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The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Matthew Zapruder

In the second episode of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, Dave Roderick sits down with Matthew Zapruder for a chat about his latest collection, Sun Bear, his dual role as poet and musician, and close encounters with Grace Paley.

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Sound & Vision: Tony Mangurian

In this second installment, Allyson McCabe sits down with Tony Mangurian, a gifted and versatile engineer, producer, composer, and musician who's worked with everyone from Willie Nelson to U2, Luscious Jackson to Devendra Banhart.

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The Rumpus Interview with Stephen Malkmus

Stephen Malkmus—founding member, lead singer, guitarist, and main songwriter of Pavement, one of the most critically and publicly adored bands in indie rock history—talks about his recent years with the Jicks, writing riffs, and not dwelling on the past.

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The Rumpus Interview with Efrim Menuck

Efrim Menuck, the Canadian musician behind Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra La La Band and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, talks about music journalism, writing grooves, anarchy, and the apocalypse.

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Sound & Vision: April Barton

In this new Rumpus interview series, Allyson McCabe spotlights the creative talents of those working behind the scenes in the music industry. First up is April Barton, longtime rock star hairstylist.

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The Rumpus Interview with Jeff Campbell

San Francisco-based musician Jeff Campbell talks about what it's like to perform on TV in front of a national audience, the rising popularity of singing competitions, and working alongside your significant other.

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There’s a black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster and it’s singing a sad tune in the key of B flat

Actually, its entire tune is the note B-flat, but 57 octaves lower than middle-C, or one million billion lower than what the human ear can hear. It is “the deepest note ever…

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The Rumpus Interview with Jenny Hval

Norwegian musician Jenny Hval talks about the process behind her latest album, Innocence is Kinky, the influence of reality TV and pornography on her work, and how Meredith Monk has inspired her singing.

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PJ Harvey Tuesday #10: “Satisfaction”

There was this thing that happened in the ’90s: a lot of women were making rock music. It seems simple to most of us here in the twenty-first century, but…

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Rumpus Video Premiere: Cuddle Magic & Phyllis Chen’s “An Extra Life”

We are thrilled to premiere the video for “An Extra Life,” by Cuddle Magic and Phyllis Chen with an introduction by Rick Moody.

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Albums of Our Lives: The Counting Crows’ August and Everything After

A few days before we left a life in New York, my then-husband drove home drunk from a bar in the Bronx

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The Rumpus Interview with Kathleen Hanna

Frontwoman of seminal '90s punk band Bikini Kill, experimental multimedia group Le Tigre, and now The Julie Ruin, Kathleen Hanna talks about how her music is about herself, now more than ever, and what it's like to be considered an iconic leader of the Riot Grrrl movement.

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