“Good Music Will Prevail,” that is the motto we have been championing here at FILTER Magazine headquarters for 10 years. That's right, FILTER, the independently-owned avant-garde music magazine, has now entered its 10th year in print, a pretty massive milestone indeed.

Over the past ten years (2002 - 2012) FILTER Magazine has stayed true to its roots. The publication was founded on the philosophy of printing quality content about quality music, helping fans to discover artists and their stories. From the first issue, On The Dark Side of The Moon with Weezer, which hit newsstands in July 2002, to the upcoming issue 47, on-sale Feb. 17, the magazine’s unwavering dedication to guide people towards good music discovery has kept its readership growing and FILTER readers coming back for more.

So what does this mean for you, the FILTER reader? As the year rolls out, we will be revisiting certain features from every single FILTER Issue ever published including covers stories from David Bowie, Lou Reed & The Strokes, Tom Waits, Bjork and more and we will also look at where all of our Getting To Know artists are now.

10 Years of FILTER : Issue 1: On The Dark Side Of The Moon With Weezer

10 Years of FILTER: Issue #1 Revisited, Getting To Know Bright Eyes, Doves + More (July 2002)

10 Years of FILTER: Issue #2 Cover Story: Björk

10 Years of FILTER: Issue #2 Revisited, Getting To Know Interpol, Jazzanova + More (September, 2002)

10 Years of FILTER: Issue #3 Cover Story: Coldplay

10 Years of FILTER: Issue #3 Revisited, Getting To Know Clinic, Röyksopp + More (Nov/Dec, 2002)

10 Years of FILTER: Issue #4 Cover Story: The Dandy Warhols

10 Years of FILTER: Issue #4 Revisited, Getting To Know 2 Many DJs, The Coral and more (March 2003)

2012 will also feature FILTER's 50th Magazine issue, new content on the FILTER Magazine iPad App, 2012 SXSW Rainey St. takeover with four venue showcases, new Good Music Guides, Coachella Kick Off Party, Official Lollapalooza after parties, and the grandaddy of them all, the third annual Culture Collide Festival.

So be on the lookout everyone. 2012 will be an exciting year for FILTER Magazine.

Good Music Will Prevail.
 

Austin City Limits will be airing their next installment of ACL TV via PBS featuring Chicago natives Wilco (FILTER Magazine Cover alum Issue #25). Tune in Saturday February 4th to watch the  celebrated sextet play tunes from their latest record The Whole Love and others from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and more. You never know, you might catch a guest appearance by Nick Lowe! Check your local listings for the airing of ACL TV's productions aired via PBS. 

To catch up on the past aired episodes of ACL TV for performances from highly acclaimed artists such as Fleet Foxes, Coldplay, Arcade Fire and mor e visit Here.

Wilco at ACL: Behind the Scenes "War On War" from Jonathan Jackson on Vimeo.

Your week is busy and we know that. So rather than put everything that we on the FILTER front have posted to our website into one long recap list, we wanted to just pluck a few gems from the bunch for you to revisit. These are the cream of the crop.

10 Years of FILTER: Issue #4 Cover Story: The Dandy Warhols
Some interviews are standard Q+As and some are just plain old hang-outs, our interview in FILTER Issue #4 with The Dandy Warhols falls somewhere between hang-out and tell-all.

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIONS: FILTER’s Weekly Picks

This week's FILTER Staff OBSESSIVE COMPULSIONS picks include Sleigh Bells, Sharon Van Etten, Happy Socks, Kevin Smith and more. Click through to read why.

10 Years of FILTER: Issue #4 Revisited, Getting To Know 2 Many DJs, The Coral and more (March 2003)
Getting To Know is a section in the magazine that serves as a good gauge for our predictions of greatness. In FILTER Issue #4, released February/March 2003, we introduced 2 Many DJs, The Datsuns, The Microphones, Turin Brakes, Muggs, and The Coral. Here is a brief look at those artists, then and now.

In The Bin: Permanent Records’ Gnarliest Rock Records of 2011 (FILTER Exclusive)

FILTER and Permanent Records have joined forces to presents a new monthly feature for us which will feature them doing what they do best, talk about music and reccomend some new jams. Every month a new "In The Bin" feature will hit the FILTER site and will cover new vinyl and bands that have come through the Permanent Records bins (get it?) and that is about all the rules we have them.

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Attention all Sasquatch followers - the Sasquatch! Music Festival has officially announced their lineup for 2012! Taking place at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington Memorial Day weekend (May 25-28), Sasquatch! Music Festival has made a mark amongst the ever growing roster of music festival around the world by conjuring up a most unique experience out in the woods of Washingston.

Enough with information you might already know, let's get to the good stuff. Artists on the lineup for Sasquatch! Music Festival 2012 include the following:

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You might recognize these guys from our latest FILTER Magazine Issue #46. Real Estate getting back to it for the Spring, gearing up for their tour in the Spring in preparation for their Coachella sets. Don't worry, they're giving the whole U.S. some love. See below for the Spring tour dates.

Find out some more on the band in FILTER's Getting to Know magazine feature in Issue #46, Here.

For our review of Real Estate's latest album, head on over here.


LIVE TOUR DATES:

4/03    Philadelphia, PA    First Unitarian Church
4/04    Baltimore, MD       Ottobar
4/05    Richmond, VA        Strange Matter
4/06    Raleigh, NC         Hopscotch Presents at Lincoln Theatre
4/07    Athens, GA          40 Watt Club
4/08    Oxford, MS          Cats Purring Dude Ranch
4/09    Little Rock, AR     Rev Room
4/10    Dallas, TX          Club Dada
4/11    Austin, TX          The Mohawk
4/15    Indio, CA           Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
4/20    Seattle, WA         The Neptune
4/22    Indio, CA           Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
4/23    Santa Cruz, CA      Catalyst Atrium
4/24    San Francisco, CA   Great American Music Hall
4/25    Reno, NV            Holland Project
4/26    Salt Lake City, UT  Urban Lounge
4/27    Englewood, CO       Gothic Theatre
4/28    Lawrence, KS        Bottleneck
4/29    St. Louis, MO       Plush
4/30    Columbus, OH        Newport Music Hall
5/01    Harrisburg, PA      Appalachian Brewing Co.

 

Bonnie "Prince" Billy has just announced the release of the new single "Time To Be Clear" out on Drag City on Feb. 28. One four-minute album track plus two four-minute non-album on two sides of a 7" single, "Time to be Clear" from the album Wolfroy Goes to Town, introduces avid listeners and fans to two non-LP songs "Whipped" and "Out-of-Mind." Look out for this two-song 7" called 'The B-Sides for "Time to be Clear"'  and "Time to be Clear" this month. If you liked  Wolfroy Goes to Town, you are sure to enjoy the new single "Time To Be Clear" (available digitally) and 7" b-sides release (vinyl).

These songs were recorded with the suddenly-ubiquitous Bonny crew of Ben Boye, Van Campbell, Emmett Kelly, Danny Kiely and Angel Olson. Both sides were recorded with David Ferguson, who brings his strong roots and subtle flair to the mix. The cover drawing was supplied by the great American artist, publisher and aesthete, Sammy Harkham.

Bonnie "Prince" Billy, The b-sides for Time To Be Clear (Drag City), avaiable: Feb. 28, 2012.

Track List:

1. Time To Be Clear 
2. Whipped
3. Out-Of-Mind

Bonnie Prince Billy - Black Captain from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

At some point or another, you will most likely find yourself in a new town, city, state, even country with no idea where to go or what to do to waste time. Well have no fear, FILTER is here to help.

In Your Town turns the FILTER website into a virtual "what's what" guide to specific places around the world, but rather than us telling you what you should check out, we enlist the help of artists from those specific area. We might have the best taco spot in Tokyo, the best place to get your hair braided in Ontario, the cleanest toilet in London, there are no rules. The only thing we can promise is that these guides are for the true travelers.

Got a place in mind? Let us know and we will get an artist to cover it.

Our first contribution to the In Your Town feature comes from Nic Snyder and Josh Sickels of French Kiss Records artist, 1,2,3. These guys give you the scoop on Pittsburgh, PA like where to get some pizza, the best bar for cheap drinks and most importantly, a kick-ass water park.

Nic's Picks:

Jerry's Records (2136 Murray Avenue  Pittsburgh, PA 15217)
Why: It's by far the biggest used record store in Pittsburgh. It's as cheap as any vinyl collector could possibly ask for. It comes equipt with listening stations in case a particular mystery band's artwork strikes your fancy. And the beer-sweat smelling old heads who work there are more enthusiastic than they are dicks. Some say Millvale's Attic Record Store is better, but that remains to be proven.

Gooski's (3117 Brereton Street  Pittsburgh, PA 15219)
Why: Everyone's favorite dive. Cheap ass drinks, the best jukebox in Pittsburgh, and the atmosphere is beautifully dark and dinged up. Last time I was there the Black Lips were a couple rounds deep into a ping-pong tournament.

The Castle (???)
Why: It's one of Pittsburgh's only after hour bars. Basically every overly drunk sceney and seedy person in the Bloomfield/Lawrenceville area looking to keep it going past 2 a.m. will be there until the door guy, Buttercup, kicks them out. Only thing is, it's location is a secret and even if you do track it down, you gotta know someone to get in.



Josh's Picks:




Mineo's Pizza House 2128 Murray Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Why: Best pizza in Pittsburgh. Best pizza anywhere, really. OK, Di Fara's in Brooklyn is great too, but Mineo's is a different breed. It's not thick or thin crust, and the amount of cheese they put on the pizza is very egregious. It's greasy as hell, but quite amazing, and the crust is unlike most pizza around, its mostly a cornmeal crust, and is kinda chewy like bread. Definitely a Pittsburgh must.





Mount Washington Lookout 100 Grandview Ave. Pittsburgh, PA
Why: The best view of the city. Pittsburgh has some pretty remarkable architecture, as well as the most bridges in the world, giving us the nickname "The City of Bridges." 446, to be exact. We have two rivers that run on opposite sides of the city that form into a point, to make the "three rivers." Just an overall great look, and something I always show out of towners when they visit.




Sandcastle Water Park 1000 Sandcastle Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15120
Why: Pittsburgh's premier water park. Pittsburgh's only water park, actually. On the subject of Pittsburgh "amusement" parks in general, most would say Kennywood here, America's oldest, but since I'm a water park enthusiast, I gotta go with Sandcastle. It's located directly on the Monongahela River, amidst a background of green hills and industrial wasteland. Quite the view. Try the Blue Tubalooba. Awesome enclosed slide that gets pitch black for about ten seconds while flying up and down walls at a 90 degree angle. Gnarly.
 

After dropping some dates of their tour last year, Mogwai has announced plans to come back with a slew of solid dates in support of their recent release, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will.

The Scottish post-rockers will be kicking things off in Oregon followed by a few west coast dates before heading east for the remaining dates. Check out the ful list below.

Get more info on Mogwai's latest releases right here.

Tour Dates:

May
30 Portland, OR - Wonderball Room

June
01 San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
02 Los Angeles, CA - The Music Box
03 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
08 Atlanta, GA - Center Stage
11 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
12 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
14-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall
16 Boston, MA - House of Blues
17 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
18 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
20 Chicago, IL - Metro
 

Heartless Bastards are excited to announce the third leg of dates for their North American tour! Touring in support of their new album, Arrow, out February 14th, Heartless Bastards are not joking around when they say they're hitting the road. They're going on tour and hitting it hard, making stops in major cities such as New York, Boston, Toronto to Little Rock, Aspen and Knoxsville. The third round of dates begins at Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge on May 11th and concludes at the Wakarusa Music Festival in Ozark, AK on May 31st. From February 1st to 3rd, tickets will be sold exclusively at theheartlessbastards.com, with a public on-sale date of February 3rd. The complete list of tour dates is below.

Stream Heartless Bastards' Arrow via NPR's First Listen Here.

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LA-based garage rock band Superhumanoids are hitting road to take over the U.S.! Catch these guys on the road while they support Active Child and Balam Acab on their upcoming North American tour. The dates will follow previously announced tours supporting Cold War Kids and Class Actress. To celebrate the good news, Superhumanoids are have a brand new track to share with you all (see below)!

Download "Geri", the first single off their new LP Exhibitionists, due out later this year.

Geri by Superhumanoids

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