SZA - The Weekend Acoustic Guitar Instrumental

Rhett and Link take your questions about all things Summer and reminisce about their favorite vacations, what it's like to love but not always like your kids, and their Great American Roadtrip on this week's Ear Biscuits.

Our Summer Memories | Ear Biscuits Ep. 149

On Dec. 4, just before Bon Iver took the stage at Pioneer Works, an old ironworks warehouse turned nonprofit arts and culture space, these prophetic words from Union Army officer Sullivan Ballou echoed off the Civil War-era brick walls:

"Sarah, my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me to you with mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break; and yet my love of Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly on with all these chains to the battlefield."

A week after writing those lines, Ballou was mortally wounded, dying for a cause in which he firmly believed.

At first, these words struck me as disconnected from the evening's music. Bon Iver's new record, 22, A Million, feels so distant from the Civil War and the words of Sullivan Ballou. But there's a very real kinship between the letter and this band. Believing in what you do is essential to Justin Vernon and the music he creates for Bon Iver, and impermanence and duality are prevailing themes of this album.

So, here in Brooklyn, at Pioneer Works, a space Vernon believes in and actively assists as a member of the Advisory Board, he and his team created a very special evening — a transcendent night of voices masked, faces hidden in darkness and a performance aimed at soul-searching and purpose over pop and stardom.

This music was performed by a powerful big band, with two drummers and a sax ensemble backing upfront processed sounds, like vocal alterations and sampling, alongside electric and acoustic guitars. It was a visionary performance, fit perfectly to brilliant lighting and sound, seemingly executed down to fine detail by a guy in a Tipitina's T-shirt, loose pants and high-tops: unassuming, seemingly uncaring, but most certainly in control.

-Bob Boilen

10- 8 (circle)

untitled #1!

https://hwimshurst.bandcamp.com/album/fragments

Into The Wilderness - Feat Anthony Wimshurst

As part of The 1975’s takeover of The Face, we’ve released a series of podcasts featuring frontman Matty Healy in conversation with his musical heroes.

Kim Gordon was a founding member of Sonic Youth, the New York band who tore apart the rules of how rock music should be played. Since their split in 2011, Gordon has performed as half of experimental guitar duos Body/Head and Glitterbust, written the bestselling book Girl in a Band and, last year, released her first solo album, No Home Record. She’s also dedicated her time to art, film and political activism. 

In this podcast, Gordon discusses NYC’s No Wave scene, her career in art, dealing with depression through writing, her passion for film and politics, and being “freaked out” by modern pop culture.

Want to hear more of these? We also have podcasts featuring Healy talking to Stevie Nicks, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Mike Kinsella, Conor Oberst and Bobby Gillespie. Read the full transcripts on TheFace.com

Follow us on Twitter/Instagram: @TheFaceMagazine

Kim Gordon and Matty Healy in conversation

track 1: inspired by
18 - emawk

track 2: inspired by
Session 32 - Summer Walker
Would You - Pink Sweat$

track 3: inspired by
To Me - Alina Baraz
La Vie en Rose - Edith Piaf
Angel - FINNEAS

at second sight

i hear angels

Written by Jpk., Solar., and Young Dre Flaco.
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Beat Produced by j_5h and Big Bux Davy.
Artwork by Brandon Hall.

DOOMSDAY

DOOMSDAY (with Solar. and Young Dre Flaco)

Recorded at our various homes
Mixed by Alex Newport
Mastered by Carl Saff
Additional vocals by Cat Sanzaro

Flies In My Eyes

when i die ft.CUI$$E

New Single Get What You Want out now <3

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Flies In My Eyes

The Great Emu War Casualties

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