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Sam Blum is a writer and journalist based in New York. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Salon, Vice, Village Voice, Fuse TV, and a variety of other publications.

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6/3/16

The Melvins have a wild amount of fun on Basses Loaded

For nearly three decades, Dale Crover and Roger “King Buzzo” Osborne have been the de facto Simon And Garfunkel,…

4/19/16

Hum’s You’d Prefer An Astronaut is an overlooked masterpiece

Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.

3/31/16

Cloudy with a chance of Drake: Here’s what’s coming to record stores in April

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…

3/30/16

Haim shares tour dates, promises new music in video teaser

Haim will be touring throughout the United States, Canada and Scandinavia this summer, and the trio of sisters is…

3/30/16

Brian Eno premieres epic 21-minute track “The Ship”

In February, electronic music and glam-rock legend Brian Eno unveiled plans for The Ship, a new record that he said…

3/18/16

Iggy Pop bows out gracefully on Post Pop Depression

Iggy Pop is a musical workhorse. He’s released 23 full-length studio albums from 1969 to 2016, and his performative…

3/7/16

Nothing releases paint-splattered video for “Vertigo Flowers,” announces tour

With its sophomore album Tired of Tomorrow slated for an imminent release, Philadelphia noise-pop band Nothing…

2/23/16

Chvrches shares tour dates and mystical video for “Clearest Blue”

Chvrches are back with a glut of United States tour dates and a weirdly medieval video for the new song “Clearest…

2/22/16

Kim Gordon’s Glitterbust shares a track off its newly-announced debut album

Even though Sonic Youth has been officially defunct since 2011, Kim Gordon is still writing badass, ethereal…

1/29/16

Bloc Party fizzles out on Hymns

Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke has a penchant for privacy, at least when speaking to the press. The frontman and founding…