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As the title implies, End of Daze documents Los Angeles' Dum Dum Girls at moment of change in their career and front-woman Dee Dee at a turning po...
Wild Nothing's latest album, Nocturne, features some pretty awesome packaging. The limited-edition version sports a letterpress sleeve, blue viny...
Despite the promise of the album's first two singles, Sun is not Cat Power's greatest album yet. Or anyways, it is not the "essential" Cat Power a...
San Francisco's The Fresh & Onlys have been on an exceptionally solid run since officially forming in 2008. What began in its earliest days as...
Matthew Dear is not a new entry in the music scene. In fact, he's been charting his own course in the music industry for some time now. You proba...
I may not be a jam aficionado, but I do like to think that I know exceptionally good food when I taste it. And, it's my humble opinion, that the ...
Good things come from Portland, Oregon. For example, Portland has a great beer culture. Walk through most any of the city's neighborhoods and you'...
Macau, China is known for many things: it's a gambling mecca, it's the most densely populated region in the world, it's population enjoys the 2nd ...
Sean Hayes isn't a new face in the music industry. His latest release, Before We Turn To Dust, will be his sixth full length. Indeed, Hayes has be...