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Dirty Beaches and the Power of Drifting
In a way, all professional musicians are drifters. They travel from city to city courtesy of a van or bus with very few of their personal items in tow; an instrument, a bag of clothes, maybe a money...
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The 10 Best Indie-Rock Tracks of July
Alex Kapranos plays with Franz Ferdinand, April 2013. Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic An average of a billion rock tracks are uploaded to the Internet each day, leaving music fans with more than a glut...
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On No Age’s Unconventional Approach to Noisy Art Rock on ‘An Object’
Photo courtesy of No Age September 2010: I told myself I wouldn’t nerd out. But there I was, in the backseat of my good friend’s car, being driven to uber-influential grassroots venue the Smell, where...
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An unsuccessful swordfight for at least one man, the slickest pickpocket ever, a wedding dress on fire, the flower girl holding a match and pocketing a $20 bill: Welcome to the chaotic, unholy union...
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Sic Alps Frontman Mike Donovan Talks The Band’s Breakup And His Solo Career
Photo Credit: Christian Faustus Although not quite the first white man to touch California soil, Mike Donovan is a pioneer. Sic Alps, the band wherein he was the frontman, precipitated an avalanche of...
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La Luz Just Wants Us All To Dance And Cry
Have you ever had a point in your life when you experienced a local band in their “moment”? When there was a collective energy coursing through wherever you live, whatever venues you frequent, when...
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Dude York Delivers On ‘Cannibal’ Track
It’s hard to definitively say Walla Walla, Washington — with its onion fields, Washington State Penitentiary looming in the distance, and intrepid cartoon vacuum cleaner salesmen – has very much of a...
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