Listen to Lana Del Rey's Heartbreaking Rendition of Daniel Johnston's 'Some Things Last A Long Time'

Last week, Autre got a chance to checkout Gabriel Sunday's moving short film, Hi, How Are You? at MAMA Gallery in Los Angeles that stars Daniel Johnston as an artist coming to terms with his dreams of yesteryear. The short film will be premiering tomorrow and can be preordered here. Below, listen to Lana Del Rey's cover of Some Things Last A Long Time, which is featured in the credits of the film. photograph by Terry Richardson

Pop and Circumstance: Read Alex Kazemi's Existential Review of Grimes' New Album →

Alex Kazemi is one of our favorite “voices of a generation” – a voice that has risen angelic and rebellious above the Tweeting and Snapchatting hordes. In a recent podcast, Bret Easton Ellis called Kazemi a “millennial friend” and “a contrarian 20 year old with a brilliant grasp of the contradictions that exist within his generation.” In the following review, if it can be called that, Kazemi shares his views on Grimes’ new album and wonders: “If Grimes can have a career in pop music, why can’t reality TV stars Scheana Marie and Heidi Montag?" Click here to read the review. 

Aarhus Is On Fire: Read Our Interview With An Amazing New Band From Denmark Called Liss →

Put a ‘B’ in front of Danish band Liss’ name and you have the perfect description of their unique, blissed out sound. Comprised of four teenagers from Aarhus (which is a little bit like the New Orleans of Denmark), Liss sounds like an amalgam of Arthur Russell angst and 90s R&B. Currently, Liss – who are on the Escho label (known for introducing Iceage and KLoAK to the world) – is making waves on the international music scene, and it is only a matter of time before they blow up in the States. In the following interview, Søren Holm, Vilhelm Strange, Villads Tyrrestrup, and Tobias Hansen chat with Autre about musical upbringing, their unique sound and their new single, which will be released at the end of this month. Also, listen to their incredible track, Always, at the end of the interview. Click here to read and listen. 

Friday Playlist: An Ode to Southern Lord Records in Celebration of the Announcement of the new Sunn O))) Record →

Despite decades of evidence to the contrary, music snobs still have a hard time viewing heavy metal as a musical form worthy of the label, "art." Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley have fought that notion throughout their careers. With the announcement of the duo's main band Sunn O))) releasing its first new record since 2008's 'Monoliths and Demensions (except for the 2014 'Soused' that saw the band collaborate with legendary UK singer Scott Walker), I have decided to use this Autre Playlist to pay homage to the duo's work as well as their record label, Southern Lord. Click here to listen to the full playlist.

First Look At Oneohtrix Point Never's Two Part Music Video In Collaboration With Jon Rafman

Nine days from the release of the new widely-anticipated Oneohtrix Point Never album Garden of Delete, a new single “Sticky Drama” and accompanying film by Jon Rafman and Daniel Lopatin has been released today. The short film /music video is released in two parts.  “Sticky Drama” is arguably the irregular-beating-heart and lyrical inspiration of Garden of Delete. It ensnares Lopatin’s hyper-attuned pop tendencies, as well as his reckless sonic trips into the void, and emerges as beautiful vertigo; a thorny, encompassing, truly groundbreaking classic. With a cast of over 35 children, the film tunes into this musical ambition, bringing to life a fantastical world in which characters are on a quest, battling for dominance and in a race against time to archive past histories. Inspired by the costumes, staging and extended improvised narratives of Live Action Role Play (LARP), the video reflects the vivid, often violent world of children’s imaginations and games, as well as extending both artists’ ongoing investigation into appropriation, the nature of memory and the horror of data loss. The piece was originally commissioned by the Zabludowicz Collection in conjunction with Warp Records. An alternative edit of it has been showing as part of Rafman’s multi-format exhibition currently showing in London.

Watch The Premier of Bradley Bailey's "Bone Song" Where He Plays An Acoustic Guitar With Nothing More Than A Human Femur Bone

In honor of all things dark, mystical and spooky, we present the premier of Bradley Bailey's "Bone Song," which is a sort of shamanic composition that harkens the soundtrack of a pagan ceremony. Bailey, who we interviewed a few years ago, plays the guitar with nothing more than a human femur bone. In the interview, Bailey remarks: "The human femur is the perfect bone for it functionally and also provides for a profound example of the fact that music is vibration and with its creation, it also carries destruction, it's a very natural phenomena, it courses through us at all times and extends beyond our very perception and sensory experience of it." The video has no effects or microphone and the sounds you hear are entirely acoustic. The short film is directed by Zev Deans & Jacqueline Castel.

Happy Halloween: For Autre's Friday Playlist, Listen to the Best of Horror Original Soundtracks →

While I'm not a huge Halloween fan, my love of horror cinema is only bested by my love of music. Luckily, the two mediums have always gone hand-in-hand. Films simply can't be scary without tense and eerie sounds gripping the film viewer as it goes along.  Click here to listen to the full playlist. 

Premier Of The Final Installment of Haelos' Music Video Trilogy For the Track "Dust"

Today Autre premiered the last two parts of Haelos' music video trilogy directed by Jesse Jenkins - the one above for the track "Dust" and for the track "Pray."  In August, we premiered the first installment, for the track "Earth Not Above" and a link to purchase their new EP on the Matador record label. We're excited for whatever Haelos puts out next. 

Part Two Of Haelos' Music Video Trilogy for the Track "Pray"

In August, Autre featured part one of London-based trio Haelos' music video – for the track "Earth From Above" This time around, we feature part two of the trilogy – for the track "Pray" – which takes further the journey of heartbreak, lust and euphoria. Haelos have just been announced for next year’s SXSW. This weekend the band will play the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris. The music video trilogy, directed by Jesse Jenkins, is a powerful introduction for the band that just signed to the Matador records label. 

For This Week's Friday Playlist, Jam to the Deliciously Sweet Sounds of Motown Soul and Funk →

Whenever I get the proverbial gun to the head and am asked if I could only listen to one genre of music forever, I go with soul and funk. Why? Because it's everything: amazing lyrics, amazing singing, political, emotional, makes you dance, makes you cry, makes you sex. Click here to listen to the playlist.

For Autre's 8th Friday Playlist We Invite You To Get Amped With Amphetamine Reptile Records →

When Nirvana blew up, the door was wide open for loud rock bands to be signed to lucrative major label deals, and of course, many bands did just that. It's still a testament to how crazy a time the early '90s was for the music industry that a band as bizarre as Royal Trux was signed to Virgin Records. Even then, there were still plenty of rock bands that wanted to be as weird as possible and wanted nothing to do with the majors. For them, record labels like the Washington State-based Amphetamine Reptile were blessings. Click here to read all about the fascinating label and take a listen to few highlights from their catalogue. 

For Autre's 7th Friday Playlist, Indulge in the Extreme Sound of Second Wave Black Metal →

Before I continue, I should mention that I really don’t listen to extreme music with the same regularity that I once did. When I was about 20 to 22 years old (2009 to 2011 or so) I was living in Tucson, studying creative writing, and carrying a major chip on my shoulder. I was wearing black exclusively (even in punishing Arizona heat), watching horror films, reading Anton Lavey, using hard drugs, and listening to the most extreme forms of music that I could find: harsh noise, death metal, power electronics, power violence, dark ambient, and lots and lots of black metal. It was fun for a while, but I lacked the pervasive sense of unhappiness to really commit to that lifestyle. So I moved on, or back, to other forms of music that I loved: hip-hop, dance music, psychedelic rock, jazz, punk, etc.. But an appreciation for the explorers of extreme sound has persisted. Click here to listen to the playlist.

Private Unveiling of The Album Art For Rihanna's Eighth Studio Album @ MAMA Gallery In Los Angeles

Rihanna celebrated the unveiling of her album art, by Israeli-born New York based artist Roy Nachum, at a private gathering held at MAMA gallery in Los Angeles. The album name, Anti, was also revealed, but there is no set date for the record release.  photographs by Oliver Maxwell Kupper

Watch The New Music Video For Yelle's Track Moteur Action Off Their Album Complètement Fou

Over the summer, we premiered Yelle's track Ba$$in from their current album Completement Fou, or Completely Crazy. This time around, we're presenting the equally strange video for the short track Moteur Action. Go see Yelle at the Casino de Paris on October 10. 

For Autre's Sixth Friday Playlist We Invite You To Fire Up The Biggest Spliff You Can Roll and Listen To These Dub Tracks →

Once in a while I find myself pulling out my dub and reggae records: Lee “Scratch” Perry’s ‘Ape-ology,’ The Congos’ ‘Heart of the Congo,’ Augustus Pablo’s ‘King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown,’ and even that glory hogging egomaniac Bob Marley, who just couldn’t live without the toe (I’ll quantify soon). I don’t listen to these records for the same reasons that hippie stoner burnouts do, which is primarily for the sake of wearing Birkenstocks and drug rugs to more occasions. I have always loved the music’s textures: the melodies swirling into one another all tied together through one very simple and elegant beat. It is very heady music, indeed, but it’s also very musical music. Click here to listen to the playlist.

We Love Dutch Hip Hop Group De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig's Music Video For the Track Manon

Created by Amsterdam based creative powerhouse Lernert & Sander, the genius music video for Dutch hip hop group De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig's single Manon goes for pussy power with a bevy of cats playing against a stark pink background – veiled innuendo or not, we love it. 

Autre Exclusively Debuts New Song From Kisses’ Upcoming Album That Comes With A Delicious Limited-Edition Plum Jam

photograph by John Michael Fulton

We’ve been following Los Angeles based pop duo Kisses for a long time. It’s a cliché thing to admit, but they have been a regular soundtrack to our life for the last five years – since their extremely cool and sexy debut album, The Heart of the Nightlife. Sexy is the perfect way to describe Kisses – it’s their name, but it’s also the sound. Combining Jesse Kivel’s nonchalant, vintage-hued timbre and lyrics of youthful abandon and Zinzi Edmundson’s disco-inspired instrumentation, Kisses make undeniable magic for your ears and the dance floor. So, it was beyond exciting when we were asked if we wanted to exclusively premier a track off their upcoming album, Rest In Paradise (out October 9th), which sees Kisses collaborating with a live backing band, Midnight Magic, for the first time. This move from synth to live composition makes the record literally levitate with a new kind of aural luminance that harkens back to early Talking Heads, Orange Juice or even The English Beat. Below, we offer the first listen of the incredible track, entitled “Jam.” In what may be a first, the band has collaborated with L.A. based preserves company and eatery Sqirl to create a custom-made plum jam for the debut of the track. Lead singer Kivel describes the track as “…a song best served with a piece of Chloe Sevigney "toe-ast" – which is why we paired with our friend Jessica at Sqirl to debut this song and a limited edition, literal jam. The tune takes you on a complex and flavorful journey, much like our tasty jam. Fun fact, Erika Spring adds some vocal harmonies on this tune.” This weekend, you can get a taste of this delicious jam and a taste of Kisses’ new album at a special listening party held at Formerly Yes in Downtown Los Angeles – you can RSVP here. The jam is also available for purchase with Hit City USA, the label that takes these tasty grooves from the studio, to your earbuds, and straight down to your dancing feet. Turn up your speakers and press play below.