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May 24th 12 Comments
We begin our discussion of the Faces, as we must, with "The Rod Conundrum" -- one of the thorniest in all of rock and roll lore. Cue the ESPN 30 For 30 voice over: "What if we told you that Rod… Read Story »
May 23rd 67 Comments
Where are you, Fiona Apple? After a banner 2012, the singer-songwriter recently cancelled her only scheduled appearance for 2013, at Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival; she also torpedoed a slew of… Read Story »
May 21st 1 Comment
If you're heading to The Gorge for Sasquatch! this weekend, you probably already know to check out Sigur Rós, Vampire Weekend, Tame Impala, and other live favorites. But, as with Coachella, there… Read Story »
May 17th 14 Comments
Sebadoh were something of the “Beautiful Losers” of the ’90s indie scene. Lou Barlow emerged from Northamption hardcore act Deep Wound, and later Dinosaur Jr., having famously been… Read Story »
May 15th 96 Comments
It's kind of a stretch to connect James Murphy's most recent dismissal of an LCD Soundsystem reunion with the release of “Get Lucky", which happened within a few days of each other, but it's still… Read Story »
May 10th 25 Comments
In the 2005 film Junebug, Will Oldham's character works for a Chicago curator, on the lookout for "outsider artists" in the backwoods of North Carolina for a big city gallery.
It's not a bad… Read Story »
May 9th 121 Comments
“I want to be the Patti Smith of now, with something like ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Nigger’ blaring out of kids’ speakers. I fantasize about that, but I’m not going to be that. I’m just not that… Read Story »
May 3rd 71 Comments
The Band has a deserved reputation as one of the true oracles of American music at its essence -- their seamless distillation of blues, jazz, folk, country, rockabilly, and soul can tell a… Read Story »
May 1st 68 Comments
All Built To Spill songs exist on a continuum between two poles: snappy, twee-inflected pop songs and vast, mind-altering classic rock soundscapes. I've never been to Idaho, but I can't help… Read Story »
Apr 25th 136 Comments
"To me, Conor Oberst resembles Patti Smith a great deal," R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe told me in an interview back in 2008. "As a performer, as a magnet. He's just got that thing that she's got." The… Read Story »
