Laraaji and Leon Kelly give meditation

Laraaji and Leon Kelly give meditation

Watch an hour of guided meditation at The FADER offices with multi-hyphenate Laraaji. Ambient composer and multi-instrumentalist Laraaji makes his “celestially guided” music by channeling the energy around him. When he stopped by The FADER offices in May alongside Brooklyn collaborator Leon Kelly, the pair offered to lead the crew in guided meditation. Of course…

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ira glass are unafraid of entropy

ira glass are unafraid of entropy

The Chicago post-post-hardcore quartet strive for catharsis amidst saxophone-and-guitar-induced carnage. ira glass: (L-R) Landon Kerouac, Jill Roth, Kaleb Wallace, and Lise Ivanova.   The Opener is The FADER’s short-form profile series of casual conversations with exciting new artists. ira glass make post-post hardcore that is playful, piercing and prodigiously loud. The Chicago quartet’s November EP…

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Pino Palladino and Blake Mills are still chasing the “challenging and irresistible”

Pino Palladino and Blake Mills are still chasing the “challenging and irresistible”

The prolific session players turned frontmen talk subverting expectations, inverting harmonies, and producing for themselves (instead of the world’s biggest pop stars). Pino Palladino (above) and Blake Mills   Justin Daashuur Hopkins / Luke Sargent Apollo Frequencies is a series exploring sounds that seem to come from another world. In this week’s edition, a dispatch…

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