CoS Exclusive Features

Interview: James Blake

By on May 23rd, 2013

You can take this with you: He’s a big fan of online chess.

The National: A New York Institution

By on May 22nd, 2013

Michael Roffman lives a day in the Empire City with its finest band.

Top 20 National Songs Expressed as GIFs

By on May 22nd, 2013

Sometimes words just don’t cut it.

The Five Best and Worst Replacement Singers

By on May 21st, 2013

You win some, you lose some, you forget some.

Festival Review: Hangout Music Festival 2013

By on May 21st, 2013

A behind-the-scenes look at covering the festival — as a VIP.

Daft Punk Random Access Memories (Alternate Version)

By on May 20th, 2013

Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories is so indebted to the past that you don’t even have to listen to the album to listen to the album. It’s fun to play music taxonomy with bands, but so rarely has a record come along and culled from everything from ’80s yacht rock to musical theatre…

Rock it Out! Blog: “A Game of Poker With Deer Tick”

By on May 20th, 2013

There’s no better interview format than this one.

Zoo Story: Y.N.RichKids Go Hard in the Finger Paint

By on May 17th, 2013

Ian Gilliam of Deep Purple once wrote a little note that explains why Y.N.RichKids are so remarkable right now. The note is printed on the back cover of an album by an obscure ’70s Brit-metal band called Jerusalem, a record produced by Gilliam. It reads:

Top 10 MP3s of The Week (5/17)

By and on May 17th, 2013

We stress this isn’t a “Waste of Time”.