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John Roderick (the Long Winters) Talks Michael Bublé’s To Be Loved

By John Roderick | May 3, 2013

John Roderick (the Long Winters) Talks Michael Bublé’s To Be Loved

I thought it’d be fun to review the new Michael Bublé album because I assumed most of it would be tepid pseudo-jazz and I wanted to test my ability...

Janet Weiss (Wild Flag, Quasi, Sleater-Kinney) Talks Os Mutantes’ Fool Metal Jack

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By Janet Weiss | April 30, 2013

Janet Weiss (Wild Flag, Quasi, Sleater-Kinney) Talks Os Mutantes’ Fool Metal Jack

Can you remember the first time you heard the Beatles? That day should be listed high among life’s momentous occasions — up there with the first...

Buzz Osborne (the Melvins) Talks the Stooges’ Ready to Die

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By Buzz Osborne | April 29, 2013

Buzz Osborne (the Melvins) Talks the Stooges’ Ready to Die

Once, the Melvins were playing a festival, and the powers that be wanted us to perform right after Iggy and the Stooges. I told them I would rather...

Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü, Sugar) Talks Phoenix’s Bankrupt!

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By Bob Mould | April 26, 2013

Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü, Sugar) Talks Phoenix’s Bankrupt!

I first heard Phoenix on the 2002 compilation My House in Montmartre, a document of the French house music movement.

Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks Ghostface Killah’s 12 Reasons to Die

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By Stew | April 25, 2013

Stew (Passing Strange, the Negro Problem) Talks Ghostface Killah’s 12 Reasons to Die

The new release by Ghostface Killah and producer/film score composer/record store owner/entertainment law professor Adrian Younge...

Peter Holsapple (the dB’s, Holsapple & Stamey, Continental Drifters) Talks Willie Nelson’s Let’s Face the Music and Dance

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By Peter Holsapple | April 24, 2013

Peter Holsapple (the dB’s, Holsapple & Stamey, Continental Drifters) Talks Willie Nelson’s Let’s Face the Music and Dance

Willie Nelson is one of the scant few older country artists with an appreciable heritage who remains commercially viable in 2013, despite little...

Michael Lerner (Telekinesis) talks OMD’s English Electric

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By Michael Benjamin Lerner | April 23, 2013

Michael Lerner (Telekinesis) talks OMD’s English Electric

My introduction to OMD was backwards. Before classic singles like "Enola Gay" or "Electricity," I heard their fairly obscure 1983 album...

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Kurt Vile’s Wakin on a Pretty Daze

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By Amy Klein | April 22, 2013

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Kurt Vile’s Wakin on a Pretty Daze

There’s a moment about 20 seconds into Wakin on a Pretty Daze when you figure this new album’s going to be pretty different from Kurt Vile’s...

Winston Marshall (Mumford & Sons) talks Villagers’ {Awayland}

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By Winston Marshall | April 19, 2013

Winston Marshall (Mumford & Sons) talks Villagers’ {Awayland}

“I truly understand that I don’t understand a thing,” Conor O’Brien, of Villagers, sings in "Earthly Pleasure," a song from the band's new album...

Erika M. Anderson (EMA) Talks Anika’s Anika EP

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By Erika M. Anderson | April 18, 2013

Erika M. Anderson (EMA) Talks Anika’s Anika EP

When I first came across a profile of Anika a coupla years ago on The Stool Pigeon I remember letting out a silent little internet gasp...