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Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist) Talks Quasimoto’s Yessir Whatever

By Ashok Kondabolu | June 26, 2013

Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist) Talks Quasimoto’s Yessir Whatever

I once saw a briefly-posted video on the Stones Throw label's website of a lecture Otis Jackson, Jr., aka hyper-prolific producer/rapper/musician...

Sean Yeaton (Parquet Courts) Talks Mikal Cronin’s MCII

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By Sean Yeaton | June 25, 2013

Sean Yeaton (Parquet Courts) Talks Mikal Cronin’s MCII

My band was barreling down Highway 8 from Phoenix to San Diego, where we drove past the same buttery sand dunes where, in Return of the Jedi...

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN) Talks Deafheaven’s Sunbather

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By Geoff Rickly | June 24, 2013

Geoff Rickly (Thursday, UN) Talks Deafheaven’s Sunbather

Some records are giant mistakes. A revered artist or a promising young band will take a sharp left turn and make an overtly ambitious...

Rachel Trachtenburg (SUPERCUTE!) Talks Katy Perry: Part of Me

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By Rachel Trachtenburg | June 22, 2013

Rachel Trachtenburg (SUPERCUTE!) Talks Katy Perry: Part of Me

"I Kissed a Girl'' is a damn good pop song. What may push it over the edge is that it has the same beat as ''Rock & Roll, Pt. 2.'' You can't help...

Vijay Iyer Talks Boards of Canada’s Tomorrow’s Harvest

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By Vijay Iyer | June 20, 2013

Vijay Iyer Talks Boards of Canada’s Tomorrow’s Harvest

Before I was sent Tomorrow’s Harvest, I was first administered a drip of previous Boards of Canada albums, as if without the proper...

Steve Wynn (the Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, the Baseball Project) Talks Primal Scream’s More Light

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By Steve Wynn | June 19, 2013

Steve Wynn (the Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, the Baseball Project) Talks Primal Scream’s More Light

Most musicians know — well, hopefully, they do — that ecstatic feeling of hearing a record so good, so exciting and inspirational that it...

Kurt Wagner (Lambchop) Talks Sigur Rós’ Kveikur

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By Kurt Wagner | June 18, 2013

Kurt Wagner (Lambchop) Talks Sigur Rós’ Kveikur

I hardly ever get high anymore. It must be a sign of old age, as my younger, higher-living friends suggest. But for some reason I thought it might...

James McNew (Dump, Yo La Tengo) Talks Steve Gunn’s Time Off

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By James McNew | June 17, 2013

James McNew (Dump, Yo La Tengo) Talks Steve Gunn’s Time Off

As tropes go, the "vastly talented psychedelic/folk guitarist making fantastic records" is enjoying one hell of a heady showing these days.

Rick Moody (the Wingdale Community Singers) Talks the Orb and Lee “Scratch” Perry’s More Tales from the Orbservatory

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By Rick Moody | June 14, 2013

Rick Moody (the Wingdale Community Singers) Talks the Orb and Lee “Scratch” Perry’s More Tales from the Orbservatory

It is our job today to speak to the elusive vocal quality known as flow, and to attempt, as with other elusive musical terms such as swing or feel...

Kip Berman (The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) Talks the Pastels’ Slow Summits

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By Kip Berman | June 13, 2013

Kip Berman (The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) Talks the Pastels’ Slow Summits

Like Sarah Records, anoraks and the oft-cited but mostly misremembered NME mixtape C86, the Pastels have become shorthand for something...