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Open Doom Crescendo, A Lo-Fi Odyssey

Therapy Dogs director Ethan Eng talks about Terry Chiu and his death-wish magnum opus, Open Doom Crescendo.

May 8, 2023

Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks Jessica Pratt’s On Your Own Love Again

Jessica Pratt’s second album is a total beauty. And not just because it illustrates the difference between letting yourself be and capital-B Being.

January 30, 2015

Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches) Talks Karen O’s Crush Songs

Intimate, direct and yes, lo-fi, Karen O's solo album delves deep into the guts of this messy thing we call love.

September 8, 2014

Luke Temple (Here We Go Magic) Talks Mac DeMarco’s Salad Days

The internet allows fans to feel connected with artists on a more intimate level. No longer are we beholden to any sort of programming — we can...

April 4, 2014

Brendan Canty (Fugazi, Deathfix) Talks Múm’s Smilewound

The Icelandic group Múm has made a bunch of records that I can really sink my teeth into. The records have a distant, lo-fi, found-sound quality...

September 17, 2013

David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) Talks Bill Callahan’s Dream River

I saw Bill Callahan open for Joanna Newsom in December of 2006, a sold-out show at a 1200-capacity venue in Seattle. The house was pretty much full...

September 12, 2013

Jana Hunter (Lower Dens) Talks King Krule’s 6 Feet Beneath the Moon

This is a record I want to like. I've felt this way a lot about King Krule. I like Archy Marshall, the little I know of him via his public presence.

August 25, 2013

Eddie Argos (Art Brut) Talks About Accidentally Writing a Rock Musical

I have accidentally co-written what could be referred to as a rock musical called The Islanders. This has surprised me as, like most sane...

June 29, 2013

Janet Weiss (Quasi, Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag) Talks Sonny and the Sunsets’ Antenna to the Afterworld

For the past 20 years, throughout my continuing course as a rock & roll drummer, my paramount aspiration has been to get through to someone — to...

June 10, 2013