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Colin Meloy (the Decemberists) Shares a Snapshot Memory in Honor of The Queen is Dead

Music
By Colin Meloy | June 16, 2016
By Colin Meloy | June 16, 2016

Colin Meloy (the Decemberists) Shares a Snapshot Memory in Honor of The Queen is Dead

The Smiths record turned thirty today, and got Meloy thinking.

Ben Watt Explains How He Picked the Openers for His Upcoming Tour

Music
By Ben Watt | June 13, 2016
By Ben Watt | June 13, 2016

Ben Watt Explains How He Picked the Openers for His Upcoming Tour

Check out the fresh crop of talent that Watt is bringing on tour.

Bree McKenna (Tacocat, Childbirth) Points out the Sad Irony Inherent in the Attacks Against Brock Turner’s Friend

Music
By Bree Mckenna | June 10, 2016
By Bree Mckenna | June 10, 2016

Bree McKenna (Tacocat, Childbirth) Points out the Sad Irony Inherent in the Attacks Against Brock Turner’s Friend

The situation caused her to think of her own music community and how it mishandles the subject of rape.

Esmé Patterson Plans to Celebrate the Swedish Heroes of the Stanford Rape Case on Stage

Music
By Esmé Patterson | June 10, 2016
By Esmé Patterson | June 10, 2016

Esmé Patterson Plans to Celebrate the Swedish Heroes of the Stanford Rape Case on Stage

Two bicycles, to her, represent love and light in the darkness.

UPDATED: Please Help Chris Gethard Find This Lost J Church Single

Music
By Chris Gethard | June 8, 2016
By Chris Gethard | June 8, 2016

UPDATED: Please Help Chris Gethard Find This Lost J Church Single

Gethard is looking for “The Creep is Back” — in the name of friendship.

The Ain’t Rights are All Right: Four Days in the Green Room

Music
By Hutch Harris | June 7, 2016
By Hutch Harris | June 7, 2016

The Ain’t Rights are All Right: Four Days in the Green Room

Hutch Harris of the Thermals talks teaching actors how to be musicians.

John Colpitts (Oneida, Kid Millions) Failed at His First Attempt to Soundtrack a Film

Music
By John Colpitts | May 31, 2016
By John Colpitts | May 31, 2016

John Colpitts (Oneida, Kid Millions) Failed at His First Attempt to Soundtrack a Film

And learned some pretty vital lessons in the process.

Here’s Why Listening Makes or Breaks a Band

Music
By Ryan Lindsey | May 26, 2016
By Ryan Lindsey | May 26, 2016

Here’s Why Listening Makes or Breaks a Band

BRONCHO’s Ryan Lindsey tells us why a band is like the Eames diagram.

Don’t Get Rich, Don’t Die Trying: Thriving V. Surviving in the Music Industry

Music
By Hutch Harris | May 25, 2016
By Hutch Harris | May 25, 2016

Don’t Get Rich, Don’t Die Trying: Thriving V. Surviving in the Music Industry

Hutch Harris of the Thermals isn’t rich, but he’s not sure he wants you to know that.

M.C. Taylor Remembers His Songwriting Hero, Guy Clark

Music
By M.C. Taylor | May 19, 2016
By M.C. Taylor | May 19, 2016

M.C. Taylor Remembers His Songwriting Hero, Guy Clark

The Hiss Golden Messenger frontman never met Clark, but he knows exactly what he would have told the legend.

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