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Dave Mandl

Dave Mandl hosts a radio show at WFMU, is music editor at the Brooklyn Rail, and has written for The Wire, The Believer, Yeti, and sundry other publications. You can follow him on Twitter at @dmandl. Tumblr page: http://dmandl.tumblr.com .
  • Dave Mandl

    HERE’S WHAT WE THINK OF YOUR “CLASSIC”…

    Every decade or so a new style of popular music, played by a new generation of musicians, comes along. These styles are often truly original—genuine breaks with the pop music of the past, like industrial music, disco, or hip-hop

  • Dave Mandl

    Who Cares When Your Record Was Digitally Remastered?

    I’ll admit I’m obsessive about dates in general, and music-related dates most of all. So when I started using the music-streaming service Spotify, I was pleased to see a year listed next to the name of every album in their…