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Dave Depper’s (Death Cab for Cutie) Favorite Lyrics of 2016 So Far Are…

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By Dave Depper | October 14, 2016

Dave Depper’s (Death Cab for Cutie) Favorite Lyrics of 2016 So Far Are…

Depper is enamored of Andy Shauf’s sweet, sad words.

Don’t Let Your “Alt” Identity Sabotage This Election

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By Josh Strawn | July 29, 2016

Don’t Let Your “Alt” Identity Sabotage This Election

Josh Strawn (Azar Swan, Vaura) talks getting over identity politics in the interest of the greater good.

Matt Fraction Talks About the Uneasy Listening of the Flaming Lips’ The Terror

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By Matt Fraction | May 4, 2013

Matt Fraction Talks About the Uneasy Listening of the Flaming Lips’ The Terror

The nervous breakdown that’s bubbled just under the surface of the Flaming Lips’ output since 1999’s The Soft Bulletin has arrived, fully...

Elizabeth Sankey (Summer Camp) Talks Paramore’s Paramore

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By Elizabeth Sankey | May 1, 2013

Elizabeth Sankey (Summer Camp) Talks Paramore’s Paramore

claire: Hey, you see this? It's a statement one of the brothers made when he left the band. He paints a very dark picture. He...

Sean Yeaton (Parquet Courts) Talks the Strokes’ Comedown Machine

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By Sean Yeaton | April 9, 2013

Sean Yeaton (Parquet Courts) Talks the Strokes’ Comedown Machine

My dad used to tell me he could use the sun to tell time. He'd grab a stick and jam it into the dirt and, while I wasn't looking, look at his watch...

Ben Greenberg (the Men, Hubble) Talks Chelsea Light Moving’s Chelsea Light Moving

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By Ben Greenberg | April 5, 2013

Ben Greenberg (the Men, Hubble) Talks Chelsea Light Moving’s Chelsea Light Moving

I was an NYC kid-musician in the '90s, and Sonic Youth was truly inescapable. You watched TV, there they were, you went to a shitty punk show,...