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She’s Crafty & She’s Also A Kickass Tribute

I wanted to interview She’s Crafty because they are one of my favorite new groups in Chicago. Not just because they’re an all-female tribute to one of the greatest music groups [...]

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An Incredible Milli-Second With The Unforgettable Shadow Paint

Shadow Paint completely blew us away as the first band of the Middle of The Map Fest in Kansas City at the beginning of April. Their lead singer, Angela Schroder, is [...]

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Such A Delight: Interview With Robin Bacior

Robin Bacior is pure magic. It’s difficult to pinpoint her sound exactly, but what comes to mind is a vision of She & Him dancing through a colony of fairies [...]

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What Turned You On? SXSW Edition: Gretta Rochelle, David Schelzel & Charles Cave

In this series we ask musicians about the one album that changed their life, the album that turned that slow burn of curiosity into an uncontrollable fire, the album that [...]

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Dana Falconberry Sans Unicorn Costume: An Interview

Dana Falconberry has been on our music radar for quite some time now. Hailing from Michigan with the goal of music on her mind, Dana has become an Austin native [...]

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An Interview With One Of Our Favorite Bands That Never Gets Old: TEEN

If you haven’t heard of TEEN yet, you will. The Brooklyn-based chick rockers have been playing constantly since the winter  of 2010, including performances with Purity Ring, War on Drugs and Yellow Ostrich and [...]

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Shy Away ‘Feels Like Vacation’

“Feels Like Vacation” Coming across a song or an album, a band or an artist that hasn’t been marketed yet and is truly a diamond in the rough is a [...]

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East Meets West: An Interview With The Yellow Dogs

Brooklyn via Tehran punk band, The Yellow Dogs were kind enough to take time out while touring to answer a few questions for us. Here’s what we chatted about with Koory, Looloosh, Ali and [...]

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Getting to Know Hannah Williams & The Tastemakers

Hannah Williams & The Tastemakers burst onto the UK music scene with vivaciousness to rival the cry of a newborn baby. This might seem like a rare and strange comparison, [...]



What Turned You On? Travis Caine Seitz, Zohra Atash & Jasmine Golestaneh

In this series we ask musicians about the one album that changed their life, the album that turned that slow burn of curiosity into an uncontrollable fire, the album that [...]

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Interview With Lovedrug

I’ve been crushing—hard—on Lovedrug for a while. So when I scored the opportunity for an interview with the band’s lead singer, Michael Shepard, it was difficult not to jump up [...]

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What Turned You On? Justin Landis, Seth Sutton & Seth Murray

In this series we ask musicians about the one album that changed their life, the album that turned that slow burn of curiosity into an uncontrollable fire, the album that [...]

What Turned You On? Aaron Mendelsohn, Bob Nastanovich & Bill Ricchini

In this series we ask musicians about the one album that changed their life, the album that turned that slow burn of curiosity into an uncontrollable fire, the album that [...]



What Turned You On? Nedelle Torrisi, Ariel Rubin & Jenny Hsu

In this series we ask musicians about the one album that changed their life, the album that turned that slow burn of curiosity into an uncontrollable fire, the album that [...]