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- Metric Interview - An Interview with Emily Haines of MetricCreated: 2009-07-09 @ 12:54:26 GMT Updated: 2009-07-09 @ 13:05:15 GMT
The chatty Metric frontwoman talks sad songs, Canadian socialism, and music-industry exploitation… - Handsome Furs - Review of Handsome Furs' Album Face ControlCreated: 2009-07-08 @ 22:52:30 GMT Updated: 2009-07-08 @ 23:09:59 GMT
HF have authored an album as Russian travelogue, journeying deep into the dark heart of the neo-Soviet-Union… - History of Thrill Jockey Records - Thrill Jockey Records ProfileCreated: 2009-07-05 @ 00:30:59 GMT
Profile of Chicago's influential independent label Thrill Jockey… - Best Records of '09 - Top Alternative Music Albums of 2009Created: 2009-07-04 @ 09:49:04 GMT
It's been a killer musical year so far: Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear. He's the 10 best discs from January-to-June… - Dean Wareham Interview - An Interview with Dean Wareham of Galaxie 5…Created: 2009-07-04 @ 09:46:29 GMT
The longtime Luna frontman dishes the dirt on his rock'n'roll memoir 'Black Postcards.'… - Galaxie 500 On Fire - Review of Galaxie 500's Definitive Alternative…Created: 2009-07-03 @ 14:43:46 GMT Updated: 2009-07-03 @ 14:47:15 GMT
Capturing Galaxie 500's tender, swirling psychedelia at its best, 'On Fire' echoes with a quiet, humble perfection… - Alternative Music Artists and Record Labels - Names to Know in Indie…Created: 2009-07-03 @ 13:20:39 GMT
Get to know the names of Alternative and Indie Music: Artists, Bands, Record Labels… - Alternative Music Reviews and Recommendations - Top 10 Lists - Defin…Created: 2009-07-03 @ 13:19:15 GMT
Reviews and Top 10 Lists to help you make sense of the sprawling alternative music realm… - Galaxie 500 Biography - Artist Profile of Galaxie 500Created: 2009-07-03 @ 13:01:43 GMT Updated: 2009-07-04 @ 09:16:21 GMT
Look at the brief, blindingly beautiful career of cult indie-rock outfit Galaxie 500… - Dean Wareham Black Postcards - Review of Dean Wareham's Memoir Black…Created: 2009-07-03 @ 10:20:07 GMT Updated: 2009-07-03 @ 13:58:27 GMT
The spill-all memoir looks at the mundane realities and emotional messiness of doing time in bands rich in critical acclaim, less so in wealth… - Discovery LP - Review of Discovery's Album LPCreated: 2009-07-03 @ 06:57:19 GMT
Vampire Weekend + Ra Ra Riot + Copious Amounts of Auto-Tune = Discovery… - Dinosaur Jr You're Living All Over Me - Review of Dinosaur Jr's Defi…Created: 2009-06-26 @ 11:20:32 GMT Updated: 2009-06-26 @ 11:34:50 GMT
Review of Dinosaur Jr's 'ear-bleeding country' classic from 1987… - Dinosaur Jr Farm - Review of Dinosaur Jr's Album FarmCreated: 2009-06-25 @ 23:45:37 GMT Updated: 2009-06-26 @ 11:39:16 GMT
Has there been a better rock'n'roll comeback than the return of the original Dinosaur? … - Dirty Projectors Bitte Orca - Review of Dirty Projectors' Album Bitt…Created: 2009-06-24 @ 11:15:08 GMT
After years of toiling in the shadows of obscurity, Dirty Projectors' time to shine is now… - Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Die - Review of Tortoise's D…Created: 2009-06-18 @ 12:29:11 GMT
Tortoise's sea-tide grooves and pointillist hand-percussion put the post-rock sub-genre on the map… - Tortoise Biography - Artist Profile of TortoiseCreated: 2009-06-18 @ 11:32:58 GMT
A career-long look at Chicago's genre-razing, forever-experimental instrumentalists… - Tortoise Beacons of Ancestorship - Review of Tortoise's Album Beacon…Created: 2009-06-18 @ 11:31:59 GMT
Five years since 'It's All Around You,' these slow-and-steady titans of mighty instrumentalism have picked up right where they left off… - Guided by Voices Bee Thousand - Review of Guided by Voices' Definiti…Created: 2009-06-12 @ 12:47:55 GMT
Knocking out 30 songs in three days, GBV enshrined the lo-fi aesthetic on an ad-hoc 'album' afforded instant-classic status… - Sonic Youth The Eternal - Review of Sonic Youth's Album The EternalCreated: 2009-06-10 @ 23:25:32 GMT
With their rocking 16th LP, the forever-noisy greybeards prove themselves to be the Eternal Youth… - Jenny Wilson Interview - An Interview with Jenny WilsonCreated: 2009-06-10 @ 23:20:14 GMT Updated: 2009-06-11 @ 10:45:13 GMT
The Swedish starlet explains how, artistically, motherhood and war go hand-in-hand…