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<p><strong>Craig Heed</strong> is a musician from New York who plays in the bands <strong>Miracle Sweepstakes</strong> and <strong>Hit</strong>. Hit&#8217;s latest record, <a href="https://hitsongs.bandcamp.com/album/bestseller" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Bestseller</em></a>, is out now on One Weird Trick.</p>
<p>(Photo Credit: Sam Blieden)</p>


Craig Heed

Music

No One Knows How to Do It Like Brainiac

<div><i>Person</i> is the debut from NYC&#8217;s <strong>P.E.</strong>, a band born of the city&#8217;s art-punk underground and dedicated to freaky experimentation. Comprising <strong>Veronica Torres</strong>, <strong>Jonathan Campolo</strong>, and <strong>Benjamin Jaffe</strong> (all of the beloved and freshly defunct <strong>Pill</strong>) alongside <strong>Jonathan Schenke</strong> and <strong>Robert Jones</strong> of the electronic/art-rock favorite <strong>Eaters</strong>, P.E. features some of NYC&#8217;s most notable experimental voices. Early shows were entirely improvisational, allowing the group to develop a collaborative chemistry that led to an equally free-form recording process.</div>
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<div>The resulting LP displays the group’s collective experience writing memorable songs, matched with a dedication to tearing them apart at the seams. Recorded at Schenke&#8217;s Studio Windows, <i>Person</i> holds the spark of P.E.&#8217;s early improvisations in its clattering industrial percussion, zigzagging synths and sax, and colorful dystopian poetry. The group&#8217;s natural language results in a sonic lexicon reflecting the unnatural surroundings of their adopted home in NYC—chaotic yet alluring, gnarly, and fun. Sold and packaged with a tender tone, this is music for fully-formed persons aware of their ideological discrepancies. Turn on the human music of the 21st century.</div>
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<div>(Photo Credit: Andrew Jansen)</div>


P.E.

P.E. Talk Remixes and the Art of Maximalism With Liars’ Angus Andrew

<p><strong>Jamie Stewart</strong> was born in 1978 in Los Angeles. He began <strong>Xiu Xiu</strong> in 2002 and began to waste his life.</p>


Jamie Stewart

Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) Remembers That Time Pharmakon Charmed the Cops

<p><strong>Aaron Hemphill</strong> performs and records music with the band <strong>Liars</strong>. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he moved to New York after meeting fellow bandmate Angus Andrews, and lived there for about five years. He now lives in Berlin.</p>


Aaron Hemphill

Aaron Hemphill (Liars) Talks BadBadNotGood’s <i>Sour Soul</i>

Aaron Hemphill (Liars) Talks the Legendary Pink Dots’ <i>The Gethsemane Option</i>

Liars

Liars

No One Knows How to Do It Like Brainiac

P.E. Talk Remixes and the Art of Maximalism With Liars’ Angus Andrew

Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) Remembers That Time Pharmakon Charmed the Cops

Aaron Hemphill (Liars) Talks BadBadNotGood’s Sour Soul

Aaron Hemphill (Liars) Talks the Legendary Pink Dots’ The Gethsemane Option

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