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Interviews: Explosions in the Sky and David Gordon Green
Explosions in the Sky; photo by Nick Simonite Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo: "Join Me on My Avalanche" on SoundCloud. "Cinematic" is a tag that Explosions in the Sky have been saddled with...
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Articles: Not What They Had Planned: The Unlikely Endurance of the Wrens
The Wrens-- Charles Bissell, Kevin Whelan, Greg Whelan, and Jerry MacDonald-- in Germany on May 1, 1995; all photos courtesy of the Wrens.The Wrens-- now three white-collar corporate guys and one...
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Interviews: Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys: "Stop the World I Wanna Get Off With You" on SoundCloud. When it comes to the Arctic Monkeys matching their astronomical UK success over in the States, bandleader Alex Turner is...
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Interviews: Willis Earl Beal
Photos by Ben PobjoyOver Willis Earl Beal's shoulder, there is a man with a bike getting ready to smoke a cigarette. A scruffy middle-aged stranger goes up to the man and excitedly says, "Looks like...
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5-10-15-20: Neko Case
Photo by Neko Case5-10-15-20 features artists talking about the music that made an impact on them throughout their lives, five years at a time. This edition features 43-year-old singer/songwriter Neko...
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Rising: The Range
Photo by Evan William Smith The Range: "Metal Swing" on SoundCloud. James Hinton, the Providence-based producer known as the Range, is a fan of pitcher Greg Maddux, who—despite being built like an...
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Update: Snoopzilla and Dâm-Funk
Photo by Jeff Broadway Dâm-Funk & Snoopzilla: "Faden Away" on SoundCloud. If you’re truly blessed, you might one day love a piece of music as purely as Snoop Dogg loves “Hit the Pavement”, the...
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Interviews: M.I.A.
Photo by Daniel Sannwald M.I.A.: "Bring the Noize" on SoundCloud. At one point during our conversation in Manhattan’s Greenwich Hotel yesterday, Maya Arulpragasam refers to herself as a musician in the...
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Rising: Mas Ysa
Photo by Noah Kalina Mas Ysa: "Why" on SoundCloud. Mas Ysa is Thomas Arsenault. He was born in Montreal, spent his formative years at a Brazilian high school, "irkingly" studied poetry at the...
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Articles: Keep the Things You Forgot: An Elliott Smith Oral History
Photo by: Autumn de WildeBy Jayson GreeneOctober 21, 2013Ever since he died, 10 years ago today, people have been clamoring to tell Elliott Smith's story for him: writers, poets, fellow musicians, his...
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Rising: Kelela
Photo by Matt Fry Kelela: "Bank Head" on SoundCloud. “I’ve always wanted to interrupt the space—more than sounding like anything, my commitment has just been to fuck it up.” Kelela Mizanekristos is...
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Interviews: Sky Ferreira
Photo by Erik SanchezReaching 21 years of age is considered a rite of passage for most young people, but for Sky Ferreira, who did so just three months ago, the milestone is little more than a marker...
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Rising: Anthony Naples
Photo by Will BankheadWhen it comes to 23-year-old Anthony Naples, the word to keep in mind is "versatility"—few artists manage to convincingly produce both rough-hewn techno and sweetly melodic...
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Afterword: Lou Reed
Listen to a selection of Lou Reed's finest moments from across his entire 50-year career with this playlist.You can learn a lot about a person—or, rather, the public perception of that person—not by...
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Situation Critical: Los Campesinos!
Photo by Kirsten McTernan Los Campesinos!: "What Death Leaves Behind" on SoundCloud. With Situation Critical, we present artists with various life situations—some joyous, some terrible, some bizarre—to...
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Secondhands: In the Land of the Sophisticated Savages
Secondhands is a column that examines music of the past through a modern lens.In one of the fantasies I have about my own death, I’m lying in a small, wood-paneled room deep in the jungle listening to...
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Rising: Perfect Pussy
Photo by Lukas HodgeThe first song on Perfect Pussy's debut four-track cassette—technically a demo tape—tells a jarring story. "My best friend is back in town/ There's a bad taste in my mouth," sings...
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Update: Swearin'
Swearin', from left: Allison Crutchfield, Keith Spencer, Kyle Gilbride, Jeff Bolt Swearin': "Watered Down" on SoundCloud. An age-old sign of a good rock band: When you can sense each member's persona...
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Guest Lists: Aziz Ansari
Photo by Terry RichardsonGuest List features some of our favorite artists filling us in on some of their favorite things, along with other random bits. This time, we spoke with comedian Aziz Ansari,...
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Update: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Stephen Malkmus, Mike Clark, Joanna Bolme, and Jake Morris; photo by Leah NashA couple of weeks ago, Stephen Malkmus took his two kids to see a Macklemore & Ryan Lewis concert. His critique:...
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