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Gretchen Peters Talks Rickie Lee Jones’ The Other Side of Desire

By Gretchen Peters | June 29, 2015

Gretchen Peters Talks Rickie Lee Jones’ The Other Side of Desire

Filled with songs that are a mysterious amalgam of the personal and the universal, the legendary Rickie Lee Jones' new album is one of her best.

Morgan Enos (Hollow Sunshine) Talks Robert Pollard’s Faulty Superheroes

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By Morgan Enos | June 24, 2015

Morgan Enos (Hollow Sunshine) Talks Robert Pollard’s Faulty Superheroes

A Guided by Voices superfan ponders the creative rebirth of his spiritual guide Robert Pollard.

Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas) Talks Trevor Yuile’s Orphan Black: Original Television Score

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By Trevor Dunn | June 23, 2015

Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas) Talks Trevor Yuile’s Orphan Black: Original Television Score

Disheartened with his current listening options, Trevor Dunn finds musical solace in the action-packed score for Orphan Black.

Flo Morrissey Talks Various Artists’ Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs by Karen Dalton

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By Flo Morrissey | June 22, 2015

Flo Morrissey Talks Various Artists’ Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs by Karen Dalton

Performing a homage can be more difficult than writing an original, but the artists on the new Karen Dalton tribute album acquit themselves nicely.

Daniel Pujol (Pujol) Talks David Duchovny’s Hell or Highwater

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By Daniel Pujol | June 19, 2015

Daniel Pujol (Pujol) Talks David Duchovny’s Hell or Highwater

By making a rock album, David Duchovny is trying something different, and for that he gets a lot of props.

Lois Macdonald (PINS) Talks No Joy’s More Faithful

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By Lois Macdonald | June 17, 2015

Lois Macdonald (PINS) Talks No Joy’s More Faithful

She might be tardy to the party, but PINS' singer has fallen hard for the dystopic sparkle of No Joy. Now she just needs to see them live.

Iain Cook (Chvrches) Talks Hudson Mohawke’s Lantern

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By Iain Cook | June 16, 2015

Iain Cook (Chvrches) Talks Hudson Mohawke’s Lantern

Complex and multifaceted, Lantern shows that Hudson Mohawke has more strings to his bow than just being one of Mr. West’s bombastic beatlords.

Hutch Harris (the Thermals) Talks Faith No More’s Sol Invictus

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By Hutch Harris | June 15, 2015

Hutch Harris (the Thermals) Talks Faith No More’s Sol Invictus

Faith No More's reunion album totally sounds like a '90s record, yet it breaks new ground. Our writer explains.

Sean McGuinness (Pissed Jeans, Rat Fist) Talks Vexx’s Give and Take

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By Sean McGuinness | June 11, 2015

Sean McGuinness (Pissed Jeans, Rat Fist) Talks Vexx’s Give and Take

Vexx is so good it makes Sean McGuinness consider the current state of his health.

Jonah Matranga (Far, Onelinedrawing) Talks Rhett Miller’s The Traveler

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By Jonah Matranga | June 10, 2015

Jonah Matranga (Far, Onelinedrawing) Talks Rhett Miller’s The Traveler

The new Rhett Miller album is good, but it suffers from the best problem a musician can have: the New Slang Problem.