The Slow Germination of the Future

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By Sam Goblin | April 30, 2024

The Slow Germination of the Future

Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) talks the sustainability of releasing music in the landscape of 2024, and Candlebox.

Hammer No More the Fingers are Bad Boys For Life

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By Sam Goblin | October 17, 2023

Hammer No More the Fingers are Bad Boys For Life

Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) talks Silver Zebra with frontman Duncan Webster.

Greg Mendez Might Be the Spud Webb of the Singer-Songwriter Set

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By Sam Goblin | May 4, 2023

Greg Mendez Might Be the Spud Webb of the Singer-Songwriter Set

Sam Goblin (aka Mister Goblin) interviews the Philly artist.

Best of 2022: Mister Goblin’s Year In Review

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By Sam Goblin | December 22, 2022

Best of 2022: Mister Goblin’s Year In Review

Sam Goblin Shouts Out the Squad, and shares more recent favorites.

Welcome to Buttland

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By Sam Goblin | January 3, 2022

Welcome to Buttland

A defense of Butt Rock, by Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin).

HXXS Has Zero Interest in Coddling You

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By Sam Goblin | August 19, 2021

HXXS Has Zero Interest in Coddling You

Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) on how CHANNELER could change the way you anticipate music.

Des Ark Did It First

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By Sam Goblin | April 5, 2021

Des Ark Did It First

Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) pays tribute to Don’t Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker on its 10th anniversary.

Charlie Looker Revisits Extra Life’s Made Flesh with Sam Goblin

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By Sam Goblin | March 8, 2021

Charlie Looker Revisits Extra Life’s Made Flesh with Sam Goblin

“It’s like a bad smell in the room.”

Appreciating the Ordinary with Land of Talk

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By Sam Goblin | July 31, 2020

Appreciating the Ordinary with Land of Talk

Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) talks Indistinct Conversations.

A Conversation with the Bog-Dwelling Mastermind Behind Mister Goblin

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By Maggie Nye | January 14, 2020

A Conversation with the Bog-Dwelling Mastermind Behind Mister Goblin

Author Maggie Nye scores a rare interview with the 252-year-old pop sensation.

JPEGMAFIA Is Rap’s Modern Day Morpheus

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By Sam Goblin | October 2, 2019

JPEGMAFIA Is Rap’s Modern Day Morpheus

According to Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin), All My Heroes Are Cornballs forces us to experience the world as it is.

Devin Has No Tolerance for Bullshit

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By Sam Goblin | July 26, 2019

Devin Has No Tolerance for Bullshit

Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) on how Maneka’s new record navigates the “repressed ideological contradictions” of the white indie world.

Claire Cronin’s New Album is Really Spooky

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By Sam Goblin | July 9, 2019

Claire Cronin’s New Album is Really Spooky

Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) loves Big Dread Moon in the same way he loves the Halloween franchise.

La Dispute Isn’t Just a Sad Band

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By Sam Goblin | March 22, 2019

La Dispute Isn’t Just a Sad Band

Jordan Dreyer talks to Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) about Panorama, the pressures of making “sad” music, and the movie Bubble Boy.

Dicaprio 2 May Already Be J.I.D.’s Defining Masterpiece

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By Sam Goblin | January 10, 2019

Dicaprio 2 May Already Be J.I.D.’s Defining Masterpiece

For Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin), J.I.D.'s second album harkens back to Lil Wayne's Tha Carter II.

Hear First: Mister Goblin’s Final Boy

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By Sadie Dupuis | December 3, 2018

Hear First: Mister Goblin’s Final Boy

Stream the debut EP and read an essay on being a boy in a band by Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz, Sad13) here.

Sour Skittles

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By Sam Goblin | October 24, 2018

Sour Skittles

Sam Goblin on working in music while living with OCD.

Pet Fox Makes Sinister Pop

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By Sam Goblin | September 13, 2018

Pet Fox Makes Sinister Pop

"Like their namesake, the band is more at home in the night, skulking around in the wash of your headlights, half daring you to run it over."

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