Lovesport In The Middle Of The Knight Giorgio Moroder Nuclear Baby (Gazeebo Remix) avanti Swing Star ...