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Luke Haines Deems the Monkees’ Good Times! the Album of the Year

Music
By Luke Haines | June 2, 2016
By Luke Haines | June 2, 2016

Luke Haines Deems the Monkees’ Good Times! the Album of the Year

Sorry Radiohead. Sorry Bowie. It’s all about those fantastic Monkee voices.

John Colpitts (Oneida, Kid Millions) Failed at His First Attempt to Soundtrack a Film

Music
By John Colpitts | May 31, 2016
By John Colpitts | May 31, 2016

John Colpitts (Oneida, Kid Millions) Failed at His First Attempt to Soundtrack a Film

And learned some pretty vital lessons in the process.

Luke Haines (the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder) Really Wanted to Like Richard Ashcroft’s These People

Music
By Luke Haines | May 20, 2016
By Luke Haines | May 20, 2016

Luke Haines (the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder) Really Wanted to Like Richard Ashcroft’s These People

Sadly, it was cockless and weak as a runt child's piss.

Hot Love: How to Find Love Without Tinder — and Which Smiths Song to Listen to While Doing So

Music
By Dave Hill | February 29, 2016
By Dave Hill | February 29, 2016

Hot Love: How to Find Love Without Tinder — and Which Smiths Song to Listen to While Doing So

Dave Hill dishes out love advice — and love songs — to the lovelorn.

Boning this Valentine’s Day? Dave Hill Has the Soundtrack for You

Music
By Dave Hill | February 10, 2016
By Dave Hill | February 10, 2016

Boning this Valentine’s Day? Dave Hill Has the Soundtrack for You

Oreos, Spam and panty-dropping. How can this Talkhouse Music playlist NOT put you in the mood?

Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) Talks a Playlist of Songs from His Favorite Albums of 2015

Music
By Patterson Hood | January 20, 2016
By Patterson Hood | January 20, 2016

Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) Talks a Playlist of Songs from His Favorite Albums of 2015

Hood's playlist will make you laugh, cry and... cry some more.

Talkhouse Contributors Remember David Bowie

Music
January 11, 2016
January 11, 2016

Talkhouse Contributors Remember David Bowie

Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields), Kim Gordon, Merrill Garbus (Tune-Yards), Will Sheff (Okkervil River) and more pay tribute to an icon.

Michael Ian Cummings (SKATERS) Talks Courtney Barnett’s Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Music
By Michael Ian Cummings | December 17, 2015
By Michael Ian Cummings | December 17, 2015

Michael Ian Cummings (SKATERS) Talks Courtney Barnett’s Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

This record harks back to the ‘90s while simultaneously reassuring the listener that they’re not alone in their millennial confusion.

Luke Haines (the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder) Talks One Direction’s Made in the AM

Music
By Luke Haines | December 14, 2015
By Luke Haines | December 14, 2015

Luke Haines (the Auteurs, Black Box Recorder) Talks One Direction’s Made in the AM

Our middle-aged writer takes on the massive boy band's latest—but turns down the iPod lest any music leak out and people think he's creepy and mental.

Kathy Valentine (the BlueBonnets, Go-Go’s) Talks Queens of the Stone Age’s …Like Clockwork

Music
By Kathy Valentine | June 4, 2013
By Kathy Valentine | June 4, 2013

Kathy Valentine (the BlueBonnets, Go-Go’s) Talks Queens of the Stone Age’s …Like Clockwork

Summer of 1968, I’m a kid visiting my dad’s family in west Texas. One day, my 16-year-old cousin KJ holed up in his room for hours listening to...

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