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Gentle, William
M.I.A.
Issue #33
With big love for her mama and her signature punk approach to dance music, is she the modern girl next door or the most exciting thing since riot grrrl? We're convinced she's both.
M.I.A.’s pretty glorious. I mean, the back story alone puts bums on seats. Daughter of a Tamil Tiger — a Sri Lankan separatist group — M.I.A. (real name Maya Arulpragasam) spent her childhood hiding up gum trees in war zones before being shunted o...
Wye Oak: Interview with Indie Rock Songstress Jenn Wasner
For Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner, there is no place like home. I’m speaking with Wasner on the phone from her bedroom in...
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Too Beautiful to Work (Dead Oceans)
Hailing from Montreal, the Luyas—Jessie Stein, Mathieu Charbonneau, Pietro Amatro, and Stefan Scheider—have all the t...
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Cape Dory (Fat Possum)
Tennis’s first long player, Cape Dory, is a collection of songs inspired by sailing. Though the duo, Patrick Riley an...
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La Sera (Hardly Art)
After three years with indie-garage queens the Vivian Girls, vocalist and bassist Katy “Kickball Katy” Goodman ha...
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