Rising: Alessia Cara: Antisocial Optimist
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View ArticleProfiles: Cosmic Neurotic: The Heady Perfectionism of Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker
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View ArticlePhoto Galleries: Pitchfork Music Festival 2015
Photo Galleries: Pitchfork Music Festival 2015by PitchforkJuly 21, 2015 Photo by: Kristina Pedersen This past weekend, tens of thousands of music fans once again gathered at Chicago's Union Park for...
View ArticleRising: Mikael Seifu Searches for the Lost Beat
Rising: Mikael Seifu Searches for the Lost BeatbyRyan DombalJuly 22, 2015 Mikael Seifu: "The Lost Drum Beat" (via SoundCloud) Mikael Seifu was once tempted by the gleam of the West. Born and raised in...
View ArticleInterviews: Monsters of Mock: David Cross on the Music of “Mr. Show”
Interviews: Monsters of Mock: David Cross on the Music of “Mr. Show”byStuart BermanJuly 23, 2015Sketch-comedy troupes are essentially rock bands that deal in jokes instead of songs—so it follows that...
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Rising: Rolling Deep: Galcher Lustwerk’s Hypnotic HousebyPhilip SherburneJuly 24, 2015 Photo by: Greg Fong Galcher Lustwerk: "Parlay" (via SoundCloud) Galcher Lustwerk made his name by simply rapping...
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Podcasts: A Conversation With Jeff Tweedy at the Museum of Contemporary Art ChicagobyMark RichardsonJuly 27, 2015On July 16, the night before Wilco’s headlining set at the 10th annual Pitchfork Music...
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Photo Galleries: Pitchfork Music Festival 2015: Portraitsby Erik Sanchez, Kristina Pedersen, and Matt Lief AndersonJuly 28, 2015 Photo by: Erik Sanchez. Courtney Barnett at the Pitchfork Music...
View ArticleProfiles: All the Feels: Beach House’s Intangible Truth
Profiles: All the Feels: Beach House’s Intangible TruthbyJillian MapesJuly 30, 2015 Photo by: Shawn Brackbill Work, bitch.This is the unofficial motto of Beach House’s Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally...
View ArticleShow No Mercy: Locrian’s Ode to Extinction
Show No Mercy: Locrian’s Ode to ExtinctionbyBrandon StosuyJuly 31, 2015 Locrian: "An Index of Air" (via SoundCloud) Over the last 10 years, the music made by prolific Chicago/Baltimore trio Locrian has...
View ArticleProfiles: Punk Paradox: The Improbable Legacy of Fucked Up
Profiles: Punk Paradox: The Improbable Legacy of Fucked UpbyStuart BermanAugust 5, 2015 Photo by: Brendan George Ko. Fucked Up, from left: Mike Haliechuk, Jonah Falco, Sandy Miranda, Damian Abraham,...
View ArticleArticles: Classics Never Die: What It Means for DJs to Grow Old
Articles: Classics Never Die: What It Means for DJs to Grow OldbyJonny ColemanAugust 6, 2015Two years ago, I witnessed legendary dance producer Giorgio Moroder play a comeback DJ set at a festival in...
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Pitchfork Essentials: Early '80s DiscobyAndy BetaAugust 7, 2015On the night of July 12, 1979, wedged between a double-header between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park, local...
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