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Devon Welsh (Majical Cloudz) Talks Mutual Benefit’s Love’s Crushing Diamond

By Devon Welsh | December 20, 2013

Devon Welsh (Majical Cloudz) Talks Mutual Benefit’s Love’s Crushing Diamond

To me, Mutual Benefit's debut Love’s Crushing Diamond is foremost about the constant passage of momentary time and the recognition of this...

Nico Muhly Talks Beyoncé’s Beyoncé

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By Nico Muhly | December 19, 2013

Nico Muhly Talks Beyoncé’s Beyoncé

Let me tell you a story about my phone. Four times in the last few years, it has made a certain series of Noises. My current theory is that the...

Erika M. Anderson (EMA) Talks Britney Spears’s Britney Jean

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By Erika M. Anderson | December 18, 2013

Erika M. Anderson (EMA) Talks Britney Spears’s Britney Jean

At the end of some dark-hole internet night years ago I ended up watching a video of Britney Spears going through a McDonald's drive through.

Marnie Stern Talks Boston’s Life, Love & Hope

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By Marnie Stern | December 17, 2013

Marnie Stern Talks Boston’s Life, Love & Hope

I keep the radio in my bathroom tuned to the classic rock station so that when I get in the shower, I can have some fun listening to familiar stuff.

Albert Mazibuko (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) Talks the Blind Boys of Alabama’s I’ll Find a Way

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By Albert Mazibuko | December 16, 2013

Albert Mazibuko (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) Talks the Blind Boys of Alabama’s I’ll Find a Way

As a member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, I have been privileged to perform at some of the same concerts as the Blind Boys, so hearing them from the...

Sadie Dupuis Talks Lana Del Rey’s Short Film Tropico

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By Sadie Dupuis | December 14, 2013

Sadie Dupuis Talks Lana Del Rey’s Short Film Tropico

When I was fourteen, my parents sent me to Kent, a private boarding school in the northwestern corner of Connecticut. It’s one of those schools...

Austin Brown (Parquet Courts) Talks NOFX’s Stoke Extinguisher

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By Austin Brown | December 13, 2013

Austin Brown (Parquet Courts) Talks NOFX’s Stoke Extinguisher

I first found out about NOFX on the first day of middle school. Andrew, my friend from Little League baseball, came back from summer vacation with...

George Clarke (Deafheaven) Talks Jucifer’s There Is No Land Beyond the Volga

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By George Clarke | December 12, 2013

George Clarke (Deafheaven) Talks Jucifer’s There Is No Land Beyond the Volga

Jucifer has managed to accomplish something that few bands surviving 20 years do, and that's to slowly build on their sound with each release...

Moby Talks R. Kelly’s Black Panties

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By Moby | December 11, 2013

Moby Talks R. Kelly’s Black Panties

ok, to begin with, i like r. kelly. which is, in and of itself, a tricky and vaguely contentious thing to write or say in public. but i do.

Chris Frantz (Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads) Talks 7 Days of Funk’s 7 Days of Funk

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By Chris Frantz | December 10, 2013

Chris Frantz (Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads) Talks 7 Days of Funk’s 7 Days of Funk

I’ve got to say it’s a thang of beauty, this new 7 Days of Funk LP. Dâm-Funk and Snoopzilla are the new keepers of the funky flame. They have gone...