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Back in 2009, Ryan Gosling was an indie film star who’d dabbled in indie music. in the stretch of time between his leading roles in 2007’s Lars And The Real Girl and 2010’s Blue Valentine, Gosling got together with the musician Zach Shields and formed the spooky indie rock band D
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It’s combative Billy Corgan interview time! Right now, Corgan’s band the Smashing Pumpkins — the the in the name seems to be important to Corgan — are experiencing a bit of a resurgence. Their ’90s hits are all over TikTok. They’re touring arenas to celebrate the 30th anniversary
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You can’t just decide to make a classic album. If it were that easy, everyone would do it. We’d have to sort through piles of classic albums every week. An artist can’t simply make up their mind that their new album is about to be a classic. But one thing that artists can do is…
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Right now, Harry Styles is in the middle of his massive 30-show residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden. That means that he sometimes has to walk around in New York, a place where he’ll get recognized even if he dons the standard celebrity hat/sunglasses disguise. (Styles a
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Earlier this year, Haute & Freddy, the duo of big-deal pop songwriters Michelle Buzz and Lance Shipp, released Big Disgrace, a seriously fun album of theatrical, maximalist, big-personality pop music with heavy Chappell Roan/Lady Gaga vibes. The duo’s single “Touch Touch” followe
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The Singapore-born avant-pop artist yeule released their album Evangelic Girl Is A Gun last year. Earlier this year, they covered Nancy Sinatra for the performance art film in which they rolled around in paint. Today, they quietly share a new single called “Hystérique,” distorted
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Chappell Roan has spent the past two nights her own Super Graphic Spectacular Block Party benefit shows at LA’s Shrine Auditorium. On both nights, Roan took the opportunity to showcase and perform with some of her favorites. On night one, she brought out foundational superstar Ch
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The small San Francisco venue Bottom Of The Hill has been a staple in the indie rock touring world for decades, so people were understandably bummed to learn that it was shutting down. Back in January, longtime owners Kathleen Owen, Ramona Downey, and Lynn Schwarz announced that
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Animal Collective are not an inherently nostalgic band, even though they certainly embody a certain time and aesthetic in indie rock history. They’re also not a terribly active band. All four members are very busy, but they live in different parts of the world and don’t assemble
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Forest Hills Stadium, in Queens, was built for tennis, but it has served as a concert venue for decades. The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Simon And Garfunkel all performed there. Jimi Hendrix once opened for the Monkees at Forest Hi