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Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Pays Tribute To His Hip-Hop Hero, Phife Dawg

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By Geoff Rickly | March 30, 2016

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Pays Tribute To His Hip-Hop Hero, Phife Dawg

The rocker always felt a kinship with Phife, even if he’s more like Q-Tip.

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks HTRK’s Psychic 9-5 Club

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By Geoff Rickly | July 9, 2014

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks HTRK’s Psychic 9-5 Club

Maybe we all have missing pieces. Maybe life, in its seemingly endless procession of days, strips things away until it feels like we're just...

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks the XX and the Most Expensive Concert Ever

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By Geoff Rickly | May 10, 2014

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks the XX and the Most Expensive Concert Ever

A couple of weeks ago I paid $2,000 to see the XX play for forty people at New York’s Park Avenue Armory. They're not one of my favorite bands or...

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Nils Frahm’s Spaces

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By Geoff Rickly | February 6, 2014

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Nils Frahm’s Spaces

There are moments in life when the traffic clears and the streets quiet and the ten thousand things fall away from us. Life comes briefly into focus.

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks the Live Evolution and Devolution of Nine Inch Nails and Godspeed You! Black Emperor

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By Geoff Rickly | November 9, 2013

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks the Live Evolution and Devolution of Nine Inch Nails and Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Before I get started, I should probably mention that reviewing a Nine Inch Nails/Godspeed You! Black Emperor show is a personal and slightly...

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Raein’s Sulla Linea Dell’Orizzonte fra Questa Mia Vita e Quella di Tutti

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By Geoff Rickly | July 25, 2013

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Raein’s Sulla Linea Dell’Orizzonte fra Questa Mia Vita e Quella di Tutti

Every few years, someone will start a debate about what punk really is. Most recently, this debate was sparked by a Seattle Weekly piece...

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN) Talks Deafheaven’s Sunbather

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By Geoff Rickly | June 24, 2013

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN) Talks Deafheaven’s Sunbather

Some records are giant mistakes. A revered artist or a promising young band will take a sharp left turn and make an overtly ambitious...

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Deerhunter’s Monomania

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By Geoff Rickly | May 13, 2013

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Deerhunter’s Monomania

Being an outsider isn't as easy as it seems. Just ask the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, whose instant classic "Maps" sabotaged their outsider ArtStar cachet...

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Cult of Youth’s Love Will Prevail

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By Geoff Rickly | March 22, 2013

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN, Ink & Dagger) Talks Cult of Youth’s Love Will Prevail

Over the course of the last 15 years of playing, listening to and talking about music, I've come to realize that there really is no such thing as a...