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Chavez
Gone Glimmering and Ride the Fader

The great part about discovery is that there’s no expiration date. It’s the reason why ace reissue labels like Numero

Panda Bear
Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

Let’s pause for a moment and marvel at the unlikely success of Animal Collective. Out of all the bands to break out in the early 2000s

Staff Picks of 2014: Dorian S. Ham

Doing an end of the year list increasingly seems to be less about what I’ve loved over the past year and more about, “Oh my stars and garters, look at all the records I haven’t heard yet!” So there is likely more than a few unintentional glaring omissions, but what can ya do? But hey, if folks are still fine with revisiting records from 40 …


Cracker
Berkeley to Bakersfield

As history boils things down to the bullet points, it’s easy to forget that there was always more going on. Neither from Seattle nor particularly “grungy,”

Buzzcocks
The Way

Buzzcocks are possibly the strangest case of not burning out or fading away. As part of the first wave of British punk rock, their impact was immediate and

Marianne Faithfull
Give My Love to London

Marianne Faithfull has seemingly lived two strange parallel lives. For some people, she’s famous for being famous, having been a part of London’s Swinging

Sonny Vincent & Spite
Spiteful

One has to think that the punk rock class of ’77 would never have imagined a day when not only is punk a multimillion-dollar concern, but that someone like

The Twilight Sad
Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave

For many bands, the further their careers progress, the trickier it gets to do something new. The Twilight Sad has avoided that

His Name Is Alive
Tecuciztecatl

After an early life as one of the quintessential 4AD bands, His Name Is Alive has taken a dizzying amount of musical twists and turns over the past 24 years

The Melvins
Hold It In

After 31 years in the music game, The Melvins have reached a point where they have a blank check to do whatever their hearts desire. To be fair, the groundwork

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