Filthy Friends: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Filthy Friends: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Sleater-Kinney’s Corin Tucker form Filthy Friends When Peter Buck needed another voice on his first solo
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Tomo Nakayama: Busker Do

Tomo Nakayama: Busker Do

Tomo Nakayama’s intimate songs of quiet intensity After 10 years of writing songs and singing in Grand Hallway, one of
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Elizabeth And The Catapult: Childhood's End

Elizabeth And The Catapult: Childhood’s End

Elizabeth And The Catapult’s Keepsake is part memoir, part dream journal—and all rejuvenating Keepsake (Compass), Elizabeth Ziman’s fourth record, began
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A Giant Dog: Growing Pains

A Giant Dog: Growing Pains

The theatrical Austin punks in A Giant Dog mature their mess “Normally, we’re very storyteller-esque,” says A Giant Dog guitarist/vocalist
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The Woggles: 30 Rock

The Woggles: 30 Rock

Thirty years of involvement in any facet of life is compelling, but three decades of rocking ’n’ rolling in its
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Dan Wilson: Write On

Dan Wilson: Write On

Dan Wilson can pretty much pinpoint the moment when his songwriter-for-hire aspirations fully aligned with reality. “One of my first
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Manchester Orchestra: The Orchestral Dead

Manchester Orchestra: The Orchestral Dead

Influence comes from many sources, but only Manchester Orchestra can claim its new album, A Black Mile To The Surface
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Downtown Boys: Gimme Friction

Downtown Boys: Gimme Friction

Downtown Boys deliver a multiracial, bilingual, queer-positive message Rhode Island’s Downtown Boys may be the most challenging punk band in
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Japanese Breakfast: Planet Of The Aches

Japanese Breakfast: Planet Of The Aches

Space is the place for Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner With 2016’s Psychopomp—a collection of songs deeply informed by the death
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Sloan Peterson: Steppin' Out

Sloan Peterson: Steppin’ Out

With Sloan Peterson's debut EP, Australia's Joe Jackson shows she's wise beyond her years Joe Jackson, lead singer, guitarist and
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Rainer Maria: Growing Up Rainer

Rainer Maria: Growing Up Rainer

After a decade-plus hiatus, Rainer Maria returns with a rejuvenated spirit and a definitive, powerful new album When Rainer Maria
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The War On Drugs: The Experimental Rock Band

The War On Drugs: The Experimental Rock Band

Adam Granduciel’s ever-expanding studio lineup joins together, separately, to make the War On Drugs’ A Deeper Understanding Personalities define some
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Luke Elliot: Doorway From Norway

Luke Elliot: Doorway From Norway

Jersey crooner Luke Elliot looks to duplicate his European success back at home Luke Elliot never cried wolf. But whenever
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Cigarettes After Sex: Songs From A Room

Cigarettes After Sex: Songs From A Room

Eight years in the making, the debut Cigarettes After Sex album finally finds its way into the light Cigarettes After
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