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  Five Things You Should Know About Future Islands' 'The Far Field'

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2017

  Three years ago, Baltimore trio Future Islands scored a major breakthrough with Singles, their fourth album and first for new label 4AD. Af...

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  Four Firsts for the New Pornographers on Seventh Album 'Whiteout Conditions'

  PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2017

  By the time most bands get around to making their seventh album (if they even get that far) fans generally know what to expect. And while V...

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  Five Ways Producer/DJ Octo Octa Found Herself — and Her Direction — on 'Where Are We Going?'

  PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2017

  Maya Bouldry-Morrison's new album is striking for a number of reasons. Born in Chicago, raised in New Hampshire, and now based in Brooklyn,...

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  Bob Dylan's Seven Most Fascinating Covers

  PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2017

  Music icon Bob Dylan is renowned for his poetic and vivid songwriting, yet at various stages throughout his career, he has put his pen down...

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  An Essential Guide to Mount Eerie, the Microphones and the World of Phil Elverum

  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2017

  The earliest releases by Phil Elverum (who, at the time, was still spelling his last name as "Elvrum") firmly embraced the era of lo-fi rec...

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  Eleven Barbs That Prove the Jesus and Mary Chain Are Even More Savage Than Oasis's Gallagher Brothers

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2017

  In the April issue of Exclaim!, we dedicated our monthly Timeline feature to the lengthy history of Scottish icons the Jesus and Mary Chain...

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  Microtones, Custom Guitars and Fear Itself: Five Keys to Unlocking King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2017

  Flying Microtonal Banana, album number nine for Australia's King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (out now on ATO) follows through with the band...

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  An Essential Guide to Blondie

  PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2017

  Blondie are a new wave group from when that was actually new; a punk group with clear vocals and pop hits; a rock'n'roll group whose best-k...