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ALVVAYS ANTISOCIALITES (POLYVINYL) I’ve heard plenty of disappointment about Alvvays’ 2015 Gasa Gasa appearance, yet I only became aware of the band for how many copies of...

Ben Miotke, Maeve Holler, Raphael Helfand, Robert Landry, William Archambeault

November 2017

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ARIEL PINK DEDICATED TO BOBBY JAMESON (MEXICAN SUMMER) Indie pop’s most mysterious shut-in has done it again. Chillwave progenitor and asshole interviewee Ariel Rosenberg (Ariel...

Beau Patrick Coulon, Ben Miotke, Dan Fox, Maeve Holler, Raphael Helfand, Robert Landry

October 2017

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BLOODSICK S/T (C RAGE!) Having reemerged from their Ohioan tomb, Bloodsick now calls New Orleans its home base. Clevelanders, Nunslaughter, and local blasphemers Witch...

Ben Miotke, Dan McCoy, Emily Elhaj, Robert Landry, Terra Durio, William Archambeault

August 2017

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AR-15 DOGS OF WAR (C RAGE!) Whiskey-swilling, shirtless, and full of banter during their live shows, this trio’s latest cassette, Dogs of War, recalls influential ‘80s/ early...

Alex Taylor, Ben Miotke, Dan McCoy, Emily Elhaj, Leigh Checkman, Maeve Holler, Robert Landry, Travis Bird

January 2017

REVIEWS

CHILDISH GAMBINO “AWAKEN, MY LOVE!” (GLASSNOTE) On “Awaken, My Love!” Childish Gambino—better known as actor and comedian Donald Glover— dives headfirst into...

Alex Taylor, Andrew Mullins III, Brandon Lattimore, Dan McCoy, Kelly McClure, Robert Landry, William Archambeault

September 2016

Reviews

APHEX TWIN CHEETAH (WARP) Richard D. James has certainly been prolific these past few years. Between 2014’s triumphant Syro (the vast archive of previously-unreleased tracks put...

Ben Miotke, Brandon Lattimore, Carl Elvers, Corey Cruse, Holly Mohon, Kelly McClure, Leigh Checkman, Maeve Holler, Robert Landry, William Archambeault

January 2016

A Living Soundtrack: There’s No Place Like Home

Between 2007 and 2011, the scene in New Orleans got a new kind of weird. Before the days of every show seemingly featuring a popular Loyola indie band, the Dragon’s Den, Banks...

Robert Landry