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Steve Wynn (the Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, the Baseball Project) Talks Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Hypnotic Eye

By Steve Wynn | July 30, 2014

Steve Wynn (the Dream Syndicate, Gutterball, the Baseball Project) Talks Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Hypnotic Eye

After 35 years, you might think you have Tom Petty figured out, but this portrait of modern malaise is worth spending time 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...

Monty Powell Talks the Peculiar Life of the Hit Songwriter

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By Monty Powell | June 7, 2014

Monty Powell Talks the Peculiar Life of the Hit Songwriter

A sea of 20,000 hands wave in unison like tendrils in a kelp bed when the waves force them to dance. But it's music, not the Pacific Ocean, driving...

Scott Devendorf (the National) Talks Bob Mould’s Beauty & Ruin

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By Scott Devendorf | June 2, 2014

Scott Devendorf (the National) Talks Bob Mould’s Beauty & Ruin

I've been a fan of Bob Mould's music for maybe half as long as he's been making it. In the '80s when we were in junior high, skateboarding and...

Simone Dinnerstein Talks Molly Drake

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By Simone Dinnerstein | May 17, 2014

Simone Dinnerstein Talks Molly Drake

My husband will, on occasion, wax lyrical about British autumn afternoons, sitting, as a toddler, next to his mother and listening to her play...

Reggie Watts Talks Tune-Yards’ Nikki Nack

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By Reggie Watts | May 15, 2014

Reggie Watts Talks Tune-Yards’ Nikki Nack

I'm not a huge lyrics person — I hear the music first. But sometimes tuning in to the words can clarify things. And when I checked out the lyric...

Kurt Wagner (Lambchop) Talks Tiny Ruins’ Brightly Painted One

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By Kurt Wagner | May 12, 2014

Kurt Wagner (Lambchop) Talks Tiny Ruins’ Brightly Painted One

The last thing I remember was lying on the operating room table staring at all these lights shaped like UFOs on the ceiling like a scene out of ER...

Cassie Grzymkowski (the Babies, Vivian Girls) Talks Stone Jack Jones’ Ancestor

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By Cassie Grzymkowski | March 26, 2014

Cassie Grzymkowski (the Babies, Vivian Girls) Talks Stone Jack Jones’ Ancestor

I’d never heard of Stone Jack Jones before, and that’s why I wanted to write about his album. Talkhouse managing editor Michael Tedder reached out...

Mark Eitzel (American Music Club) Talks Jimi Goodwin’s Odludek

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By Mark Eitzel | March 24, 2014

Mark Eitzel (American Music Club) Talks Jimi Goodwin’s Odludek

I can go on and on about songwriting and the coming end of our civilization (15 years from now). I have killed countless conversations with self...

Nathan Michel (Hospitality) Talks Eric Church’s The Outsiders

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By Nathan Michel | February 20, 2014

Nathan Michel (Hospitality) Talks Eric Church’s The Outsiders

I know very little about Eric Church, or country music, for that matter. I decided to write about Church's new record because I thought my....