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Hatched a decade ago from within the underground incubator of famed Los Angeles DIY venue The Smell, Health first…
Kevin Warwick
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Kevin Warwick is an associate editor at the Chicago Reader, freelance writer, and occasional moderator of live discussion and trivia host. His interests include indignant '90s-era hardcore, Ron and Russell Mael, and two-wheeled modes of transportation. For him the perfect party takes place in a dingy bowling alley fossilized in 1964 and his dogs are invited.
7/17/15 1:00AM
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Ratatat has always seethed and pulsed and coolly strutted along while the angular, spastic dance-punk of their…
6/29/15 1:00AM
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Considering we’re only almost to July, 2015 has seen an abundance of musical riches so far. From new albums by old…
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Born from the same freak scene that immaculately conceived prolific front men like John Dwyer and Ty Segall, the…
4/21/15 1:00AM
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Passion Pit main man Michael Angelakos has always been at his most efficient when heading up a one-man assembly line…
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Our main list of the year’s best albums doesn’t just appear out of thin air. It’s tallied from ballots by a group of…
12/08/14 1:00AM
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Every year, The A.V. Club invites our regular music writers and staff to pick their favorite albums of the past 12…
11/11/14 1:00AM
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Almost 20 years after Dave Grohl composed and recorded Foo Fighters’ self-titled debut (mostly) by himself in a…
11/03/14 1:00AM
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Sometimes people fail up. It happens. Here are eight examples of fictional baseball managers who surprisingly lead…
10/21/14 1:00AM
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When news dropped earlier this year that drone-metal kings Sunn O))) were working on an album with enigmatic…
9/23/14 1:00AM
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On his 2012 self-titled album, his first for Sub Pop, Kyle Thomas (a.k.a. King Tuff) became a hero at writing gooey…