Interview

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  MJ Lenderman's Fretboard Fireworks Are Indie Rock's Secret Weapon

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2024

  MJ Lenderman is one of best guitarists working today, though you wouldn't know it from chatting with him. Yes, he's gained renown for wrang...

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  Valley Celebrate the "Magic of Having Finally Arrived at the Feeling We Were Chasing for So Many Years"

  PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2024

  Valley wondered if it was a sign. After nearly a decade together, having met as Burlington high school kids in two separate groups in a...

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  BC Metal Explorers Anciients Go Through the Gauntlet and Reemerge Stronger Than Ever

  PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2024

  All bands go through hardships: broken vans and instruments, arguments, creative differences, losing members, gaining members, getting...

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  Warren Ellis and Nick Cave's Bad Seeds Fearlessly Search for Something "Different to Anything That's Come Before"

  PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2024

  For the casual listener, Nick Cave seems easily categorized: he's moody, brooding and opaque. All the qualities that have earned the dozens...

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  The Cast of 'Blink Twice' Evoke a "Sexy and Somehow Culty" Vision of Wealth

  PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2024

  A summer release calls for star power. Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut has a star-studded cast while taking advantage of its release window...

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  illuminati hotties' Grammy-Winning Production Skills "Create a Universe" in a Spare Bedroom

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2024

  Sarah Tudzin has been in demand over the last few years — and not just because of her cultishly beloved indie rock albums under the name il...

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  LEATHERS Discusses Her Croc-Stealing, Life-Rescuing "Angel Dog" Mary

  PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2024

  LEATHERS' debut album, 'Ultraviolet,' is full of thumping, gothic synthpop bangers — but it ends on a moment of touching reflection, with a...

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  Joan Chen on Progress Hollywood Made to Get to 'Dìdi (弟弟)'

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2024

  When Joan Chen moved to California from Shanghai, she had just won Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Awards (at the time considered to be...