So Me added some visual poetry to MGMT’s sophomore LP narrative with his video for “It’s Working,” which had the lads swallowed whole by a finely packaged idea factory. Pretty neat/relevant. The Stereolab-gone-Zombies jam, one of Congratulations‘ high points, gets placed in French hands again, he...

Outside of all those free downloads and EPs, Atlas Sound is following Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel with the second proper full-length Logos. According to a note from Cox written on July 4th, the 11-track collection's more in the spirit of Microcastle than his past Atlas Sound work.My last album was a bedroom laptop type t...

Stereolab have announced they are going on hiatus.

From Stereolab remixes to Halloween treats, there's been much afoot in camp Deerhunter this week. The band plays their Microcastle record release party tonight at Variety Playhouse with Pylon, Jay Reatard, and Times New Viking. If you go, you might be able to get yourself a cassette copy of the so-called Platts Eyott Session. The story: Cox reco...

His Halloween treats already in the bag, Bradford Cox has shifted his attention to remixing recent tourmates Stereolab's Chemical Chords track "Neon Beanbag." This is his so-called "Southern Baptist" remix. The opening preacher man sample sounds familiar. As far as the song itself, Cox sets chillier tones against claps and an overall phased, les...