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Kurt Braunohler Talks Superchunk, Music, Time and Loss

By Kurt Braunohler | August 24, 2013

Kurt Braunohler Talks Superchunk, Music, Time and Loss

Let’s get this out of the way: I don’t know how to review music. I could say “I love it!” or “It sounds angry like a blender!” But is that helpful...

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Heliotropes’ A Constant Sea

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By Amy Klein | August 23, 2013

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Heliotropes’ A Constant Sea

Some folks like to take a little time each day to remind themselves what they’re grateful for. As for me, I am grateful for the electric guitar...

Sondre Lerche Talks Julia Holter’s Loud City Song

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By Sondre Lerche | August 21, 2013

Sondre Lerche Talks Julia Holter’s Loud City Song

A couple of weeks ago on a hot, sunny day in Oslo — a modest, modern city of 600,000 souls and, on that particular day, myself — I woke up feeling...

Missy Mazzoli (Victoire) Talks Zola Jesus and J.G. Thirlwell feat. Mivos Quartet’s Versions

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By Missy Mazzoli | August 20, 2013

Missy Mazzoli (Victoire) Talks Zola Jesus and J.G. Thirlwell feat. Mivos Quartet’s Versions

The most striking part of Versions, the new album from Nika Roza Danilova, aka Zola Jesus, isn’t the presence of a string quartet or the...

Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches) Talks Braids’ Flourish // Perish

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By Lauren Mayberry | August 19, 2013

Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches) Talks Braids’ Flourish // Perish

It seems to me that, each in their own way, musicians strive to create something beautiful – but for me, the truly beautiful songs are, for want of...

Sean Yeaton (Parquet Courts) Talks the Vaccines’ Melody Calling

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By Sean Yeaton | August 16, 2013

Sean Yeaton (Parquet Courts) Talks the Vaccines’ Melody Calling

I was recently in Portland performing at a festival at Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, which, to digress for a moment, was fantastic — the vibes...

Rick Smith (Torche) Talks Medicine’s To the Happy Few

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By Rick Smith | August 15, 2013

Rick Smith (Torche) Talks Medicine’s To the Happy Few

I was curious if a new Medicine record would be any good. Their debut Shot Forth Self Living was released in 1992 by Creation Records...

Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) Talks Van Dyke Parks’ Songs Cycled

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By Zac Pennington | August 14, 2013

Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls) Talks Van Dyke Parks’ Songs Cycled

Opinions are fickle things. What appeals to the pleasure centers at first blush doesn’t always maintain stamina. Likewise, the longer it takes for...

Kathy Valentine (the Go-Go’s, the BlueBonnets) Talks Blue October’s Sway

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By Kathy Valentine | August 13, 2013

Kathy Valentine (the Go-Go’s, the BlueBonnets) Talks Blue October’s Sway

The first time music made me cry, it was because of the sheer melodic and soulful beauty of what I was listening to, not because the lyrics were...

DJ Nu-Mark (Jurassic 5) Talks Mayer Hawthorne’s Where Does This Door Go

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By DJ Nu-Mark | August 12, 2013

DJ Nu-Mark (Jurassic 5) Talks Mayer Hawthorne’s Where Does This Door Go

The third album for any artist seems to send them on a soul-searching adventure that eventually leads most of them to the age-old question...