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Luke Roberts feat. Kurt Vile: “Silver Chain”

07/29/2016

It’s been a good year for guys with guitars and southern-leaning sounds: In May, William Tyler released Modern Country; in June, Steve Gunn put out Eyes on the Lines; and, in October, Nashville-based singer-son...

You get what you give:
5 martyr-like musical artists

Andrew Brandt

11/13/2015

Features

Protomartyr is a great band, but Protomartyr is a sham. Even though their most recent record, Agent Intellect, is so good that when the band comes to my town I will cheer just as loudly for their new songs as t...

ICYMI: The Week’s Best Singles, Sept. 5-11

Andrew Brandt

09/12/2015

Features, Songs

The Internet is a big place. Trim the fat and have a listen to some of our favorite songs that came out this week, from pop to hip hop and everything in between. Check back each week for a briefing on what you ...

Best in Music Journalism: August 2015

Andrew Brandt

09/08/2015

Features

The best stories have great characters at the center of them, and musicians might be some of the greatest characters of all. That’s why when we’re not writing about music, we’re reading about it. From illuminat...

In Case You Missed It: The Week’s Best Singles, July 31-August 6

Andrew Brandt

08/07/2015

Features, Songs

The Internet is a big place. Trim the fat and have a listen to some of our favorite songs that came out this week, from pop to hip hop and everything in between. Check back each Friday for a briefing on what yo...

In Case You Missed It: The Week’s Best Singles, July 24-30

Andrew Brandt

07/31/2015

Features, Songs

The Internet is a big place. Trim the fat and have a listen to some of our favorite songs that came out this week, from pop to hip hop and everything in between. Check back each Friday for a briefing on what yo...

In Case You Missed It: The Week’s Best Singles, July 10-16

Andrew Brandt

07/17/2015

Features, Songs

The Internet is a big place. Trim the fat and have a listen to some of our favorite songs that came out this week, from pop to hip hop and everything in between. Check back each Friday for a briefing on what yo...

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Desaparecidos: Payola

Andrew Brandt

06/26/2015

Albums

Conor Oberst is angry again. He’s angry with Joe Arpaio, Anonymous, the Occupy movement and countless other headline fodder that’s appeared and dissipated just as Desaparecidos did in 2002 with their debut, ...

Daughn Gibson: “Shatter You Through”

Andrew Brandt

03/26/2015

Songs

It’s been a quiet two years for truck driver by day, hunk rocker by night Daughn Gibson. The singer, who signed to Sub Pop and in 2013 released Me Moan, a swampy, heartbreaking collage of alt-country and electr...

Projecting the 2015 Pitchfork Music Festival Lineup

Brandon Clementi and Andrew Brandt

02/12/2015

Features, Pitchfork

2015 marks the 10th year of Pitchfork Music Festival, Pitchfork Media's annual mid-July takeover of Chicago's Union Park. Unlike most festivals, where the trend seems to be "the bigger the better," Pitchfork st...

The 15 Best Self-Titled Albums Since 2000

Andrew Brandt

01/29/2015

Features

For an artist, a self-titled album can serve a number of purposes. It can function as an introduction or signify a new direction, or it be used to make a career-defining statement. While every self-titled album...

Diet Cig: “Scene Sick”

Andrew Brandt

01/29/2015

Songs

Diet Cig is a new duo out of New York that makes bedroom music of the non-eye-rolling variety. The group, which consists of Alex Luciano and Noah Bowman, is slated to release their debut EP in February, and the...

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