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We weren’t prepared for the dissolution of Sonic Youth in 2011. An alternative-rock institution for…
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Listen to Partner‘s delightful debut album, In Search of Lost Time, and you will quickly…
Grant Hart’s Greatest Songs
To say Grant Hart lived a hard life is a gross understatement. With ’80s noise-pop…
Open Mike Eagle Ain’t No Joke
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Carmen Villain’s Magical Playlist
American-born, Oslo-based dream-pop chanteuse Carmen Villain recently released her mesmerizing second album, Infinite Avenue. To mark…
The Best Indie/Pop Songs RIGHT NOW
This playlist collects new music that The Dowsers’ Maura Johnston has fallen for in her…
The National Family Tree
When bands adopt an air of world-weary resignation, it can feel like such a pose.…
Ed Droste’s Favorite Under-The-Radar Jams
To celebrate Grizzly Bear’s first album in five years, the solid-if-not-revelatory Painted Ruins, Ed Droste…
The Songs That Influenced LCD Soundsystem’s American Dream
As LCD Soundsystem release their fourth studio album American Dream, fans owe more than a…