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Op-Ed: Free Music
The last thing I expected to see crop up in accounts of WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning's ongoing trial was mention of our petty problems in the music business.But lo and behold, when the...
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5-10-15-20: Jonathan Poneman
5-10-15-20 features artists talking about the music that made an impact on them throughout their lives, five years at a time. This edition features selections from 53-year-old Jonathan Poneman,...
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Starter: Shabba Ranks
A$AP Ferg’s recent tune “Shabba” celebrates the man born Rexton Gordon: “Eight gold rings like I’m Sha-Shabba Ranks,” goes the chorus, “Four gold chains like I’m Sha-Shabba Ranks.” Kanye West, for his...
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Show No Mercy: Notes on Austin
7/167/247/318/88/20By Andy O'Connor"Austin, laid-back and somewhat indulgent as it is, might be a terrible place for a New Yorker or anyone who wants to move and shake culture or corporations, but it's...
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Rising: Raspberry Bulbs
Raspberry Bulbs frontman Marco del Rio is probably best known under a darker alias: He Who Crushes Teeth. For more than a decade, he's gone by the ominous moniker as the drummer and lyricist for...
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Rising: FKA twigs
Photos by Jamie-James MedinaTwigs is someone who grew up with a lot of quiet, surrounded by valleys, cows, and sheep in Gloucestershire, a largely rural county in southwest England. "The hardest part...
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Update: Julianna Barwick
Photos by Shawn Brackbill Julianna Barwick: "One Half" on SoundCloud. Julianna Barwick's cathedral-ready songs have always seemed to exist in the same ghostly realm as Sigur Rós', give or take a few...
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Articles: Lollapalooza 2013
Photo by Will DeitzThree-day passes to Lollapalooza 2013 were gone well before any lineup was announced; each individual day, up for grabs the week the bill finally surfaced, sold out in about an hour....
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Interviews: Washed Out
Photo by Shae DeTar Washed Out: "It All Feels Right" on SoundCloud. Before “Feel It All Around” defined the visual and sonic aesthetic of chillwave (and was integrated into the theme song for the...
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Afterword: George Duke
George Duke died Monday night in Los Angeles at the age of 67. As reported by Billboard, he had been battling chronic lymphocytic leukemia. He leaves behind a body of work that stretches from the...
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Update: Frankie Rose
Photos taken at the Church for All Nations in Manhattan by Ebru Yildiz on July 1, 2013. Frankie Rose: "Sorrow" on SoundCloud. Sitting in the makeshift pew of a humble church on Manhattan's Upper West...
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Show No Mercy: This Is Boston
7/16 7/24 7/31 8/8 8/20“Boston is the birthplace of American rebellion. Whether it's dumping a boatload of crappy, overrated British tea in the river or the pummeling garage rock supremacy of the Real...
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Interviews: Kevin Shields
On the night of February 2, as fans around the earth pressed play on the first new My Bloody Valentine album in 22 years, Kevin Shields was fast asleep. The rest was deserved. He was on tour in Korea...
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The Out Door: Overlooked Experimental Records 2013
Follow The Out Door on Twitter for updates on underground and experimental music.I: The Out Door’s Overlooked Records 2013It’s time again for our annual list of overlooked experimental-leaning releases...
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Interviews: No Age
No Age: "An Impression" on SoundCloud. For the last eight hours, No Age guitarist Randy Randall has been watching video of himself and band mate Dean Spunt fold and stack 5,000 record covers. An...
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Guest Lists: AlunaGeorge
Photo by Fiona Garden AlunaGeorge: "Attracting Flies" on SoundCloud. Guest List features some of our favorite artists filling us in on some of their favorite things, along with other random bits. This...
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Overtones: Shaking Through: Music and Mania
Overtones is a column by Jayson Greene that examines how certain sounds-- a snare crack, a synth blob, a ghostly string sample-- linger in our minds and lives.If you've ever spotted me on the street...
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Update: Baauer
Photos by Jasmine Safaeian Baauer: "Harlem Shake" on SoundCloud. Harry Rodrigues is in the middle of moving into a spacious new apartment in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood. "Do you like the carpet?"...
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Situation Critical: The Mountain Goats
Photo by DL AndersonWith Situation Critical, we present artists with various life situations-- some joyous, some terrible, some bizarre-- to find out which songs, albums, or bands they would turn to...
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Starter: Philadelphia International Records
Starter offers introductions to artists, scenes, styles, or labels of the past, plus a playlist.The writing and production partnership of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff started in the mid 1960s, and the...
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