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Talkhouse Weekend Playlist: Los Bitchos’ Virtual World Tour

<a href="http://www.franznicolay.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www.franznicolay.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1487434893626000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEa4JcMHLc_DSoBt1K-IDnlXO6kVw">Franz Nicolay</a> is a musician and writer whose 2016 book <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Humorless-Ladies-Border-Control-Underground/dp/1620971798/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://smile.amazon.com/Humorless-Ladies-Border-Control-Underground/dp/1620971798/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1487434893626000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEcCas7CEEytKq25_MVxEX7SLyR-A">The Humorless Ladies of Border Control:Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulanbaatar</a> (The New Press) was named a “Best Travel Book” by the New York Times. He teaches at Bard College.
(Photo credit: Susan Lirakis)

Franz Nicolay

On Listening to Jens Lekman in January 2017

Tommy Siegel is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter-guitarist-bassist-producer in Jukebox the Ghost, Narc Twain and Drunken Sufis. Narc Twain writes guitar-centric anthems for 21st century anxiety, conjuring up comparisons to the lyricism of Dismemberment Plan, the anthemic aggression of Cloud Nothings and the wiry guitar interplay of Television. The band formed in 2014 and will be releasing their debut EP on December 4, 2015. Follow Tommy on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/TommySiegel" target="_blank">here</a>.

Tommy Siegel

Tommy Siegel (Jukebox the Ghost, Narc Twain) Teaches You To Guitar Face

Watch Vince Clarke, Blood Orange and Savages Learn How To Use a Very Special Instrument

Neon Indian is the project of Alan Palomo, who was born in Monterrey, Mexico, the son of a very famous pop star. He has lived in Texas for most of his life, with stints in San Antonio, Austin and Denton, and currently resides in New York City. He has released three albums since 2009, the most recent being VEGA INTL. Night School, his most accomplished work yet. You can follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/NeonIndian" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/neonindian/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alan_palomo/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.
Caroline Polachek is the lead singer of Chairlift. She also has a solo project under the name Ramona Lisa. Follow her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/carolineplz" target="_blank">here</a> and like Chairlift on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chairlift/?fref=ts" target="_blank">here</a>.
(Photo credit: Brenna Ehrlich)

Alan Palomo and Caroline Polachek

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Alan Palomo (Neon Indian) Talks with Caroline Polachek (Chairlift) for the Talkhouse Music Podcast

Juliana Hatfield is a singer, songwriter and guitar player. She began her music career in the late 1980s in Boston with the Blake Babies. Since then she has released approximately fifteen solo albums and been involved with numerous other groups including the Lemonheads, Some Girls (with Freda Love Smith) and MInor Alps (with Matthew Caws from Nada Surf). Her latest project is a collaboration with Paul Westerberg called the I Don’t Cares. Their debut album, Wild Stab, came out in early 2016. Hatfield&#8217;s new album, Pussycat, will be released on April 28, 2017.
(Photo credit: Brad Walsh)

Juliana Hatfield

Trump’s Recent Comments About Sexual Assault Had Juliana Hatfield Reaching for Her Valium

<div>&#8220;My brothers and I were surrounded by music growing up. Not Beatles albums or anything like that; more like the Persian records our parents played all the time. And when we got older, it was up to us to discover everything,” says Kamtin Mohager — the genre-jumping singer/multi-instrumentalist behind The Chain Gang of 1974. In 2012, Mohager signed to Warner Music Group for the release of his third full-length album, Daydream Forever. The album is described as a continuation of the synth-heavy, reverb-laden dreams that made Mohager’s debut album, Wayward Fire, an immediate favorite of the retro set. Production is thicker here, with more elastic bounces. Mohager is currently collaborating with producer Thom Powers of The Naked and Famous for LP3.</div>

Kamtin Mohager

Kamtin Mohager’s (The Chain Gang of 1974) Favorite Lyrics of 2016 So Far Are…

Emily Nokes is a musician, writer, graphic designer, illustrator, Libra, candy enthusiast and the singer/tambourinist in glittery feminist punk-pop band Tacocat. Her hobbies include giving pretty good home bang trims, puffy painting, stoned shopping and taking photos of her luxuriously large grey cat, Doctor O. As a writer and illustrator, her work has appeared in Seattle alternative weekly The Stranger, where she previously worked as music editor before deciding to tour basically all the time.
(Photo credit: Michael Lavine)

Emily Nokes

Reading Music: The Exquisite Drama That Is Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters

Over the decade and a half that Rogue Wave has made music, Zach Rogue has continued to expand his band’s emotional spectrum. Drawing inspiration from the inevitable delusions of everyday American life, Rogue, his longtime bandmate Pat Spurgeon, and their fellow members have returned reinvigorated with their 2016 record Delusions of Grand Fur, and with a fresh sound founded on the art of patience, the fearlessness of experimenting, and the unbridled joy of creating something meaningful to help us navigate through these vacant times.
(Photo credit: Andrew Paynter)

Zach Rogue

Ryley Walker’s New Record Reminds Us That There’s Still Humanity in Music

Bass machine with Camera Obscura, DJ, gentleman, Whovian, thrift store manager, geek for music, geek for sci-fi, geek for sitcoms, Petrocelli of the home studio, expert in the art of procrastination, waistcoat-sporting aficionado of the pocket watch, longstanding supporter of the Harry Wraggs and King of Partick. You can follow Camera Obscura on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/camera_obscura_" target="_blank">here</a> and Patrick on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/kingofpartick" target="_blank">here</a>.

Gavin Dunbar

Gavin Dunbar (Camera Obscura) Talks Being a Scottish Musician Post-Brexit

Since Caveman first formed in 2010, they&#8217;ve claimed a spot for themselves at the center of the New York music scene, become in-demand DJs, toured the world (sharing stages with The War on Drugs, Jeff Tweedy, and Weezer), and received critical praise from the most prestigious media. Now the band has made their biggest-sounding, most ambitious album yet. Their new album Otero War is out June 17. Follow them on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/CavemanBand" target="_blank">here</a> and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cavemanband/" target="_blank">here</a>.

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