Half Japanese: The Band That Is King
With Crazy Hearts, Jad Fair’s longtime outfit continues to reign supreme as one of America’s most distinctive rock groups
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Yo La Tengo
This Here Giraffe: The Flaming Lips’ Clouds Taste Metallic at 25
A quarter century later, does the band’s 1995 classic still stand as the “Pet Sounds for the 90s”?
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The Flamin’ Groovies: Now We’re Jumpin’ In The Night
The San Francisco garage rock legends kept the COVID summer alive in 2020 with a pair of essential reissues
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What Bothers You Today: Yo La Tengo’s Electr-O-Pura Turns 25
Hoboken’s greatest band made sure you remembered their name in ’95
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Stirring Tunes in 2018: Big Bliss, Pusha T, Yo La Tengo
A Compendium of Music That Mattered, Including Something Called Tropical Fuck Storm
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A Big Day Coming
Yo La Tengo’s Painful turns 25
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Jon Fine Interviews Ira Kaplan on a Brooklyn Stage Regarding ‘Your Band Sucks’
Ira Kaplan (l) and Jon Fine discuss the realities of indie band economics at St. Vitus in Brooklyn, June 20, 2016. (Ken Kurson) Jon Fine wrote a terrific book called Your Band Sucks of almost eerie relevance to a certain suburban rocker misfit guy who came of age in the late 80s. Jon is my friend through media stuff rather than rock because our bands and taste in music could
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