Articles by Paul Blinov

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  The Hold Steady's Craig Finn

  The Exclaim! Questionnaire

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2019

  As the frontman of the Hold Steady, Craig Finn's character-driven tales of massive nights and bad decisions have anchored the band's blockb...

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  Craig Finn

  I Need a New War

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2019

  "I've been keeping up with payments, man / I've been managing the pain," Craig Finn offers at a warm mid-point on I Need a New War. The son...

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  Beth Gibbons and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

  Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2019

  Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3 took 15 years to become a hit. After premiering in 1977, a 1992 recording gave the then-living composer an...

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  Jenny Lewis

  On the Line

  PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2019

  "I've been searching for the heart to tell you something," Jenny Lewis offers on "Hollywood Lawn." "I could get down on my knees / I've had...

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  The Faint

  Egowerk

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2019

  For the better part of the Faint's 20-plus-year career — from dance-punk pioneers to enduring electro-pop stalwarts — their true calling ha...

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  Light Conductor

  Sequence One

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2019

  If the monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey overshot the great apes and instead appeared before a mid-'00s rock band, the moment might culmi...

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  Praises

  In This Year: Ten of Swords

  PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2018

  In tarot, the ten of swords represents a bottoming out: a low point to pull yourself out of or succumb to, depending. As a title, it sits p...

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  Ensign Broderick

  BloodCrush

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2018

  Jason Sniderman's Ensign Broderick alias has quietly existed for decades: the NQ Arbuckle/Blue Peter member has crafted whole album's worth...