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Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Black Knights’ Medieval Chamber

By Mish Way | January 17, 2014

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Black Knights’ Medieval Chamber

Halfway through the song “Déjà Vu” on Black Knights' debut Medieval Chamber, the beat abruptly cuts out, and a cavernous tom-tom pushes...

Gareth David (Los Campesinos!) Talks Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks’ Wig Out at Jagbags

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By Gareth David | January 16, 2014

Gareth David (Los Campesinos!) Talks Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks’ Wig Out at Jagbags

I wonder how Stephen Malkmus feels. For the most part, it's been impossible, really, to get inside his mindset throughout his near quarter-century...

Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) Talks Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings’ Give the People What They Want

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By Shara Nova | January 15, 2014

Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) Talks Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings’ Give the People What They Want

The backstory to Give the People What They Want is that last summer, Sharon Jones was diagnosed with stage-two pancreatic cancer. The album...

Matthew Dear Talks Broken Bells’ After the Disco

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By Matthew Dear | January 14, 2014

Matthew Dear Talks Broken Bells’ After the Disco

It's hard to think of Danger Mouse without a musical collaborator. It's as if the man cannot operate without a co-conspirator. Having worked with...

Peter Holsapple (the dB’s, Holsapple & Stamey, Continental Drifters) Talks Rosanne Cash’s The River & the Thread

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By Peter Holsapple | January 13, 2014

Peter Holsapple (the dB’s, Holsapple & Stamey, Continental Drifters) Talks Rosanne Cash’s The River & the Thread

We never knew how good we had it. There was a more civilized time in the latter part of the 20th century when Rosanne Cash was a fixture on...

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Vex Ruffin’s Vex Ruffin

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By Zachary Lipez | January 10, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Vex Ruffin’s Vex Ruffin

There are two directions you can go in this world if you're choosing to live your life as an early '80s synth-pop band (which, for the purposes of...

Eddie Argos (Art Brut) Talks Toy’s Join the Dots

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By Eddie Argos | January 9, 2014

Eddie Argos (Art Brut) Talks Toy’s Join the Dots

The end of the year is a funny time of year to be reviewing albums. The list of upcoming releases I was sent to choose from was chock-a-block with...

Ben Allison Talks Schematic’s Color (n.) Inside the Lines

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By Ben Allison | January 8, 2014

Ben Allison Talks Schematic’s Color (n.) Inside the Lines

I'm a jazz musician. I live and create in a world of instrumental music, a world without lyrics, where musical conversations happen in the moment.

Various Artists (Mish Way, Matthew Shipp, Eddie Argos and more) Talk Overlooked Albums of 2013 Part Two

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By Various Artists | January 7, 2014

Various Artists (Mish Way, Matthew Shipp, Eddie Argos and more) Talk Overlooked Albums of 2013 Part Two

Every year, a few great albums slip through the cracks. That's sad but inevitable — you just can't hear 'em all, especially when more than...

Various Artists (James McNew, Laura Pleasants, Sean Yeaton and more) Talk Overlooked Albums of 2013 Part One

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By Various Artists | January 6, 2014

Various Artists (James McNew, Laura Pleasants, Sean Yeaton and more) Talk Overlooked Albums of 2013 Part One

Every year, a few great albums slip through the cracks. That's sad but inevitable — you just can't hear 'em all, especially when more than...