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Wander up to the very edge of the Pacific Northwest—deep through forests of trees that breathe in echoing silences, past wooden buildings that burn alight in the dark like inextinguishable flickering ghosts and where the Moon glows bright watching over it all—and you will find the place where Mount Eerie lives. Its curator, a contemplative musician called Phil Elverum, is sewn tightly to the ...

FILTER likes music. There's no hiding it. We also like our own opinions a whole bunch, so once a week we give the masses a fleeting glimpse into our selective stereos and Internet browsers to let them see firsthand what fuels our endless devotion. We like to think of it as community service. We're selfless like that. So without further ado, here are the official, inarguable, objectively good ...

FILTER Premiere - 2:54 has unveiled their new video for “Creeping,” the lead single off their self-titled debut which is set to hit the streets on May 28. “Creeping” is also the same song that generated buzz when the duo posted a home-recorded version on the Internet over than a year ago. The version that appears on record ws produced by Alan Moulder (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride, My Bloody Valentine). The ...

FILTER Premiere - Brookln-based electro-pop band, Body Language , have revealed their new video for " You Can " and today, FILTER gets to premiere it for you. The clip features sharply dressed Body Language members and others drinking, performing, dancing and canoodling. You figure out what canoodling is. " You Can " is off Body Language's Social Studies EP which is out now . Get your copy here courtesy of the ...

We're teaming up with the annual Canadian Music Week to present a very special opportunity for Canadian bands to perform at FILTER's third-annual Culture Collide Festival ! Canadian bands can submit their materials to canadianmusicfest.com/apply for their chance to be chosen as the band that will take the stage alongside acts like Junip , of Montreal , School of Seven Bells , Clinic and many ...

FILTER Premiere - The always indescribable trio of Angus Andrew , Aaron Hemphill and Julian Gross —better known as Liars —will have a new genre created and a new album under their belt with the upcoming release of WIXIW (pronounced wish-you). Set to be released on June 5th via Mute records, WIXIW will be Liars’ sixth full length studio album, but staying true to the Liars tradition, it will sound like nothing ...

Ocean Thin Films has opened a new web storefront atwww.opticalfiltershop.comthat allows shoppers to custom configure optical filters.

FILTER likes music. There's no hiding it. We also like our own opinions a whole bunch, so once a week we give the masses a fleeting glimpse into our selective stereos and Internet browsers to let them see firsthand what fuels our endless devotion. We like to think of it as community service. We're selfless like that. So without further ado, here are the official, inarguable, objectively good ...

On May 25th, FILTER 48 will hit newsstands, but we'll be making our big cover announcement at the end of this week. We can't hardly wait, so we're doing a small pre-unveil of the gorgeous art that accompanies our cover stars. Inspired by stereoscope images from the turn of the 19th century, we think the art's got a really cool vintage feel to it—though you could never, ever say that about the ...

Post-hardcore/indie-rockers, Braid , will be heading out on the road this summer and we have decided to present the whole shebang! Taking the stage about nine times, the Illinois group will hit cities like San Francisco, Philadelphia, NYC, Boston and more with Owen , Aficionado , and TS & The Past Haunts opening the show on select dates. The influential band that called it quits in 1999 and ...

2012 marks FILTER Magazine ’s tenth year in print. To celebrate, we are looking back at some of our favorite magazine features, from July 2002’s Issue #1 all the way up to this coming November’s Issue #50. Below you will find Issue #12’s cover story, in full, where we documented the journey into the world of Interpol. It all started with a cassette tape and ended with an insane asylum. Read on ...