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Katie Jane Garside on Why She Took a Break From Sailing Around the World by Boat to Record a New Album

Any port in a storm? Not exactly, argues former Daisy Chainsaw/Ruby Throat — and now Liar, Flower — frontwoman Katie Jane Garside, who not only…

Tom Lanham / May 28, 2020

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Spacehog’s Antony Langdon Would Do It All Over Again

When Spacehog guitarist Antony Langdon was 22 and working at a production company, which included a day spent frothing beer for a Stella Artois commercial,…

Pamela Chelin / May 20, 2020

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Live’s Ed Kowalczyk Talks Band Reunion and Planning a New Album in Quarantine

Since reuniting in 2016, Live hasn't stopped touring. They had to be stopped. And from a logistical standpoint, quarantine couldn't have happened at a better…

Daniel Kohn / May 12, 2020

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Dramarama Dig Deep With First New Album in 15 Years

Although it's been 15 years since the release of their last album, Dramarama are telling a lifetime's worth of stories on their new LP, Color…

Jolie Lash / April 29, 2020

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Stephan Jenkins on Third Eye Blind’s New EP and Why He’s So Pissed Off at the Government’s Response to COVID-19

Third Eye Blind are the latest band to record and release new music from quarantine and Stephan Jenkins is pretty stoked. Today, the…

Daniel Kohn / April 17, 2020

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Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner Once Embraced ‘No Future,’ Now He’s Content to Hurry Up and Wait

Dave Pirner is doing just fine. The founding and last original member of Minneapolis alt-rock legends Soul Asylum, Pirner thrived in the late 1980s and…

Scott T Sterling / April 16, 2020