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Peter Holsapple (the dB’s, Holsapple & Stamey, Continental Drifters) Talks Robin Gibb’s 50 St. Catherine’s Drive

A long-time fan of the Bee Gees grapples with the late Robin Gibb's posthumous release.

October 1, 2014

Linda Thompson Talks Leonard Cohen’s Popular Problems

The English folk-rock legend reflects on the new album by the Canadian singer-songwriter legend.

September 29, 2014

Regan Farquhar (Busdriver) Talks Mick Jenkins’ The Water[s]

On his new mixtape, Mick Jenkins displays a vulnerability and an urgency that put him in a class of his own.

September 26, 2014

John Colpitts (Kid Millions) (Oneida, Man Forever) Talks Robyn Hitchcock’s The Man Upstairs

On his 20th album, Robyn Hitchcock drops the whimsy for a focused meditation on death, love and loss.

September 25, 2014

Chuck Prophet (Green on Red) Talks Loudon Wainwright III’s Haven’t Got the Blues (Yet)

No need for a memoir; Loudon Wainwright III's covers everything from depression to proper canine care on his 27th album.

September 24, 2014

Harper Simon Talks the Growlers’ Chinese Fountain

The Growlers’ garage-psych might recall California hot rods and surfing, but it speaks to a disaffected contemporary counterculture.

September 22, 2014

Alexander Moskos (AIDS Wolf, Drainolith, Dan’l Boone) Talks 5 Seconds of Summer’s 5 Seconds of Summer

Don’t let 5 Seconds of Summer give you the wrong idea, Australia has given the world plenty of great art. Just not this album.

September 19, 2014

Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke) Talks Justin Townes Earle’s Single Mothers

As long as we have songwriters like Justin Townes Earle, there’s no reason to worry about the fate of country music.

September 18, 2014

Andy McCluskey (OMD) Talks Glass Ghost’s LYFE

The British synth-pop icon congratulates Glass Ghost on their cascading torrents of sound and gorgeously imagined hedonistic tumble.

September 17, 2014

Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Dungeonesse, Flock of Dimes) Talks My Brightest Diamond’s This is My Hand

Does My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden realize that she simultaneously reminds us of her humanity and transcends it?

September 16, 2014

Stuart David (Belle and Sebastian, Looper) Talks Alt-J’s This Is All Yours

The new Alt-J album finds hope for a new generation of kids no longer in thrall to rock & roll’s clichés of attitude and self-destruction.

September 15, 2014