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Sideways
Concluding a short tribute to Alexander Payne (whose Clooney-starring The Descendants opens Nov. 23), the wine-country road-trip dramedy…
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Das Racist
Like some lovable super-villains, Spin “comedy issue” cover boys Das Racist move into stage two of their plan…
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
It’s rare that a band can make the past sound novel, but Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s self-titled debut does…
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Hari Kondabolu
Hari Kondabolu’s jokes tend to skew left. And on YouTube, he’s developed a riff on the difference between…
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Shonen Knife
Japan’s biggest girl-punk band is celebrating thirty years together (they’ve released a breathtaking sixteen albums, the most recent…
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Real Estate
Real Estate traffics in easy, sun-soaked indie pop; the New Jersey quintet’s new album, Days, is wonderfully idyllic.…
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Lydia Loveless
With a debut album forthcoming on revered “insurgent country” label Bloodshot Records (home to Ryan Adams, Justin Townes…
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Mastodon
Atlanta’s great sludge-metal outfit Mastodon is touring fresh off the September release of their epic fifth LP, The…
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Jo Miller & Her Burly Roughnecks
Country rockers and Little Red Hen mainstays Jo Miller & Her Burly Roughnecks will dance you into the…
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Black Star
Talib Kweli and Mos Def (now Yasiin Bey) were he two most prominent lyricists to emerge from the…
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Kathy Griffin
If there’s a holy trinity of gay idols, it would consist of Liz, Judy, and Liza. But somewhere…
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Body Heat
A new monthly at Electric Tea Garden dedicated to “classing things up” with long sets of deep house,…
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Fly Moon Royalty
Check out rising rap/soul duo Fly Moon Royalty as they headline this edition of the KEXP’s Audioasis. FMR’s…
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The Bangles
One of the most successful groups of the 1980s, The Bangles are largely remembered for their big hair…
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Chad McCullough/Bram Weitjers Group
Combining Seattle trumpeter McCullough and Antwerp-based pianist Weijters along with drummer John Bishop and bassist Chuck Deardorf, this…
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Gram Parsons Tribute
Pay your respects to country’s folk-rock innovator gone too soon—and the classic voice of The Flying Burrito Brothers…
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Jay Farrar & Bobby Bare Jr.
Nashville’s mischievous minstrel Bobby Bare Jr. has been rounding the Seattle circuit these days, but Jay Farrar, the…
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The Makioka Sisters
The setting is the wartime precipice of 1938; the synthesizer score is distinctly 1983. When he finally adapted…
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Anamanaguchi
Hella nerd cred: NYC chiptune band Anamanaguchi have remixed Das Racist and soundtracked the Scott Pilgrim video game;…
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The Field
Swedish producer the Field swirls up impressionistic micro-loops over motorik heartbeats to make soft-white techno with shoegaze depth…