Low on “Double Negative”

Pushing the Boundaries

Nov 08, 2018 By Matt Conner Issue #64 -  Kamasi Washington

If you're looking for someone to congratulate (or blame), Alan Sparhawk points to Dave Fridmann. It was over a decade ago when Sparhawk and his wife Mimi Parker, the core members of Low, joined forces with Fridmann, the famed producer for The Flaming Lips, Sparklehorse, and Sleater-Kinney among others, for the first of two consecutive albums, 2005's The Great Destroyer and 2007's Drums and Guns. More

Flasher on “Constant Image”

Your Self-Producing Machine

Nov 07, 2018 By Lee Adcock Issue #64 -  Kamasi Washington

I changed a Flasher lyric. No, really. When the Washington, D.C. trio first dropped their deterministic anthem "Skim Milk" back in March, the line "garment of vivid pink" sounded to me like "gone in a vivid pink." More

El Ten Eleven

Enlisting Outside Help

Nov 06, 2018 By Matt Conner Web Exclusive

For the last decade-and-a-half, the two lone members of El Ten Eleven—guitarist/bassist Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty—have largely eschewed any outside collaboration or input into their buoyant brand of post-rock. More

Protest: Black Belt Eagle Scout on Indigenous Voices in the Midterm Election

The Personal is Political

Nov 05, 2018 By Bekki Bemrose Web Exclusive

In 2018 Black Belt Eagle Scout, aka Katherine Paul, issued one of the debut records of the year. Mother of My Children is a deeply personal rumination on love and loss, but it's also an indie-rock album that is charged with Paul's identity as an indigenous, queer woman.

The End: Kathryn Calder of Frontperson

The End: Kathryn Calder of Frontperson "I like that when we die we turn back into the beautiful world-the earth, the trees, the air, the rain, the ocean, etc."

Nov 02, 2018 By Mark Redfern Web Exclusive

To end out the week, we ask Kathryn Calder of Frontperson some questions about endings and death. More

Protest: Jim James on the Midterm Elections and His Recent Future Is Voting Tour

Vying to Make Every Vote Count

Nov 01, 2018 By Kyle Mullin

Some singer/songwriters are content to write protest songs during times of political turmoil, if they write protest songs at all. But not Jim James. More

Interpol on “Marauder”

The Rovers Return

Oct 31, 2018 By Natasha Aftandilians Issue #64 -  Kamasi Washington

On "Complications," the second track from Interpol's latest record, Marauder, frontman Paul Banks sings "dream of combinations/all night long/round and round a rhythm escapes/I'm stuck without no answers."  More

Bernice on “Puff LP: In the air without a shape”

Curious Creators

Oct 30, 2018 By Laura Stanley

The music of Toronto band Bernice (whose current line-up is Robin Dann, Thom Gill, Dan Fortin, Felicity Williams, and Phil Melanson) is a melange of sounds and textures. Their sophomore album, Puff LP: In the air without a shape, is a playful recording that, moving in unexpected directions, incorporates pop, R&B, jazz, and electronic elements. More

Trevor Powers on “Mulberry Violence” and Saying Goodbye to Youth Lagoon

Hoping You'll Listen

Oct 29, 2018 By Matt Conner Issue #64 -  Kamasi Washington

To begin, a few things about mulberry trees. The mulberry has stood as a symbol of patience and wisdom throughout the ages, a symbol of calculated restraint. It is, by all present appearances, a necessary icon for our divided times, a present political state in which basic human dignity is often forgotten. More

The End: Helena Deland

"[The Cure's] Galore is the album we'd put on to clean the house before guests came over when I was a kid, and it always makes me very happy."

Oct 26, 2018 By Mark Redfern Web Exclusive

To end out the week, we ask Helena Deland some questions about endings and death.