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NEWS: Yo La Tengo release lockdown EP, stream performances

THEY’VE been quietly releasing a track a day all week over on their Bandcamp page; and today Hoboken’s finest, Yo La Tengo, have gathered all five together for the first…

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SEE: No Age – ‘Smoothie Kings’: abstract shapes and lofi beauty

UNORTHODOX former Sub Pop noiseniks No Age have got through some virusy distribution teething troubles and finally their new album Goons Be Gone, their second for new housekeepers Drag City,…

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See: Wye Oak’s ‘AEIOU’ spells out the inadequacy of language

BALTIMORE’S Wye Oak are on a real creative roll. The stylistically free-grazing duo of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have released a video for “AEIOU”, a taster for their new…

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SEE: Guided by Voices’ ‘Haircut Sphinx’

THERE’S every chance that by the time you’ve finished reading this sentence Guided By Voices will have recorded and released their next three albums, such is their legendary work ethic…

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TRACK: It’s Monday, it’s a beautiful third from Bill Callahan – ’35’

IT’S MONDAY: we’re in the groove now, and we know to expect a little nugget from Bill Callahan, as he previews September’s Gold Record track by track on a weekly…

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TRACK: Magic Bronson are back and ‘Surfin’

LA’s scuzzed-up alt.pop duo Magic Bronson are back and “Surfin on your brainwaves” with the second single to be released ahead of their forthcoming LP. It’s a slice of West…

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TRACK: Bill Callahan reveals second from ‘Gold Record’

AS GOOD as his word, “just like the responsible, trustworthy father you wish you always had” (it says here), Drag City’s premiere gravelly voided heartbreaker Bill Callahan has released the…

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EP REVIEW: The Ricos – ‘Spirit State’

PHILADELPHIA’S languid, lofi outfit The Ricos is the brainchild of artist Joseph (Joe) B. Purcell. The band rose from the ashes of Purcell’s past projects with the intention to provide…

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SEE: Archers of Loaf shuffle forward a new 7″

THE BEST made plans of mice and men: this year has seen everyone’s diary go into the shredder. US alt.rock mainstays Archers of Loaf are no exception. With Record Store…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Built to Spill – ‘Play the Songs of Daniel Johnston’

DANIEL JOHNSTON’S story is, of course, one of the saddest, yet heartening, to come out of the US indie underground. Taken from us too soon last year at the age…

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