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

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...

Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters) Talks La Roux’s Trouble in Paradise

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By Jake Shears | July 8, 2014

Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters) Talks La Roux’s Trouble in Paradise

The tragedy about a solid debut album, one where you've created a whole new sonic universe and vocabulary, is that you suddenly realize that you're...

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence

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By Mish Way | July 7, 2014

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence

Forget everything you know about Lana Del Rey. That’s what I had to do to hear — really hear — her latest album Ultraviolence. Like when you...

Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think) Talks Death Grips’ Niggas on the Moon

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By Craig Wedren | July 3, 2014

Craig Wedren (Shudder to Think) Talks Death Grips’ Niggas on the Moon

When I first took LSD, it felt like coming home.

Rjyan Kidwell (Cex) Talks Robin Thicke’s Paula

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By Rjyan Kidwell | July 2, 2014

Rjyan Kidwell (Cex) Talks Robin Thicke’s Paula

By naming his seventh album Paula, Robin Thicke imbues the album with a concrete identity that is immediately understandable and irrevocable.

Norman Brannon (Texas Is the Reason) Talks Big Freedia’s Just Be Free

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By Norman Brannon | July 1, 2014

Norman Brannon (Texas Is the Reason) Talks Big Freedia’s Just Be Free

There's this Mannie Fresh interview on YouTube that I've probably watched a million times. Or at least as many times as you need to watch something...

Brendan Kelly (the Lawrence Arms, the Wandering Birds) Talks Boris’ Noise

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By Brendan Kelly | June 30, 2014

Brendan Kelly (the Lawrence Arms, the Wandering Birds) Talks Boris’ Noise

Boris’ Noise is a traditional music writer’s wet dream. I can’t imagine how exciting it must be to be able to use terms like shoegaze...

Sondre Lerche Talks Brian Eno and Karl Hyde’s High Life

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By Sondre Lerche | June 27, 2014

Sondre Lerche Talks Brian Eno and Karl Hyde’s High Life

I was likely the only person to bring half a left-over corn omelette and a new record by Brian Eno and Underworld’s Karl Hyde to Rockaway Beach the...

Talib Kweli Talks Ab-Soul’s These Days…

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By Talib Kweli | June 26, 2014

Talib Kweli Talks Ab-Soul’s These Days…

Every once in a while a hip-hop collective takes the world by storm and reminds us that power does indeed come in numbers. I recall how DMX, Eve...

Buck 65 Talks Total Control’s Typical System

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By Richard Terfry | June 25, 2014

Buck 65 Talks Total Control’s Typical System

I’ve only ever been to Hawaii once. I was there for two days about ten years ago. It was a brief visit, but it made a deep impression on me.