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A couple weeks back, Bikini Kill reissued their very first demo tape from 1991, Revolution Girl Style Now, via the band’s own record label. You’re probably about dried…
Know Wolf Eyes From Lazyeyes Lest You Get Stink Eye
Bands Apart is a new weekly column wherein we outline the sometimes vast differences between bands with not-so-different names. Soak up this super important knowledge…
Aussie Invasion: 7 Acts to See at CMJ While They’re Up From Down Under
Nowadays, you can’t swing a dead wallaby by its tail without hitting an exciting new band from Australia. Are they putting something in the water…
Prepare Your Ears for Physical Copy, Coz Yonatan Gat’s Ready for the Next One
Before meeting the guy, I envisioned Yonatan Gat as some latter-day guitar god, a reincarnation of that tradition of males whose sole purpose in life is to descend…
Five Years After Interpol, Carlos D Tells Us Where He’s Been Hiding
Carlos D, former bass player of Interpol, was an integral part of the band — and was once described as its “most infamous” member. As…
Throw Vision Balances a Four-Pronged Musical Orbit for a Distinct Fusion of Sound
Due to some scheduling snafus, I was able to keep coming back to Throw Vision‘s music again and again before we finally met in-person this past weekend.…
The Shop Brings ‘Texas With a Twist’ Barbecue and Live Music to Bushwick
“I grew up doing a lot of country boy shit and I know how to do it well,” said Dan Lyle, chef and owner of…