Lotus Plaza

30 of Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums of 2012

Today Pitchfork posted the first half (well, first 30 albums) of their Top 50 Albums of 2012 list. There are some surprises on it, like Peaking Lights and Sharon Van Etten, who seemed more likely to end up on their Honorable Mentions list due to their relatively lower scores and the fact that most of the albums on this list were awarded Best New Music throughout the y…

Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2012 (Grimes' "Oblivion" is #1)

Pitchfork just posted their much anticipated list of the top 100 tracks of 2012. The #1 slot went to… Grimes! Whether you thought the whole of her album Visions was good or not, it was hard to deny the charms of “Oblivion…

TV on the Radio & Deerhunter curating ATP UK festivals; Lotus Plaza has a new video (watch)

TVOTR at Afropunk 2012 (more by Gretchen Robinette) Deerhunter at Webster Hall in 2011 (more by Jessica Amaya) While ATP NY is about to go down on Pier 36 in Manhattan this weekend (9/21-23), ATP UK has just announced two 2013 festivals to go down in Camber Sa…

Lotus Plaza played Mercury Lounge, playing Knit tonight

” doesn’t need punk anymore,” said his Deerhunter bandmate Bradford Cox in an interview with Pitchfork last year. This came across pretty evidently at Mercury Lounge last night (7/18), where Lockett and band played their first of two NYC shows this week for his Lotus Plaza project…

Ape School opening for Lotus Plaza tonight (not sold out), playing Glasslands in August

DOWNLOAD: Ape School – Marijuana’s on the Phone (MP3) Philadelphia psych-rockers Ape School are opening for Lotus Plaza tonight (7/18) at Mercury Lounge which, surprisingly, isn’t sold out…

#P4K Festival 2012 pics & review (part 4) - Grimes, Nicolas Jaar, Psychic Paramount, Liturgy, Youth Lagoon, Danny Brown & more

and James Richards IV Day 2 of the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival happened on Saturday (7/14) with sets from Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Empero…

Pitchfork Fest 2012 day 2 in pics (Godspeed, Hot Chip, Grimes, Wild Flag, Chromatics, Flying Lotus, Cloud Nothings & more)

& Chase Turner The 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival continued on Saturday (7/14), and like day 1, Chicago’s Union Park was plagued by some rain, but everything moved along as planned and the weather cleared up by mid-afternoon…

Lotus Plaza playing Sub-t during Pitchfork Fest w/ Dent May & Hollow Stars

Lotus Plaza @ Lincoln Hall in April (more by Zach Pollack) Lotus Plaza, the current project of Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt, are headed our way next week to perform on Saturday (7/14) of the Pitchfork Music Festival…

Ape School ready 'Junior Violence' (MP3), playing shows (one w/ Lotus Plaza)

DOWNLOAD: Ape School – Marijuana’s on the Phone (MP3) You may remember Ape School, the current musical project from Philadelphia resident Michael Johnson who previously spent time in Holopaw as well as a stint in Lilys…

Lotus Plaza played Portland after Psych Fest (pics & video), returning to Texas to play El Paso & Houston (dates)

Lotus Plaza, the project of Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt, has been continuing to tour in support of his great new album, Spooky Action at a Distance…
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