Microphones: Microphones in 2020
It’s been sixteen years since singer/songwriter Phil Elverum released an album under his Microphones moniker. The last offering was a live collection recorded on…
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Chris Frantz: Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina
Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina is the memoir of drummer Chris Frantz and a 400-page valentine to his wife and…
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Gang of Four: Anti Hero
In February of this year, the world lost Andy Gill, the guitarist and last original member of Gang of Four, a British post-punk band…
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Momus: Niche: A Memoir in Pastiche
In 1999, the Scottish musician Momus released an album of song portraits entitled Stars Forever. The work was unique in that each of the…
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The Rentals: Q36
Matt Sharp is the guy who walked away from Weezer after cofounding the band and playing bass on their first two albums, both masterpieces….
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Wire: 10:20
10:20 is Wire’s second album to come out this year. It was initially intended as a Record Store Day release, but for obvious reasons…
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: Sideways to New Italy
Melbourne indie rock quintet Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s sophomore full-length, Sideways to New Italy, arrives almost exactly two years to the day of the…
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The Dears: Lovers Rock
How does one describe The Dears to someone who’s never heard them? How about: If The National were from Canada, they’d be The Dears?…
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Howling Hex: Knuckleball Express
Tenacious D fans may not be able to hear “Lies”, the leadoff track on Howling Hex’s latest album, without instantly being reminded of the…
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Interview: The Exbats
Kenny and Inez McLain are the father/daughter duo who make up two-thirds of the Bisbee, Arizona-based garage rock trio, The Exbats. Surviving the Golden…
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