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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Mexican Summer Celebrates 10 Years of Heady, Smart Sounds

November 23, 2018November 23, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Anthology Editions, Anthology Recordings, Ariel Pink, ARP, Mexican Summer

The boutique Brooklyn label threw itself a multi-stage, day-long birthday party

Soundtracks and Film Scores

On the Welcome Resurgence of the Art Film Soundtrack

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Netflix, Soundtracks, Thom Yorke, Wild Wild Country

The unsettling score to Wild, Wild Country makes me happy that weird soundtracks are cool again

Rock

Waking From a Dream

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Jagjaguwar, Moonface, Spencer Krug, Sub Pop Records, Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade

A conversation with Spencer Krug about his epic final bow as Moonface, a labyrinthine headtrip made of dream and myth

Country and/or Western Rock

Artful Americana

October 20, 2018October 21, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, David Berman, Drag City, Pavement, Silver Jews, Stephen Malkmus

20 Years Later, The Silver Jews’ ‘American Water’ remains a profoundly surreal document of otherness at home

Rock

Ridin’ the Riff and Rollin’ With the Flow

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Billy Ray Cyrus, Busting Grills, Chavez, Cypress Hill, Kurt Vile, Matador Records, Matt Sweeney

At a private Q&A to celebrate his new album Bottle It In, we learned how Kurt Vile’s studio perfectionism illuminates his slacker style

Rock

No Imperfect Muse

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Angel Olsen, Kristin Kontrol, Leonard Cohen, Marisa Nadler, Mary Lattimore, Sharon Van Etten

An Interview With Marissa Nadler

Dub/Reggae Pop Punk Rock Soul World

Global a Joe-Joe

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Alex Cox, Joe Strummer, The 101ers, The Clash, The Mescaleros

A revelatory new box set collects rarities from the late Joe Strummer, highlighting how his worldly philosophies and strong songwriting took root in many genres

Pop Rock

Goodbye Paulie, King of Corona

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Farewell Concert, Graceland, NY, Paul Simon, Queens, Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon’s farewell chronicled the beauty, and death, of American togetherness

Country and/or Western Pop Rock

50 Years a Sweetheart

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, Marty Stuart, Roger McGuinn, The Byrds

The Byrds’ 1968 country rock classic reminds us of a time when the privileged used their influence to disrupt the status quo, not nurture it

Rock

Midnight Marauder

August 28, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn, House of Vans, Interpol, Madison Square Garden, Matador Records, NYC

On LP no. 6, Interpol crack the same facade of NYC cool that birthed them

Rock

The Joy of Cooking

July 27, 2018July 30, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Drag City, Hawkwind, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, The Senders, Ty Segall, White Fence

Ty Segall & White Fence’s “Joy” Proves That Psych Opuses Need Not Be Long to Sound Epic

Punk Rock

Bodega and the Birth of Zeitgeist Rock

July 11, 2018July 12, 2018 Justin Joffe 1 Comment Beyonce, Bodega, Bushwick, Indie rock, Parquet Courts, Pitchfork, What's Your Rupture?

An exclusive conversation with Brooklyn’s hottest band

Rock

Upstate Utopia: Music from Big Pink at 50

July 5, 2018July 6, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Music from Big PInk, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, The Band

A half-century later, The Band’s classic debut and the cheap rental house it was conceived in remain the twin beacons of hope for aspiring musicians migrating to Ulster County, NY