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Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight | Rumpus Music
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Albums of Our Lives: Frightened Rabbit’s The Midnight Organ Fight

  • Whitney Van Laningham
  • February 9, 2017
Something about the twangy banjo and the melancholy vocals just made me feel less alone. And I hated being alone.
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Song of the Day: “Gin House Blues”

  • Max Gray
  • January 19, 2017
Today, the so-called British Invasion of the ’60s is remembered primarily for its flagship band, The Beatles. Another English group called The Animals—widely known for their international hit version of…
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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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Axl Rose Wins at Being Demanding

  • Liz Wood
  • July 8, 2016
While promoting his new show Roadies, Cameron Crowe was asked to recount the most ridiculous tour story he’d ever heard. Of course the story had to do with a crazy demand…
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Song of the Day: “Matchbox Blues”

  • Max Gray
  • May 12, 2016
Perhaps no other blues artist in history, along with contemporaries like Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, and Lightnin’ Hopkins, had such an influence on later generations of musicians as Blind Lemon Jefferson. After…
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Prince - 1979 | Rumpus Music
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Five Stages of Prince Fandom

  • Corina Zappia
  • May 5, 2016
You don’t need to know him personally, you say. You get the best of Prince through his music. Maybe that’s the truth, and maybe it isn’t.
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This Week in Posivibes: The Feelies Reissues

  • Liz Wood
  • March 22, 2016
If you don’t know The Feelies, you’ve been given the opportunity to remedy that: Bar/None records has re-released 1988’s Only Life and 1991’s Time for a Witness. Both hit stores March 11th and can…
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Song of the Day: “Misunderstood”

  • Max Gray
  • March 10, 2016
The incredible cacophony of the bridge on Wilco’s definitive ballad “Misunderstood” is all the more striking because of its contrast with the rest of the tender, harmonious song. The brilliance…
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Charles Moothart’s Solo Debut

  • Liz Wood
  • January 22, 2016
Charles Moothart has played in plenty of great projects out of the California garage revival—Fuzz, Ty Segall, GØGGS, and Charlie and the Moonhearts, for instance—and now has a record coming…
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The Rumpus Interview with Derek Ridgers

  • Trina Calderón
  • January 22, 2016
British photographer Derek Ridgers discusses his fetish for nightclub portraits and what it’s been like to shoot the London underground scene for nearly four decades.
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Nirvana - Nevermind | Albums of Our Lives
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Albums of Our Lives: Nirvana’s Nevermind

  • Naima Coster
  • June 11, 2015
The first time I listened to Nevermind, I sat on the bathroom floor with the liner notes and jewel case open on my lap.
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It’s Happening: L7 Reunion Tour

  • Liz Wood
  • June 4, 2015
The formative LA group started talking about a tour with all original members at the end of last year, later coming out with a teaser trailer and plans for a documentary…
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