Interviews
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We revisit an interview from our editor’s vast archives. This conversation took place in 2007, in advance of Ohio band Lovedrug’s second album. Read more
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A negative reaction to the recently-published book Twee led us to seek out its author, Marc Spitz, to get his side of the story. A gentle revolution, indeed. Read more
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Some bands are always going to reside on the peripheral of the greater scene. People know the big names–The Beatles, Sex Pistols, Nirvana–but not as many know Gerry and the Pacemakers, Buzzcocks, or Mudhoney–all bands of quality, but ones that have a smaller and just as great a following. Such is the case with Swimming Read more
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What can I say about Neil Hamburger that hasn’t been said about Mother Teresa? If you do not know who Neil Hamburger is, then I feel sorry for you, even though, you know, I wouldn’t really be surprised if you don’t. But it’s not his loss, it’s yours. You see, Neil Hamburger is perhaps the best comedian Read more
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One of the more fun—if not slightly more obscure—musical trends from the early 1990s was the amalgam of jazz, pop, and soundtrack music. Sure, bands like Stereolab and Combustible Edison made the papers, but there were plenty of other bands out there, making quality music. Few bands did so with aplomb than London-based Corduroy. Recording Read more
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It’s extremely hard to not enjoy chatting with Bottle Rockets leader Brian Henneman. Unpretentious, straightforward, and always enjoying himself, he is the antithesis of a lot of people in the alt.country scene, as he’s the real deal–not some cheesy impersonation of a down-to-earth country boy who loves a little bit of rock and roll and Read more
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Followers of the Seattle-area punk rock explosion of the late 1980s and early 1990s know and trust the name Girl Trouble. For the past thirty years, this foursome has held on to the same lineup, and their sound hasn’t changed; gritty blasts of punk rock and garage rock that places itself nicely in the history of that area’s Read more
The Recoup 