By Marc Hogan, eMusic ContributorThat Lockett Pundt, he'll sneak up on you. In Deerhunter, frontman Bradford Cox's outsize personality makes him an easy lightning rod, but Pundt has played a hardly less electrifying role as the band's guitarist. His… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorAccording to an exclusive Hollywood Reporter story, Bradford Cox has agreed to appear in The Dallas Buyers Club. Based on the true story of Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey), the Jean-Marc Vallee film details how the… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorBankruptcy proceedings and liquidation can't seem to keep All Tomorrow's Parties down. As announced in a press release this morning, the roaming festival will resume its usual spring/summer proceedings next year, with Deerhunter and TV… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorWe've all been there. A friend is going on and on about their favorite new band and you, having just come across that very same band, echo their enthusiasm. And then, about halfway through the… more »
By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-ChiefWe were wrapping up for the afternoon when Bradford Cox, of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound, walked over to our spiritualist and announced, "I want you to read me!" What happened next was the most hilariously… more »
By Laura Studarus, eMusic ContributorSome musicians pour blood, sweat and tears into their work, laboring for years — sometimes lifetimes — to produce that one perfect album. Then there's the other group of musicians, the kind whose creativity is… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorWe know it's hard to believe there's anyone in Deerhunter but Bradford Cox — what with the towering singer's tendency to "sodomize mediocrity" before a live studio audience and all — but the band's guitarist (Lockett Pundt) is one hell of a frontman as well, albeit a more subtle one. Case in point: his second Lotus Plaza LP, Spooky Action At a Distance, a Pitchfork-approved descent into a dream world of his own devices.
Have a listen to the heat lamp harmonies, brassy chords and frantic drum fills of "Strangers" below...
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By Mark Richardson, eMusic ContributorHere on their second album, the Atlanta-based Deerhunter go through three albums' worth of changes in twelve songs. At first, the record's trisected personality is disconcerting — it sometimes sounds like Deerhunter isn't sure what… more »
By Caitlin Dewey, eMusic ContributorBradford Cox, the polarizing giant behind both Deerhunter and Atlas Sound, has made a point of mentioning his '60s girl group and doo-wop influences in virtually every interview he's ever granted. But those big-haired, harmonizing… more »