RIP Lou Reed
Lou Reed, who changed the face of rock music both with the Velvet Underground and as a solo artist, passed away yesterday at the age of 71.We trust you know where to find his music, but you may also be...
View ArticleLou Reed’s Discobiography
This week in The New Yorker, Nick Flynn writes a poem about Lou Reed. There have also been some other great articles about Lou Reed.“Discobiography” might sound like the title of a cheesy 70s memoir,...
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Sound & Vision #17: Spencer Drate & Judith Salavetz
Welcome back to Sound & Vision, the Rumpus profile series that spotlights the creative talents of those working behind the scenes in the music industry. Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz are a...
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Sound & Vision #21: Tim Barnes
Welcome back to Sound & Vision, the Rumpus profile series that spotlights the creative talents of those working behind the scenes in the music industry. In this installment I’m delighted to be...
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Swinging Modern Sounds #72: Urban Pastoral
Way Out Weather, Steve Gunn’s release from late 2014, has been one of my most consistently favorite albums of the last couple of years. (And maybe it’s exactly a writer’s album, because it was...
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Swinging Modern Sounds #74: A Social Practice
The Heroes of Toolik are a New York City band who have been recording songs and releasing albums since 2010—but they more resemble a New York band from the 1980s, with all the confidence,...
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Sound & Vision #24: Ebru Yildiz
Welcome back to Sound & Vision, the Rumpus profile series that spotlights the creative talents of those working behind the scenes in the music industry. In this installment, I’m delighted to be...
View ArticleThis Week in Posivibes: Ultimate Painting
James Hoare (of Veronica Falls) and Jack Cooper (of Mazes) are releasing their third LP under the name Ultimate Painting on September 30 on Trouble in Mind Records. Dusk is an “autumnal opus…[of]...
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Sound & Vision: Anthony DeCurtis
Anthony DeCurtis’s music journalism has appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the New York Times, Vibe, and Rolling Stone, where he is a contributing editor. The essay he wrote to...
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The Velvet Underground’s Not-Quite-a-Reunion Reunion
“They can’t make us wait in lines,” my friend said when we were told the doors weren’t open yet. “This is punk rock.” Rock band reunions normally involve, at minimum, a little live music. But as The...
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