Shaky Shrines “Dark, Dark Houses”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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