MV & EE's Space Homestead

Hailing from Vermont, Matt Valentine and Erika Elder are MV & EE, a folky, psychedelic outfit whose amazing new albumSpace Homestead is full of rough-around-the-edges, yet beautiful lo-fi gems that remind you an eternal country summer.  Listen below to the great track Sweet Sure Gone, which has been on loop for the past few days, and you can purchase the full album which came out a few days ago on the Woodsist label. Text by Oliver Maxwell Kupper for Pas Un Autre


Nicolas Jaar's Prism of Music

The immensely talented Nicolas Jaar and his own record label Clown & Sunset label have released a compilation of music, entitled Don't Break My Love, in the form of an aluminum cube called The Prism. With music by Jaar himself,  Nikita Quasim, Vtgnike, Valentin Stip and much more. Designed by Jaar, the Prism format is meant to retain a physicality in music and promote connectivity, with two headphone jacks on either side of the rechargeable cube. Four buttons allow listeners to start, pause, and skip through tracks.

Santigold Kicks Off Transmission LA

Transmission LA, curated by Mike D of the Beastie Boys, is a multi-disciplinary festival that will be the meeting point for the Los Angeles art and music community. The sequel to the series of festivals that premiered in Berlin last year with curator and fashion designer Raf Simons, the 17-day collaborative festival includes work by Roy Choi, Benjamin Jones, Mike Mills,Tom Sachs, Public Fiction, and additional artists and musicians. Tomorrow night Santigold opens the festival tonight at The Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Transmission LA will be on view until May 6.

My Valentine Premier

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Paul McCartney & crowd (including Autre's own Adarsha Benjamin seated on the left) at the My Valentine music video (directed by Paul himself starring Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp) premier at the Stella McCartney boutique in Los Angeles. McCartney will also be re-releasing his amazing first solo album Ram on May 21st. A deluxe edition box set will include a 112-page book, photo prints, copies of handwritten lyrics and notes and four CDs as well as a film that tells the making of the album on DVD, Ramming.

Dinner in Honor of Suicide's Alan Vega

Annual Friends of Artists Space Dinner 2012 will be held in honor of legendary artist and musician Alan Vega on Saturday, May 5, 8pm. Alan Vega and his band Suicide are widely regarded as the godfathers of “No Wave.” The group’s seminal 1977 album Suicide is cited as an important influence by musicians such as Joy Division, Nick Cave, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, The Horrors, The Cars, and Bruce Springsteen. This event is held exclusively for the Friends of Artists Space. A limited number of tickets are available. Please contact: friends@artistsspace.org to inquire about tickets or how to join the Friends of Artists Space.

The Flaming Lips – Now I Understand

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As the Flaming Lips get closer to releasing their new album, entitled The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends,  a limited edition vinyl record which features an the likes of Bon Iver, Erykah Badu, Neon Indian, Nick Cave and Ke$ha, which is set for an April 21st release, they release a bonus track called Now I Understand which takes samples from the Iphone and Siri, and a vocal track by Erykah Badu.