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Grimes

The Accidental Pop Star

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2012

No matter how tech-savvy she appears when producing music, conducting live performances or directing music videos, Claire Boucher refuses t...

Lamb of God

New Year's Resolution

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2012

"I've done a lot of shit in my life; a lot of crazy shit, a lot of cool shit, a lot of stuff that I'm not so proud of and I wouldn't change...

Waiting on the Weeknd

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2011

"Can't believe I made it, but I made it that's for sure." ("The Party & the After Party," House of Balloons) On an unseasonably warm Sunda...

Tom Waits

The Bad And The Beautiful

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2011

"The amount of time that you spend on anything should not, and will never, directly correspond to how important or interesting it is," Tom...

Feist

New Beginnings

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2011

"I didn't want to play music anymore. I needed to think maybe I was gonna open a bookstore or learn how to surf and never come back." It w...

Beirut

Independence Day

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2011

Even as Zach Condon was releasing his 2009 double EP March of the Zapotec/Holland, the founder, singer and songwriter for Beirut already kn...

Odd Future

Teeth of the Storm

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2011

No one in the last 18 months has garnered as much attention, controversy, buzz and hype as the Odd Future collective. At the same time, few...

Bon Iver

Imaginary Places

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2011

I just don't give a shit if I make a record that everyone hates if I love it." Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver, is a few weeks from launching...