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We Listened to “Trout Mask Replica”… so You Won’t Need to
Trout Mask Replica is a challenging piece that behooves any listener to wonder: “what exactly am I listening to?” Why listen to Trout Mask Replica? Well, we won’t say you need to… but read about how this expression of musical creativity became a timeless classic.
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Vampire Weekend – Total Solar Eclipse Concert
Clouds swirled above Austin on April 8th, 2024 – the day of a total solar eclipse for a stretch of the United States. Throngs of people below massed at Moody Amphitheater for the opening ceremony of Vampire Weekend’s upcoming tour and release show for their fifth studio album, the music paused in anticipation of the…
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Only God Was Above Us | Album Review
Only God Was Above Us is an electric new album from Vampire Weekend, combining a brilliant medley of new sounds and influences into their classic indie legend style.
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Free Your Mind | Album Review
Free Your Mind by Amnesty; the eponymous seventies record that never was. Impromptu ballads and mass advice splattered against a backdrop of Latin-tinged horns, bassline cardiograms, hopscotch percussion and post-Motown vocals. That’s the picture, mister. Just add funk and free your mind. The LP was never released prior to 2006, when it was reissued on…
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Every Vampire Weekend Song Ranked
Ranking every Vampire Weekend song. Ranking some applications of garlic in cooking. Only God Was Above Us out April 5th.
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Bright Future | Album Review
In 2020 when life was cut short and everyone went home to await further guidance in isolation, the members of Big Thief were caught in the middle of a multi-legged tour. Cancelling the remaining shows, they retreated to old haunts while vocalist, Adrianne Lenker, rented a small cabin out in the western Massachusetts mountains. Here,…
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I Got Heaven | Album Review
Mannequin Pussy are at the perfect point in their music. On their senior record I Got Heaven, they marry the iconic furiosity of past materials to romantic epiphany in a mangling, twisting, messy feast of bleeding-heart rock. While navigating multiple forced hiatuses, Covid-19 recording limbo, losing rights to their masters, and the theft of a…
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Indie Feature, Indie Past
When your favorite rapper releases the track list for their upcoming album, the first thing you look for is the features. The feature has grown in hip hop as a core tenet of the genre, tied to the creative power of producers and their pull for vocal talent. The process lends itself to that form…
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Soundtrack from Twin Peaks | Album Review
Television from the 90s is bookmarked by departures. Since the early inception of cable back in the 70s, public broadcast television had been dwindling to near obsolescence as private companies capitalized on an ever-increasing demand for content. As a result, networks radiated outwards and channels sprung up to satisfy every whim and interest. Sitcoms, news…
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The Presidents of The United States of America | Album Review
This President’s Day, celebrate The Presidents of The United States of America (rock band)’s self-titled debut in all its peachy glory.
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