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Q&A: Liturgy Talk Fonts, Philosophy, and Being Despised

By Reyan Ali
Feb 10, 2012

Ever wonder what it's like to be hated by the public? You don't always need to look high up the totem pole for a Lana Del Rey or a Nickelback to find a musician who appears to receive more criticisms than compliments online. Take, for example, Liturgy. The Brooklyn-based black-metal...
White Denim on Prog Rock, Pottery, and Their Favorite Letter

By Reyan Ali
Nov 21, 2011

White Denim's D provides a lot to chew on but is easy to digest. Released in May by Downtown Records, the fourth LP from the Austin quartet gleefully cribs inspiration from all over the place, throwing bits and pieces of progressive rock, garage rock, Afropop, and other genres together into...
Q&A: Zombie Crank Records Founders Pick Fave Punk Comps Before Night of the Living Punks' Weekend Release Parties

By Reyan Ali
Jun 10, 2011

The compilation has provided punk rock with some fantastic content over the years. In 1981, Alternative Tentacles released Let Them Eat Jellybeans!: 17 Extracts from Americas [sic] Darker Side, assembling Flipper, Bad Brains, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, and Circle Jerks in the same package. Dischord Records' Flex Your Head came...
Q&A: Matt & Kim's Violent Life Behind the Camera

By Reyan Ali
Jun 3, 2011

Let it be known: Matt & Kim are not just "swing sets and lollipops." That phrase uttered by vocalist/keyboardist Matt Johnson speaks to an aura of cutesiness that's bound itself to the Brooklyn indie-pop duo. Both their recordings and must-experience live shows can get so effervescent, bouncy, and gleefully hooky...
Couples Counseling

Matt & Kim keep fighting to stay together.

By Reyan Ali
Jun 2, 2011

Matt & Kim are not just "swing sets and lollipops." That phrase uttered by vocalist/keyboardist Matt Johnson speaks to an aura of cutesiness that's bound itself to the Brooklyn indie-pop duo. In the video for "Cameras" from last November's Sidewalks, Johnson and real-life girlfriend Kim Schifino have a misunderstanding that...

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