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Jad Fair + Hifiklub + kptmichigan: "Let's Win"

Thank God for Jad Fair. After a 35-year career (most notably as leader of seminal punk band Half Japanese), he...

Feb 13, 2012

Clear Heart Full Eyes is probably not what die-hard Hold Steady fans would like it to be. Many would like...

Feb 07, 2012

The obvious thing about Nada Surf, known to anyone who likes them and attempts to share them with others, is...

Jan 28, 2012

Lately, I’ve been listening a lot to the 6ths’ Wasps’ Nests (1995), a Stephin Merritt collaboration made in ’90s heaven...

Jan 21, 2012

A lot has changed in Kathleen Edwards’ life since her last record, 2008’s Asking for Flowers: she ended a four-year...

Jan 14, 2012

Runner-up: pepper spray.

Dec 16, 2011

Runner-up: …White Stripes? LCD Soundsystem? Enh.

Dec 13, 2011

Limes’ Tarantula Plus Blue Blood is like the soundtrack to some enthralling, atmospheric indie film. In fact, it somehow...

Dec 08, 2011

Over the past ten years, Rhett Miller could easily be considered one of the hardest working men in rock ’n’...

Dec 05, 2011