Music
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Rumpus Video Premiere & Interview with Golden Suits
I think the part that gets me most excited is being inspired for a song by something that’s outside of music.
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Deep Throat #7: On Being and Unbeing a Singer
He knew what he was doing when he looked at me and said, “Sing for me.” Had I been nude in his bed I would not have been as naked as I was then, stripped down to my brand new…
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Nick Cave Monday #49: “Fears of Gun”
Heartbreak drives a man to drink. Especially when he’s in love and his lady has booted him out of the house. And he drinks and he drinks, until days later, when the hangover kicks in. Then he waits, because only…
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Nick Cave Monday #48: “Red Right Hand”
When the bell chimes a man emerges from the shadows. Or it’s a ghost who wants to haunt your soul. Or it’s a guru to give you enlightenment for your path. Or it’s a god. There’s really no salvation with…
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Rock Out With Your Book Out #3: Nick Flynn
Full of youthful energy, hilarious anecdotes, refreshingly honest insights about life and how the fuck we are supposed to move through it all, he’s got this presence that could convince anyone that our experiences do not, in fact, have the…
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The Rumpus Interview with Thao Nguyen
“I wanted to try to be a real live person, rather than just singing songs about them,” singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen said about the turn her life took after releasing Know Better Learn Faster, her second album with backing band The…
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Nick Cave Monday #47: “More News From Nowhere”
Have you ever approached an attractive girl and said something clever but it turns out to be totally obvious? Yeah, me neither.
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Nick Cave Monday #46: “Loverman”
There is a sexy beast waiting to rip your clothes off. He’s dealing with a Devil inside because he’s a man with sexual urges. “Loverman” was released on the 1994 record “Let Love In.” We’re Devils in the sack and…
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The Rumpus Interview with Peter Squires
Peter Squires describes playing in bands as his “favorite social activity,” and by that standard he is a very social fellow.
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Nick Cave Monday #45: “Do You Love Me?”
Falling in love is a putrid, vile mind space filled with demons. It’s also an angel glowing in white light luring you into her. Let’s explore love, Bad Seeder style. One quick announcement, Nick Cave Monday ends at #52, so…
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Shatter My Heart
On July 20th, 2003, a tour van rolled on I-5 south of Portland, OR, killing three of my friends. They were members of power-pop band The Exploding Hearts, and I’m told their story is one of the biggest “what ifs”…
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Rumpus Music Editor Heads to Pitchfork Music Festival
I’m on my way to the 2013 Pitchfork Music Festival, which kicks off tomorrow in Chicago’s Union Park and runs through Sunday.