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Jungle
Music of the Mind
PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2014
Jungle have become so proficient at the art of genre-bending that it's nearly impossible to define their sound without referencing game-cha...
Mastodon
Interstellar Overdrive
PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2014
The lumbering behemoth known as Once More 'Round the Sun is a relative anomaly in metal. Their musical linage and ability is nothing short...
Ab-Soul
On His Path
PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2014
For Ab-Soul the idea of "longterm mentality" has many meanings: it's the name of his first album, but more importantly it's his unspoken ma...
Meshell Ndegeocello
Intergalactic Signs
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2014
"Ah, we'll see if you feel that way later," murmurs Meshell Ndegeocello with a mischievous chuckle, when I share how pleased I am to speak...
The Soft Pink Truth
On the Edge of Aesthetics and Ethics
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2014
Drew Daniel is a perfect example of a 21st century polymath. One half of San Francisco glitch experimentalists Matmos, Daniel also fancies...
Mary Gauthier
Songs of Love & Hate
PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2014
Call her style uneasy listening, as her signature is deep exploration of personal pain. Her previous studio record, 2010's The Foundling, w...
To Embrace Imperfection
A Conversation with Rhett Miller of The Old 97's
PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2014
On one of the best songs on one of the best albums released so far this year, Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller admits that "Rock and roll's b...
Röyksopp & Robyn
Dance with Death
PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2014
Since hitting it off working together on collaborations "The Girl and the Robot," a single from the Norwegian electronic duo's 2009 album J...