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@SpectrumCulture
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5 years
#Walls is an introspective look at growing up and finding yourself—and your voice. #LouisTomlinson
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4 years
Happy New Year! Check out our 47th podcast - "Super(natural)man" - featuring guest Jim Beaver! @jumblejim We talk about Superman, loss, Supernatural and your other favorite Jim Beaver TV appearances. Listen here:
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@SpectrumCulture
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Call for writers: We are looking for four writers to review music, film and/or music. Use REPLY @ for more info!
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4 years
Our new PODCAST is up featuring actor Jim Beaver (Supernatural, Justified, Deadwood, Breaking Bad etc.) We talk about Beaver's work, Superman and loss. Please take a listen!! @jumblejim
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@SpectrumCulture
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1 year
Memento Mori is a reminder of death, but it is also a reminder of @depechemode itself, a synth-rock institution that continues to resonate among those who feel lost and alone in the world.
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4 years
#TrueHistoryoftheKellyGang is a visually stunning and sensationally acted telling of the life of the legendary Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.
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6 years
#LindseyBuckingham 's Solo Anthology is organized like a brand-new album that pulls the heartstrings and occasionally speaks to our deepest fears and darkest angers.
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6 years
Nobody performs quite like @ShakeyGraves .
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3 years
Two decades on, Sunny Border Blue represents the point at which @kristinhersh 's solo career became more than just a counterpoint to her work in Throwing Muses.
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2 years
Thank you, Sparks brothers. May you sing forever. May you both live forever. @sparksofficial Concert review here:
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2 years
Time almost stands still as this octogenarian proves equal to the task of creating moments that still matter today. @thedavidcrosby
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7 years
. @circasurvive 's #TheAmulet reveals a band that shows absolutely no signs of slowing down. @hopelessrecords
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2 months
What are the best ever releases by Numero Group?
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8 years
Concert: The gift of Mitski’s music is not only in the giving. @MusicHallofWB @mitskileaks
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7 years
If there’s ever been any doubt as to Aimee Mann’s poetic sensibilities, let them be laid to rest. @aimeemann
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4 years
#BrightestBlue , @elliegoulding ’s best and most vulnerable work yet, proves that we could never hate or replace her.
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4 years
#TheThe ’s #NakedSelf is as vital now as it ever was. It turns 20 this year. #HolyHell
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1 year
Since the millennium, @kristinhersh has honed her songwriting to state of sinewy, fat-free and intense near-perfection, and Clear Pond Road is another superb set of lyrically reticent but emotionally engaging songs. #ClearPondRoad
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@SpectrumCulture
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3 years
While it might not stand up with her best albums, #BlueBanisters doesn’t unduly dent #LanaDelRey ’s current purple patch of creativity.
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1 year
A capacious, strident masterpiece that envisions, destroys and re-creates worlds. #SunRa #SpaceIsthePlace
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@SpectrumCulture
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3 years
A good introduction to the band and to Kristin Hersh’s unique worldview: accessible yet intelligent, melodic yet heavy, and coming at a point of no musical return. #ThrowingMuses #RedHeaven #Revisit
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@SpectrumCulture
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4 years
Ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett ( @HackettOfficial ) is one of a few guitarists who can shift from electric to nylon-string guitar without missing a beat, and Under A Mediterranean Sky reveals the depths of his talent, with a technique that few can match.
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@SpectrumCulture
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2 years
Words written by Woody Guthrie decades ago are made for this moment thanks to the @DropkickMurphys . #ThisMachineStillKillsFascists
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@SpectrumCulture
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3 years
What are Springsteen's 20 BEST SONGS of 2010-2020? Well, let us tell you. Joining us are @caseyneill and Bruce biographer @peteramescarlin Let us know what we got right and what we got wrong! Read here: @springsteen @backstreetsmag
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1 year
Ten years can feel like a lifetime, especially for such a hardworking group like Band-Maid, so it must be immensely rewarding to receive such a powerful response playing Portland for the first time. #ConcertReview @bandmaid
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1 year
Few would have predicted the pop stardom awaiting @toyahofficial from the deliberately wayward and experimental Sheep Farming in Barnet, but the band’s exploration of the post-punk musical landscape is fascinating.
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@SpectrumCulture
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2 years
Beach House – Once Twice Melody is one of our Top 20 Albums of 2022 @BeaccchHoussse @SubPoplicity Read here:
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2 years
As the Wild Hearts tour drew to a close in Central Park, an adoring New York audience was left feeling loved, seen, safe and eager for the futures of these three generational artists. @sharonvanetten @AngelOlsen @julienrbaker #ConcertReview
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5 years
. @astronautalis is one of the most underrated storytellers in music today. #Rediscover #Pomegranate
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3 years
A cohesive, bold work that dares to draw not only from her heritage but her own personal mythos, Second Line marks @DawnRichard 's official foray into the ‘20s.
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5 years
It will likely soon be hard to catch @idlesband in a venue so small.
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2 years
The Swedish five-piece's set was rather incredible, thanks largely to the band's flawless musicianship, snare-tight performance and, most notably, Jonas Renkse's honeyed vocals. @KatatoniaBand #ConcertReview
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3 years
ICYMI: Our latest PODCAST is up featuring Kristin Hersh @kristinhersh We talk about music and kids, Vic Chesnutt, putting curses on people and more! Want to spend two hours with Kristin? Listen here:
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@SpectrumCulture
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4 years
#NoahReid ’s second album wants us to leave a light on for the people we were and the people we’re going to be. @olreid
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8 years
CAFE SOCIETY is a light, good-looking film that resurrects some of the Woody Allen charm.
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4 years
Wanna hear Alan Sparhawk talk like he's in the movie Fargo? Check out our podcast with @lowtheband where we discuss gardening, Curtis Mayfield, yacht rock, Meat Loaf and the Maasai. Yes, it's as awesome as it sounds. @subpop
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@SpectrumCulture
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6 months
We have openings for writers to review music, film and/or books. Use REPLY @ or DM us for more info.
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2 years
Our podcast with Spencer Krug is up! We discuss his most recent album, Canada and parenthood. @KrugSpencer @WolfParade Listen here:
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5 months
We have an opening for a writer to review music, film and/or books. Use REPLY @ for more info.
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1 year
JUMP ON IT by Bill Orcutt is one of our Best Albums of 2023 So Far! @billorcutt Read here:
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7 months
If you are a fan of our site, please retweet this and ask your followers to follow us. As you know, being an indie culture site ain’t easy these days and we could use all the love and support we can get!
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2 years
There’s an arterial-gushing limb-tearing slasher flick nestled within this Con Air riff. #ProjectWolfHunting
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3 years
The independent non-profit Scottish label Last Night from Glasgow has stepped up to help get out-of-print Trashcan Sinatras releases back out into the world, including I’ve Seen Everything getting a new CD and vinyl release. @LNFGlasgow
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@SpectrumCulture
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8 years
How many of you fucked to the music of @HiatusKaiyote ? Be honest!
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4 months
All right, hit us with your best, most obscure Albini-produced albums. Like even more obscure than Sonna's wonderful "We Sing Loud Sing Soft Tonight." Sub-Cheer Accident obscure, the real shit.
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7 years
A good concert can transcend ridiculous audience behavior. #ColterWall @ColterWall
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5 years
To be sure they held our attention, #Babymetal utilized three key aspects of musical showmanship: a plot, nonstop visuals and most importantly, choreography. #ConcertReview
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2 years
Thanking all of our 2022 podcast guests. Up next: JANET WEISS! Janet isn't only a kickass drummer but a kickass conversationalist. We talked about the best drummers on our show. Listen to our podcast with Janet: Episode 74 @jazzzhand
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4 years
"I Remember Everything" is one of our 25 Best Songs of 2020. RIP John Prine. @JohnPrineMusic @ohboyrecords
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4 years
If music is how we cope with the fate we are handed, @OlafurArnalds has given us a beautiful structure for handling this difficult, heartbreaking year. #SomeKindofPeace
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1 year
MAPS by billy woods and Kenny Segal is one of our Best Albums of 2023 So Far! @KennySegal @BackwoodzHipHop Read here:
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4 years
Happy New Year! Check out our 49th podcast - "Music for Birthing Suites" - featuring guest extraordinaire Tanya Donelly!! @TanyaDonelly We talk about politics, movie soundtracks and why you shouldn't be ashamed of joy. Listen here:
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4 years
You probably couldn’t ask for a better time for a new #TheOrb record than during a mass quarantine. #AbolitionOfTheRoyalFamilia
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8 months
We're still grinding away - posting quality content with no corporate overlord.
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3 years
ICYMI: We took on the impossible task of picking Bob Dylan's 20 BEST SONGS OF THE '60s! Tell us what we got right and where we screwed up! (We also did his other decades!) @exprain @bobdylan @Bob41Dylan @bob_notes @bobdylancenter Read here:
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8 years
Chris Robinson hasn’t lost a shred of his vocal style. @TheCRB
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4 years
#BillWithers picked exactly the right time to record his finest album. #LiveAtCarnegieHall #Revisit
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1 year
GEZAN elude classification; even though “rock” is as apt a term as any, the fact is that, in reality, noise rock, experimental music, punk and tribal music circulate through their veins. It’s therefore best to discuss ANOCHI for what it is; unapologetic.
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4 years
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip offers nearly everything one could want from a @sparksofficial record circa-2020.
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2 years
Twenty years on, Roger Avary’s The Rules of Attraction remains by far the most accurate, and arguably the only moving screen adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ work. #HolyHell
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3 years
As Days Get Dark by @ArabStrapBand is one of our Best Albums of 2021 (So Far) Read the feature here: @AidanJohnMoffat @rockactionrecs
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2 years
Calexico – El Mirador is one of our Top 20 Albums of 2022 @casadecalexico @AntiRecords Read here:
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8 years
Fates Warning: One of the leading voices in progressive metal. @fateswarning
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3 years
#RazorbladeTears by S.A. Cosby is a propulsive page-turner about righteous anger, and when its characters get to the heart of the mystery surrounding the murder of their sons, it isn’t hard to cheer. @blacklionking73
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4 years
In a lot of ways, this is the platonic ideal of what a @futureislands album should be. #AsLongAsYouAre
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5 years
The 18 tracks collected here remain as sonically and thematically pertinent now as they did upon their release. #FadGadget
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4 years
It's @Borisheavyrocks ! It's @MerzbowOfficial ! The noise/metal equivalent of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup team up once again for another exciting, dynamic collaboration that brings out the best in both and say goodbye to the nightmare that was 2020.
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3 years
Who wouldn't want to spend an hour talking to Van Dyke Parks? Well, we did! Join us for Episode 61 of ENJOY YOUR LIFE, “Only in America,” featuring Van Dyke Parks where we discuss the legendary musician's life and work. @thevandykeparks Listen here:
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“I don’t know anybody who had a great 2018. Maybe one or two people, but they’re extremely privileged and completely disconnected from reality.” Check out our interview with @DanBoeckner of @Operators_Band .
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6 years
. @atmosphere 's #MiVidaLocal is unlike most of the hip-hop you’ll hear this year.
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8 years
Interview: Nels Cline’s Long Road to LOVERS. @nelscline
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7 years
IN SPADES is just as moody and noirish as the Afghan Whigs' best work. @subpop @theafghanwhigs
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3 years
As @TheWho albums have been steadily reissued over the past 25 years, fans have grown accustomed to this sort of thing, but the new Sell Out set does an excellent job of curating not just the music, but the era itself.
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2 years
"Cerulean” by Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn is one of our 25 Best Songs of 2022 @DawnRichard @spencerzahn #BestOf2022 Read here:
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With its specificity in setting and emotion, the @ruralalberta created an openhearted album that had immediate contextual value with the potential to endure. #Rediscover #Hometowns
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6 years
#Rediscover : . @Timber_Timbre has never distilled their grim aesthetic sensibilities more purely than they do on their self-titled album. #TimberTimbre
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6 years
We spoke with @colin_stetson about his film scoring process, the saxophone dark arts and making angry bird noises with his instruments. #Hereditary #ColinStetson #ExEye
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2 years
Jennifer Lawrence and Bryan Tyree Henry do some their best work in this gentle, ultimately rewarding two-hander. #Causeway
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2 years
This genre-hopping thriller from Africa pulls influences from disparate sources in order to create something immediate and vibrant. #Saloum
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8 months
Shout out to other publications that we love: @PopMatters @theQuietus @post_trash_ @northerntrans @noripcord @Slant_Magazine @PasteMagazine @bestfitmusic - and many others! Keep reviewing art!
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6 years
#JourneysEnd is a reminder that for all the bloodbath of the Great War, its worst casualties were arguably claimed outside of combat.
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1 year
Both Lea Bertucci and Lawrence English have been firing on all cylinders these last two years, unleashing a torrent of thoughtful, imaginative, poetic and singular works of sound art across a handful of labels. @room40speaks
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7 years
We highly recommend James Gray's THE LOST CITY OF Z. #TheLostCityofZ @AmazonStudios
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2 years
Had it not been for wave after wave after wave of calamity, we wouldn't have this album, one of the finest solo outputs from the former Pavement guitarist. @spiralmusic #MedleyAttack
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4 years
With the mix of leftovers, new material, and even a purposeful cover, the second album of 2020 by beloved Muscle Shoals/Portland protest-rock mainstays @drivebytruckers continue their moment, making less of a scattered set and more of its own statement.
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3 years
For any intellectual reader who yearns for genre trappings, @viet_t_nguyen ’s latest is like Godard smashed into Sam Fuller, with Soderbergh’s flair for the dramatic and Tarantino’s orgiastically-violent set pieces. #TheCommitted
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1 year
Mélusine by Cécile McLorin Salvant is one of our Best Albums of 2023 So Far! @cecilesalvant @NonesuchRecords Read here:
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3 years
Even with hellfire furiously billowing behind him, it’s safe to say that @AndrewWK will always be unflinchingly likable.
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@SpectrumCulture
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4 years
Our podcast with @TanyaDonelly is coming soon! In the meantime, check out past episodes here () w/ these amazing guests: Alan Sparhawk + Mimi Parker @lowtheband Martin "Party Man" Seay @MartinSeay Shawna Potter @WarOnWomxn Kurt Wagner @lambchopisaband
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2 years
#Older is a performer’s showcase, the finesse of an artist tending to the styles that call to him rather than catering to the trends of the commercially viable. This is the work of a man taking risks. Listen, as always, without prejudice. #GeorgeMichael
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6 years
#DawnRichard knows to set herself apart not only to stand out but also to survive. #NewBreed
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3 years
"The Armed are reasserting the role of the art rather than the artist, and they're having fun with it." We recommend ULTRAPOP by the Armed @thearmed Review here:
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6 years
We have openings for writers to review music, film and/or books. Use REPLY @ for more info!
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4 years
Songs for Pierre Chuvin is one of our BEST ALBUMS OF 2020 SO FAR! @mountain_goats @mergerecords
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2 years
ICYMI: Our latest PODCAST is up featuring guest RICHARD BLADE! We discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of streaming television. @richardblade #richardblade #1stwave @SIRIUSXM @1stwave Listen here:
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“I like the naivety of it as well as the “Just fuck off, you posh bas tard” type of thing.” Check out our interview with Jason Williamson from @sleafordmods
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