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Live Review: Perfume Genius at The Palace Theater, Los Angeles – September 19, 2020

Jeremy J. FisetteSeptember 20, 2020

Decked out in a wide brown suit and a tank top, Mike Hadreas (aka Perfume Genius) looked right at home on the stage for his livestream concert on September 19 ...

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Yo La Tengo drop new instrumental album We Have Amnesia Sometimes

Rob HJuly 17, 2020

Alt-rock legends Yo La Tengo never stop playing music, and that has remained true during the recent months of lockdown. During the course of this week they've ...

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Muzz are rampant on “Knuckleduster”

Rob HMay 28, 2020

Muzz, the new project of Paul Banks (Interpol), Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman), and Matt Barrick (The Walkmen), are putting out their self-titled debut al...

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Album Review: Perfume Genius – Set My Heart On Fire Immediately

Andy JohnstonMay 15, 2020

The music Mike Hadreas has been making as Perfume Genius over the past 10 years has never exactly been short on feeling. One listen to his quiveringly fragile ...

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Album Review: Car Seat Headrest – Making A Door Less Open

Rob HakimianMay 1, 2020

Even back when he would sit in his car to record vocals for the earliest Car Seat Headrest albums, Will Toledo thought about his music in widescreen. This was ...

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Yo La Tengo’s Electr-o-pura 25th Anniversary Edition announced with Lucy Dacus’ cover of “Tom Courtenay”

Rob HApril 30, 2020

This Saturday, May 2, marks the 25th anniversary of Yo La Tengo's seventh album Electr-o-pura, and following the beautiful reissue of Painful from a few years ...

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Car Seat Headrest reveal epic slow-burner “There Must Be More Than Blood”

Rob HApril 23, 2020

Just last week Car Seat Headrest shared the bombastic "Hollywood", but with little more than a week to go until the release of new album Making A Door Less Ope...

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Belle & Sebastian collaborate with fans for isolation-inspired audio-visual piece “Protecting the Hive”

Rob HApril 21, 2020

We're all going through this together, that's the message Glaswegian favourites Belle & Sebastian are sending out to the world as they continue to stay cre...

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