#a conversation with...

Like, yes, you’re codependent bitches. Welcome to the conversation!

I‘m so fascinated by how their friendship reads so healthy but also occasionally like such a mess from the outside ... but it obviously works...?

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1. If you could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?We are Take It Or Leave It, a punk rock band out of Rockland County, NY and North Jersey. We play original music, but we love sneaking in punkified covers of songs you know and love. Craig leads the way on vocals and bass, Mario and Nick handle the guitar work, and Devon causes a ruckus behind the drum kit. We like things loud, fast, and…

  We’ve been following the adventures of Warren Defever and his enigmatic project His Name Is Alive for nigh on three decades. Last year, he released the first in a trilogy of vinyl-only archival recordings from his formative years, All The Mirrors In The House. Compiled together, the formed a fantastic blast of dark, occasionally sorrowful, and very beautiful music. He’s back with volume two,…

  Hard Tim, the beloved face of Hard Times.

    Push come to shove, The Hard Timesis easily one of our favorite websites. They’ve been chugging along since December 2014, merrily and unapologetically making fun of everything you hold dear, laughing at the music scene you take oh-so seriously. But it’s a labor of love, and if you love It, it will deliver at least a half dozen stories to crack you…

Photo by Steve Brummell

I first heard the name Sean O’Hagan in relation to the band Stereolab, a groop with which he has always been an active collaborator, but not as a full-time member. It was through that connection that I discovered his equally satisfying, harmony-laden and Beach Boys–inspired band, The High Llamas, who have released numerous superb albums over the past thirty years. We were…

It’s hard to not have a good time when interviewing Kim Shattuck, the lead singer of punk rock power trio The Muffs, the band she formed in 1991 with her best friend and former Pandoras bandmate Melanie Vammen, her then-boyfriend Ronnie Barnett, and drummer Chris Crass. She’s funny, has crazy stories, and is a load of fun—not unlike her music. This year saw the reissue of the band’s seminal,…

    In its own way the music of British duo brothers Mark and Clive Ives—known creatively as Woo—seemeddestined for a digital world that the internet offers. They began making music together decades ago, but it’s only been within the last decade that they’ve started to receive the critical acclaim they rightly deserve. Their music is largely instrumental (though not always the case) and is…