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Ian Thomas

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Shaky Shrines “Dark, Dark Houses”
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Shaky Shrines “Dark, Dark Houses”

By Ian Thomas

Shaky Shrines, a Pittsburgh four piece, pay tribute to the city’s working-class roots with hard fought riffs and a driving backbeat. The new LP,…

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Interview: Sandra Vu of SISU
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Interview: Sandra Vu of SISU

By Ian Thomas

On the basis of her taut, precision drumming in the Garage-Pop outfit Dum Dum Girls, listeners might be reluctant to describe Sandra Vu as…

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Ty Segall: Sleeper
Album Reviews, Reviews

Ty Segall: Sleeper

By Ian Thomas

In the context of the larger modern music landscape, Ty Segall has been pegged as something of a retro-revivalist. On its face, it’s a…

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Yo La Tengo: Fade
Album Reviews, Reviews

Yo La Tengo: Fade

By Ian Thomas

Yo La Tengo: Fade “Sometimes the bad guys come out on top. Sometimes the good guys lose. We try not to lose our hearts,…

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Ty Segall: Twins
Album Reviews, Reviews

Ty Segall: Twins

By Ian Thomas

Ty Segall: Twins In Ty Segall‘s electrifying performance of “You’re the Doctor” on The Late Show with David Letterman, he howled like Kurt Cobain…

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Divine Fits: A Thing Called Divine Fits
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Divine Fits: A Thing Called Divine Fits

By Ian Thomas

Divine Fits: A Thing Called Divine Fits On their debut album, Divine Fits resist not only classification, but commitment to any cohesive semblance of…

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Apache Dropout: Bubblegum Graveyard
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Apache Dropout: Bubblegum Graveyard

By Ian Thomas

Apache Dropout: Bubblegum Graveyard With a goofy Grim Reaper stirring a cauldron full of guts front and center, the cover art for Apache Dropout‘s…

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Sebadoh: Secret EP
Album Reviews, Reviews

Sebadoh: Secret EP

By Ian Thomas

Sebadoh: Secret EP At any stage of their career, with any of their various line-ups, the strength-and defining quality of Sebadoh has always been…

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The Ty Segall Band: Slaughterhouse
Album Reviews, Reviews

The Ty Segall Band: Slaughterhouse

By Ian Thomas

The Ty Segall Band: Slaughterhouse On Ty Segall‘s first major outing of 2012, Hair, his collaboration with White Fence, he opened the door to…

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Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan
Album Reviews, Reviews

Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan

By Ian Thomas

Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan “When should we bust into harmony,” Dirty Projectors vocalist Amber Coffman asks on “Unto Caesar”, the penultimate track on…

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