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Driving Through the Sonoran Desert Listening to Low

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By Joey Burns | September 20, 2018

Driving Through the Sonoran Desert Listening to Low

Joey Burns (Calexico) on the transformative experience of Double Negative.

Pet Fox Makes Sinister Pop

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By Sam Rosenberg | September 13, 2018

Pet Fox Makes Sinister Pop

"Like their namesake, the band is more at home in the night, skulking around in the wash of your headlights, half daring you to run it over."

Kazuashita Emerges From the Fog of Political Fatigue

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By Eartheater | September 10, 2018

Kazuashita Emerges From the Fog of Political Fatigue

Eartheater (aka Alex Drewchin) extols the virtues of Gang Gang Dance's non-escapist, non-pacifying new record.

Oh Sees Plough Onward Through Changes and Choices Infinite

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By Andy Falkous | August 24, 2018

Oh Sees Plough Onward Through Changes and Choices Infinite

Andy Falkous dissects the evolutions, both of genre and band name, on Smote Reverser.

Thank You For Today is a Peaceful Concession to Transience

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By Julien Baker | August 17, 2018

Thank You For Today is a Peaceful Concession to Transience

Julien Baker reflects on Death Cab for Cutie's latest record and the inevitability of change.

Lamp Lit Prose Gets to the Point

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By Eric Slick | August 13, 2018

Lamp Lit Prose Gets to the Point

Per Eric Slick, "Be less conceptual and more direct."

On Youth and Growth in The Bluest Star

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By Emily Yacina | August 8, 2018

On Youth and Growth in The Bluest Star

How sweet it would be if we acknowledged our friendships in music as much as we did our romances.

Garage Rock Is Dead

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By Ali Koehler | August 6, 2018

Garage Rock Is Dead

Or, at least, the new Ty Segall/White Fence collab makes Ali Koehler wish it were.

On John Coltrane, a Brilliant Asker of Questions

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By M.C. Taylor | August 3, 2018

On John Coltrane, a Brilliant Asker of Questions

"John Coltrane's work was love in all of its messy and complicated and Godly glory."

The Ecstasies and Sorrows of Half Waif

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By Harmony Tividad | July 30, 2018

The Ecstasies and Sorrows of Half Waif

Nandi Rose Plunkett's latest album explores the catch-22 of being human.