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Chris Tomson (Vampire Weekend) Talks Phish’s Fuego

By Chris Tomson | June 24, 2014

Chris Tomson (Vampire Weekend) Talks Phish’s Fuego

I used to be obsessed with Phish. I once responded to a $1000 cash offer for my ticket to their NYE ‘02 show with a terse yet decisive, “No fucking...

Sean Yeaton (Parquet Courts) Talks Bane’s Don’t Wait Up

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By Sean Yeaton | June 23, 2014

Sean Yeaton (Parquet Courts) Talks Bane’s Don’t Wait Up

I've started and re-started this piece a dozen some-odd times now and I'm starting to pull my hair out.

Jesse D. Leach (Killswitch Engage, Times of Grace and the Empire Shall Fall) Talks Atmosphere’s Southsiders

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By Jesse D. Leach | June 20, 2014

Jesse D. Leach (Killswitch Engage, Times of Grace and the Empire Shall Fall) Talks Atmosphere’s Southsiders

A few days before I left for tour, a copy of Atmosphere's new album Southsiders arrived in my inbox. I was tied up doing last-minute tour...

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Gold-Bears’ Dalliance

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By Zachary Lipez | June 19, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Gold-Bears’ Dalliance

If the lyrics to the new Gold-Bears album Dalliance are fiction, then Jeremy Underwood is a genius, because halfway through I wanted to...

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Harrison Birtwistle’s Chamber Music

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By Ethan Iverson | June 18, 2014

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Harrison Birtwistle’s Chamber Music

Sir Harrison Birtwistle has always dared to ask the hard questions, searching for the most extreme expression that angular modernism can find.

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Alexis Taylor’s Await Barbarians

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By Gavin Dunbar | June 17, 2014

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Alexis Taylor’s Await Barbarians

I once played my son, who is nine, a Durutti Column album and he complained because he didn't like it, and I said, “But it's art" and, being a bit...

Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It., Pet Symmetry, Their/They’re/There) Talks Fucked Up’s Glass Boys

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By Evan Weiss | June 16, 2014

Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It., Pet Symmetry, Their/They’re/There) Talks Fucked Up’s Glass Boys

I grew up in a weird time: the post-Gen X/pre-Millennial era which (I guess) you could brand Y2K. It was an uncertain decade for many people around...