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Recorded in 2017, Live at Value Sound Studios is one of the year’s best albums. Once intentionally shrouded in mystery, the band’s leader and songwriter now reveals the journey that led to its release.
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The Glasgow post-punk quartet open up about the making of their debut album, Scotland’s local music scene, and more
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Their new album Strike Gold, Strike Back, Strike Out is their best yet. Joe C. talks band names and a fellow Simp’s reaction to his singing voice.
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The Brooklyn band, featuring members of Nandas and Exit Order, explores the fragility and toughness in the world of insects.
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The D.C. band’s members are actually feeling better; this interview happened at a bar four months ago.
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In this installment of “Record Exchange,” the teenage AEW and ROH wrestler discusses the power of Blink-182 as entrance music and whether or not she and Billiam are twinning.
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Duane Denison discusses bringing the band back from the dead and how honoring their legacy meant completely ignoring it.
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The Aussie garage punk wunderkind makes excellent records at a clip. Presented with this evidence, he calls himself “pretty fuckin’ lazy.”
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The members of the NYC punk band look back on their complicated relationship with their second album and the conditions that led to its creation.
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A discussion about punks going solo and leaning into glam personas + feeling like an old curmudgeon for as long as he can remember.
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In this installment of “Record Exchange,” Hanson discusses This Heat’s influence on his life as a creator, plus the often-imitated but never-replicated style of Alan Vega.
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Elisa Ambrogio and Pete Nolan on the moodboard of their improvisational new album A New Kind of World: “Wow, Joni [Mitchell] never made her Trans.”