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  Kanye West Thinks He's a God; He May Not be Wrong
  By Drew Millard

  Kanye West has become more powerful than anyone could have imagined. After seeing the man in the flesh two nights in a row las week—once at his triumphant, perhaps summer-defining... More >>

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  Yo La Tengo React to Legendary Hoboken Venue Maxwell's Closing Its Doors
  By Hilary Hughes

  When news broke last week that Maxwell's—that infamous, beloved rock spot across the river in Hoboken—would be shuttering in late July, industry folks freaked, bands grieved, and... More >>

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  Brooklyn's Steve Gunn Finds a Spot to Kill Time and Look Around
  By Elliott Sharp

  Guitarist and singer Steve Gunn is perched on the edge of a sofa. He's in a recording studio at the headquarters of public radio station WXPN in Philadelphia. But he's not close to the edge... More >>

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  After Fifteen Quiet Years, Rodan's Jeff Mueller and Tara Jane O'Neil Speak
  By Rob Trucks

  Indie four-piece Rodan formed in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1992 and played their last note together in 1994. In that time the band's core, guitarists Jason Noble and Jeff Mueller and bassist Tara... More >>

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  Why Daft Punk Have to Keep the Masks On
  By Winkie, Luke

  It's too late now, and it's probably been too late for a decade. Daft Punk, the French electronic duo who has dominated the press for the last month, will be wearing their robot suits for the... More >>

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  Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington Has a New Children's Book, This Little Piggy
  By Brett Koshkin

  "Apparently, NYPD frowns on two husky, bearded dudes in their thirties hanging out at the playground. Matter of fact, I think it's illegal if you don't have kids with you," Tim Harrington said to... More >>

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  Music Summer Guide: Erykah Badu and the Brooklyn Philharmonic Team Up
  By Seth Colter Walls

  When I'm nudged into Erykah Badu's backstage dressing room at the Brooklyn Museum, she's still recovering from a spontaneous outbreak of extended public adulation. The peerless soul vocalist's... More >>

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  The End of the Lower East Side's Last Great Rehearsal Space
  By Spencer Wilking

  Much of Manhattan is a secret city, and few secrets are better than this: Below venerable dive Max Fish, behind grated steel doors that often vibrate with noise, is an old brick-walled basement... More >>

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  Hanni El Khatib Is Sexy, Raw, and Dangerous
  By Black, Christina

  It's barely opened and there's already a pretty good crowd milling around the massive patio behind HVW8 gallery off Melrose. Rife with dirtbags and the women who love them, the crew has clustered... More >>

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  Jeff and Tim Buckley Live!
  By Calum Marsh

  Despite what its title suggests, Daniel Algrant's new drama, Greetings from Tim Buckley, concerns itself less with salutations than pointed farewells, the singer-songwriter not so much present as... More >>

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  Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge Produce an Album That's a Movie
  By J. Pablo

  Rappers get to tell more detailed stories. They have a higher wordcount. They can fit War & Peace into 16 bars where other genres only have room for a fairy tale. And no rap artist takes more... More >>

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  The Sad Tale of Beast Coast Architect and Pro Era Emcee Capital STEEZ
  By Phillip Mlynar

  Jamal Dewar tweeted the words "The end" on Dec. 23, 2012. The next day he took his own life. He was 19. The news of his passing spread rapidly when his friend Jovaughn Scott tweeted his... More >>

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  The Making of Mykki Blanco
  By Jenna Sauers

  "Who fucks up two full rides?" Michael Quattlebaum Jr. is sitting in the kitchen of his manager's apartment in Williamsburg one cold Sunday morning, drinking a beet juice and wearing sweats. The... More >>

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  King Kurt (Vile)
  By Brian McManus

  About 100 kids line a tiny alley in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, clapping and waving on cue. In the middle of them all, a rail-thin hesher with shoulder-length hair. He's wearing a... More >>

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  Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield Is No Longer Languishing in Grief
  By Elliott Sharp

  Katie Crutchfield, the 24-year-old Alabama–born, Philadelphia–based musician who's the creative force behind Waxahatchee, ditches our first interview. She apologizes for the... More >>