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Features Interviews

Along the Ramparts: In Conversation with Early Day Miners’ Daniel Burton

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 20, 2024
5 Comments on Along the Ramparts: In Conversation with Early Day Miners’ Daniel Burton

Early Day Miners

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Tags Arcade Fire, Ativin, Bark Psychosis, Ben Swanson, Blue Nile, Brian Eno, Brian [Sampson, Bruce Springsteen, Cat Power, Chris Carothers, Chris Swanson, Christa Blackwood, Crain, Dan Matz, Daniel Burton, Daniel Lanois, Darren Gray, Early Day Miners, Enkindle, Eyehategod, Falling Forward, Grain, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Jason McNeely, Jeff Massey, Jimmy Buffett, Martin Sprowles, Matt Sklar, MetroShifter, Michael Stipe, Monroe Mustang, Pines of Rome, Quintron & Miss Pussycat Happy Talk Band, R.E.M., Rodan, Rory Leitch, Rough Trade, Secretly Canadian, Sinead O’Connor, Solid Brass Records, Special Interest, Stars of the Lid, Steve Shelley, Talk Talk, The Pilot Ships, Thou, Unwed Sailor Julie Doiron, Western Vinyl, Windsor for the Derby

Features Lost Albums

The Dream Syndicate: The Days of Wine and Roses

Post author By Sean Beardmore
Post date March 13, 2023
3 Comments on The Dream Syndicate: The Days of Wine and Roses

The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses

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Tags Chris.D, Crazy Horse, Dennis Duck, Game Theory, Green on Red, gun club, Karl Precoda, Kendra Smith, Neil Young, R.E.M., Ruby Records, Slash Records, Steve Wynn, The Bangles, The Dream Syndicate, The Flesh Eaters, Tom Verlaine

Albums Features

The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date June 9, 2021
20 Comments on The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made

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Features Interviews

Bad Amputee Interview: “trying to make something that works and does the music justice”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 4, 2020
4 Comments on Bad Amputee Interview: “trying to make something that works and does the music justice”

Bad Amputee

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Love Tractor: Love Tractor – “post-punk jangle-pop grooves”

Post author By Sean Beardmore
Post date November 10, 2020
3 Comments on Love Tractor: Love Tractor – “post-punk jangle-pop grooves”

Love Tractor (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page)

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Tags Armistead Wellford, B52's, Billy Berry, Bob Mould, David Barbe, Drive-By Truckers, Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records, Johnny Marr, joy division, Love Tractor, Mark Cline, Mike Richmond, R.E.M., Richard Lloyd, Sugar, Talking Heads, Television, The Byrds, Tom Verlaine

Features

Polvo: a buyer’s guide and look into the bipolar world of the underground touchstone

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 3, 2020
41 Comments on Polvo: a buyer’s guide and look into the bipolar world of the underground touchstone

Polvo (photo credit: Michael Galinsky)

We put one of Chapel Hill’s greatest exports under the microscope, assessing their era-defining body of work.

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Tags Ash Bowie, Bob Weston, Brian Quast, Dave Brylawski, Explosions In The Sky, Fugazi, Game Theory, Pink Floyd, Polvo, Primavera Sound, R.E.M., Ravi Shankar, Rodan, Slint, Sonic Youth, Steve Popson, The Cheery Valence, Vanilla Trainwreck