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Mimesis of Girlhood in Three Acts featuring Bright Eyes

  • Sara Petersen
  • August 3, 2017
In those days, it was not uncommon for me to dream about having sex with Matt Damon and wake from those dreams convinced it was possible.
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Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon | Rumpus Music
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Songs of Our Lives: Paul Simon’s “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”

  • Elizabeth O'Brien
  • June 1, 2017
There’s you and him, and you and me. You seem to want each of us all to yourself, and that’s fine; you’re the one we both care about.
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The Beatles - White Album
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Elegy with Records on the Doorstep

  • Elijah Burrell
  • May 18, 2017
The old music still filled pits in him like sawdust and wood glue do a nail hole. The songs didn’t say anything new over the years, but they provided home when he missed it.
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Album of the Week: Jay Som’s Everybody Works

  • Guia Cortassa
  • March 14, 2017
Jay Som is the musical project of San Francisco singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Melina Duterte. The moniker was found via an online baby name generator and means “Victory Moon.” Everybody Works…
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Song of the Day: “When the Tequila Runs Out”

  • Max Gray
  • October 13, 2016
Dawes is one of a handful of groups, including peers like Wilco and Broken Social Scene, who have undergone personnel changes without losing the essential heart and soul that make them who they…
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Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac | Rumpus Music
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Albums of Our Lives: Rosanne Cash’s Black Cadillac

  • Magin LaSov Gregg
  • September 29, 2016
In her voice, I am held, cradled even. I am equal parts longing and hope. I am home.
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Basia Bulat - Good Advice | Rumpus Music
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Sound Takes: Good Advice

  • Amish Trivedi
  • July 21, 2016
Look at the hand on the cover: it is an older hand, an experienced one. It is an empathetic hand.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #72: Urban Pastoral

  • Rick Moody
  • June 3, 2016
It’s like a landscape that you can’t know until you’ve seen it through four seasons, until you’ve seen it on days gray and bright.
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Sound Takes: Here the Blue River & Rumpus Video Premiere

  • Elizabeth Weinberg
  • June 2, 2016
She takes a simple story and turns it into something the listener can hold in the palm of their hand.
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Sound Takes: Until I Live & Rumpus Video Premiere

  • Guia Cortassa
  • March 10, 2016
Featuring an exclusive video premiere from The National Parks and a review of their latest album Until I Die.
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Meg Baird - Don't Weigh Down the Light | Rumpus Music
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Sound Takes: Don’t Weigh Down the Light

  • Christina Matekel-Gibson
  • October 15, 2015
Her lyrics tend to blend together, but it isn’t a turn-off. Instead, it feels intentional; Don’t Weigh Down the Light is more about the feeling than the words.
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Joanna Newsom Tour and Film Screenings

  • Liz Wood
  • October 9, 2015
Joanna Newsom’s US tour dates have been announced for her new album Divers, which is coming out October 23rd via Drag City. But before the record hits stores and the tour…
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