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Wet Leg
Moisturizer
Jul 28, 2025 | by | No Comments | Read →

When Wet Leg splashed down in 2021 with the seemingly nonsensical manic pop thrill of “Chaise Lounge,” they could have easily afterwards retreated...


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Wet Leg
Moisturizer
Wet Leg Moisturizer

When Wet Leg splashed down in 2021 with the seemingly nonsensical manic pop thrill of “Chaise Lounge,” they could have easily afterwards retreated...

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What’s the Rumpus?

The Mekons
City Winery, Boston, July 16
The Mekons City Winery, Boston, July 16

In their nearly 50 years since forming in Leeds during the punk era of the late '70s, the Mekons have created a cohesive body of work marked by a certain...

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Past Perfect

Unrest
Perfect Teeth
Unrest Perfect Teeth

Formed in 1983 while the band’s members were still in high school, Unrest made half a dozen or so eclectic full-length records before calling it a day after...

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Biblio Files

Waiting for Britney Spears
by Jeff Weiss
Waiting for Britney Spears by Jeff Weiss

The primary conceit, and ephemeral joy, of Jeff Weiss’s freewheeling ode to a time in Hollywood when celebrities were simply “famous for being famous”...

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Best of the Year

The Agit Reader Top 10 of 2023
The Agit Reader Top 10 of 2023

It never ceases to surprise me when I come across someone with the notion that there isn't new music worth hearing these days. As much as I can appreciate the cynicism...

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