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By J. Edward Keyes on February 26, 2015The best of Wondering Sound's editorial.
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The Athletic Past of Guided By Voices
By Leo A. Deluca on February 11, 2015Bob and Jim Pollard were not urbane art kids — they were accomplished young athletes from a rough-and-tumble area, and they were h...
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Shoegaze: An Oral History
By Ian Gittins on February 13, 2015Members of Ride, Slowdive, Lush, Chapterhouse, Cocteau Twins, Swervedriver and Moose look back at the scene that celebrated itself...
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Music Groups Celebrate Net Neutrality Win
By Marc Hogan on February 27, 2015The music will keep playing without commercial interruption. For now. On Thursday, the U.S. telecom watchdog voted to adopt tou...
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‘Clueless’ Soundtrack Heads to Black-and-Yellow Plaid Vinyl
By Marc Hogan on February 26, 2015In 1995, when the Clueless soundtrack was originally released, it wasn't available on vinyl. As if. The music from the hit Alicia...
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Friday Officially Becomes Global Music Release Day
By Marc Hogan on February 26, 2015Say goodbye, if you haven't already, to browsing the record store for new releases each Tuesday. Or Monday, if you're in the Unite...
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It’s Kanye West “All Day” Today in Britain
By Marc Hogan on February 26, 2015Kanye West has reversed the British invasion this week, though it's not yet clear he has received a Beatles-sized welcome. At yest...
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Robin Thicke Croons in Court for “Blurred Lines” Trial
By Marc Hogan on February 26, 2015Anyone learning an instrument might find themselves noticing musical similarities between widely known songs such as U2's "With or...
Deaf Rappers Fight to be Heard in a Field Dominated by Sound
By Beca Grimm on 02.23.15"I was amped up, ready to go for it. And I did — several times…but people said, 'A Deaf rapper is impossible.'"
How Jerry Lee Lewis Became an Unlikely All-American Hero
By John Morthland on 02.23.15John Morthland on Rick Bragg's 'Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story.'
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Tess Duncan @teedunc December 10, 2014
“Careless”
Alex Winston
2014 | Neon GoldAlex Winston's grandiose, instantly memorable pop songs have always been underrated, and with time they've only grown more and more befitting of big-n...
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Louis Pattison @louispattison December 4, 2014
“Skullsplitter”
Eric Chenaux
2014 | ConstellationEric Chenaux isn't so much a one-man band as a one-man orchestra. On the title track of his forthcoming Skullsplitter, due next year on Constellation,...
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Louis Pattison @louispattison December 1, 2014
“Chess”
Petite Noir
2014 | Double SixThe lyrics to "Chess" were taken directly from an IM conversation with a girlfriend that Yannick Ilunga, the sole member of Cape Town's Petite Noir,...
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Louis Pattison @louispattison November 27, 2014
“Fokus ”
Liam Hayes
2014 | Fat PossumLike, say, Kevin Shields or Mark Hollis, Liam Hayes is one of those musicians whose reputation partly rests on not releasing music. To be part of this...
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Louis Pattison @louispattison November 26, 2014
“18 Hours ”
XXXY
2014 | RinseThe music of xxxy — real name Rupert Taylor, a British producer currently resident in Berlin — is a slippery thing that betrays any clear line of infl...
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Tess Duncan @teedunc November 25, 2014
“Cut Me Out”
Trust Fund
2014 | Turnstile Music"Cut Me Out" starts off with Ellis Jones' lackadaisical falsetto easing through a poignant refrain: "Say whatever you want about her/ she never cut me...
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Marc Hogan @marchogan November 21, 2014
“White Light”
Chromatics
2014 | Italians Do It BetterJohnny Jewel keeps opening up his vaults on SoundCloud, and we're not complaining. A standout so far from his recent posts was "The Last Dance," relea...
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Tess Duncan @teedunc November 21, 2014
“Pay Attention”
Colleen Green
2014 | Hardly ArtDespite the fact that one of her all-time favorite bands is Blink-182, Colleen Green's new record is titled I Want to Grow Up, and its latest single i...
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Jayson Greene @Jayson_Greene November 20, 2014
“Let The Music Rock”
Hartley C. White
2014Hartley C. White's gnarled, unrecognizable music doesn't feel good to listen to, exactly. He didn't design it that way. It does, however, demand to be...
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Laura Leebove @leebovel November 20, 2014
“Closer”
Nathaniel Rateliff
2014 | mod y vi recordsNathaniel Rateliff's new song "Closer," from the songwriter's forthcoming EP of the same name (out January 27 on mod y vi records), is fitting for the...