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Tim Harrington (Les Savy Fav) Talks Whatever Brains’ Whatever Brains

By Tim Harrington | July 18, 2013

Tim Harrington (Les Savy Fav) Talks Whatever Brains’ Whatever Brains

There is a longstanding tradition in counterculture music of naming your band something so off-putting or so inane that it dares the world to dis...

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing

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By Ethan Iverson | July 17, 2013

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing

Is there anything Joss Whedon can't do? He's a phenomenally successful director and screenwriter with gigantic films and TV shows like...

Mark Eitzel (American Music Club) Talks David Lynch’s The Big Dream

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By Mark Eitzel | July 16, 2013

Mark Eitzel (American Music Club) Talks David Lynch’s The Big Dream

I wanna love this because I love David Lynch, and if I could just relax for 40 minutes, dammit, I would. Music is purity and pleasure and those...

Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks SoKo’s I Thought I Was an Alien

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By Stew | July 15, 2013

Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks SoKo’s I Thought I Was an Alien

I don’t wish to write about this great record from the perspective of an old man, nor from the point of view of a younger version of myself. I wish...

Craig Finn (the Hold Steady) Talks Daughn Gibson’s Me Moan

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By Craig Finn | July 11, 2013

Craig Finn (the Hold Steady) Talks Daughn Gibson’s Me Moan

Daughn Gibson's music is most notable for how it melds sounds rooted in the recent past with those from the not-so-distant future. We live in a...

Angel Del Villar II (Homeboy Sandman) Talks Eric Lau’s One of Many

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By Angel Del Villar II | July 10, 2013

Angel Del Villar II (Homeboy Sandman) Talks Eric Lau’s One of Many

British producer/DJ Eric Lau just put out a new album called One of Many, and I’m telling y’all this is some smoothed-out ish right here...

Grant Widmer (Generationals) Talks Ciara’s Ciara

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By Grant Widmer | July 9, 2013

Grant Widmer (Generationals) Talks Ciara’s Ciara

The backstory of Ciara's fifth, self-titled album is a twisted tale, but here's what you need to know: Ciara was signed by LA Reid to LaFace...

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Föllakzoid’s II

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By Mish Way | July 8, 2013

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Föllakzoid’s II

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Hawthorne Heights’ Zero

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By Zachary Lipez | July 4, 2013

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Hawthorne Heights’ Zero

In my previous band’s occasional forays into cross-country touring, we’d usually play small clubs with audiences made up of the local ex-hardcore...

Liam Wilson (the Dillinger Escape Plan) Talks Thundercat’s Apocalypse

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By Liam Wilson | July 1, 2013

Liam Wilson (the Dillinger Escape Plan) Talks Thundercat’s Apocalypse

With his overflowing facility on the electric bass, Thundercat, aka Steven Bruner, has a musical trajectory that started at a young age and seems...