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The Fingers
Trash from LA recorded in SF
Jan 15 • Aaron Gilbreath
Talking With 13th Ward Social Club
How a guy with no training except as a listener taught himself to create music and invented chooch core, paisan punk, wop wave, and marinara music.
Dec 19, 2025 • Aaron Gilbreath
Riot Boyyy
A young writer discovers a long-lost letter from Kathleen Hanna, but meeting her in person doesn't go as planned.
Jun 14, 2025 • Kevin Sampsell
Pavement
Indie ever after
May 17, 2025 • Jason Fine
Paranormal Researcher Heather Taddy's Life As a '90s Music Fan
Music, pilgrimages, and a series of convergences
Mar 29, 2025 • Heather Taddy
The Breeders
One mother shares the ache and triumph with alt-rock royalty
Mar 1, 2025 • Tessa T
It's a Bittersweet Symphony This Li-ife
(Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money, then you die-i...)
Oct 26, 2024 • Aaron Gilbreath
The Chills
A 1990 story about the release of Submarine Bells, the album that may stand as this New Zealand bands’ masterpiece and is one of the defining albums of…
Oct 5, 2024 • Jason Cohen
Alive in the Nineties
Music and life as a listener in the 1990s
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