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Kip Berman (The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) Talks the Pastels’ Slow Summits

By Kip Berman | June 13, 2013

Kip Berman (The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) Talks the Pastels’ Slow Summits

Like Sarah Records, anoraks and the oft-cited but mostly misremembered NME mixtape C86, the Pastels have become shorthand for something...

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Surfer Blood’s Pythons

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By Mish Way | June 12, 2013

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Surfer Blood’s Pythons

The elephant in the room: Surfer Blood leader John Paul Pitts’ 2012 domestic battery charges.

Mickey Melchiondo (Ween) Talks Anvil’s Hope in Hell

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By Mickey Melchiondo | June 11, 2013

Mickey Melchiondo (Ween) Talks Anvil’s Hope in Hell

Anvil didn’t really come onto my radar until the documentary The Story of Anvil came out in 2008. I remember seeing their name in the...

Janet Weiss (Quasi, Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag) Talks Sonny and the Sunsets’ Antenna to the Afterworld

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By Janet Weiss | June 10, 2013

Janet Weiss (Quasi, Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag) Talks Sonny and the Sunsets’ Antenna to the Afterworld

For the past 20 years, throughout my continuing course as a rock & roll drummer, my paramount aspiration has been to get through to someone — to...

Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger) Talks Eleanor Friedberger’s Personal Record

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By Sean Nelson | June 7, 2013

Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger) Talks Eleanor Friedberger’s Personal Record

Even though it’s kind of lazy and wishful to seize on an opening line to confer an overarching thematic intention on an album, it’s hard not to be...

Anika Talks Mount Kimbie’s Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

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By Anika | June 6, 2013

Anika Talks Mount Kimbie’s Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

I've been waiting for this album for quite some time. The first Mount Kimbie album, 2010's Crooks & Lovers, made quite an impression...

Nadia Sirota Talks Future Bible Heroes’ Partygoing

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By Nadia Sirota | June 5, 2013

Nadia Sirota Talks Future Bible Heroes’ Partygoing

I first listened to Future Bible Heroes' new record Partygoing on the tube from Heathrow Airport into central London after an overnight...

Kathy Valentine (the BlueBonnets, Go-Go’s) Talks Queens of the Stone Age’s …Like Clockwork

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By Kathy Valentine | June 4, 2013

Kathy Valentine (the BlueBonnets, Go-Go’s) Talks Queens of the Stone Age’s …Like Clockwork

Summer of 1968, I’m a kid visiting my dad’s family in west Texas. One day, my 16-year-old cousin KJ holed up in his room for hours listening to...

Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) Talks Skinny Puppy’s Weapon

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By Randy Blythe | June 3, 2013

Randy Blythe (Lamb of God) Talks Skinny Puppy’s Weapon

I love my job. When I'm not raking in the big bucks writing about music for the Talkhouse, I'm usually on tour, hopping across the globe and...

Laura Pleasants (Kylesa) talks Alice in Chains’ The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

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By Laura Pleasants | May 31, 2013

Laura Pleasants (Kylesa) talks Alice in Chains’ The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

When I was in ninth grade, I had a pink lava lamp set up in my closet that illuminated the small walls with curvy color and atmosphere. The nearly...