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Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Downtown Boys’ “Slumlord Sal”

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By Zachary Lipez | August 7, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Downtown Boys’ “Slumlord Sal”

Summer may be pointless, but Downtown Boys’ kiss-off to a landlord is anything but.

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Cold Beat’s Over Me

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By Zachary Lipez | July 10, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Cold Beat’s Over Me

First of all, thank fucking Christ this album is tough. It's not "summery" or "soaring" or "shimmering" or any of that other shit that bands with...

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Gold-Bears’ Dalliance

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By Zachary Lipez | June 19, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Gold-Bears’ Dalliance

If the lyrics to the new Gold-Bears album Dalliance are fiction, then Jeremy Underwood is a genius, because halfway through I wanted to...

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks the Estranged’s The Estranged

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By Zachary Lipez | May 23, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks the Estranged’s The Estranged

There are few kinds of music reviews I detest more than the review that offers advice to the musician. It comes from the demonstrably false premise...

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Wovenhand’s Refractory Obdurate

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By Zachary Lipez | April 18, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Wovenhand’s Refractory Obdurate

Being, by reasonable standards of measurement, as adrift as the next motherfucker, I think about God all the time. I wake up, give praise, fear...

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Dead Rider’s Chills on Glass

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By Zachary Lipez | March 27, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Dead Rider’s Chills on Glass

God loves all his/her creatures, great and small, sure, but God loves some of his/her creatures more than he/she loves chumps like you and me.

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Enjoying SXSW Without Any Illusions

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By Zachary Lipez | March 8, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Enjoying SXSW Without Any Illusions

The best thing about the South by Southwest festival and conference is the life-size animatronic LBJ that you can find at the Lyndon B. Johnson...

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks PYPY’s Pagan Days

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By Zachary Lipez | February 12, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks PYPY’s Pagan Days

I had to stop thinking about garage-rock for a spell; the sunglasses and shorts were bringing me down. As someone who has been reviewed poorly and...

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Vex Ruffin’s Vex Ruffin

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By Zachary Lipez | January 10, 2014

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Vex Ruffin’s Vex Ruffin

There are two directions you can go in this world if you're choosing to live your life as an early '80s synth-pop band (which, for the purposes of...

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Bad Religion’s Christmas Songs

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By Zachary Lipez | December 2, 2013

Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Bad Religion’s Christmas Songs

Bad Religion has been a punk band since, roughly, the beginning of existence. In Gnostic religions when the Monad, the mind of God, first became...