Category: Music
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Thank You Geese For Killing Me
In 1974, after witnessing a show from one of the greatest rock and roll musicians of all time, Jon Landau wrote, “I saw rock and roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen.” Now, I likely will never have as much influence on the music world as Jon Landau, and I have never actually seen…
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All Things Go: 20 Years of Illinois
Prairies and sky-scrapers, wars and World’s Fairs, steel towns and serial killers: in a masterclass of composition, Sufjan Stevens captured the Prairie State in technicolor in his fifth studio album, Illinois, a record that is as tender as it is theatrical. Stevens had famously set out to write an album for every state in America,…
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Knifeplay lay down dungeonesque Sunday Club D night set
Knifeplay showed Club D a powerful performance on the sleepy night of Sunday, September 21st. A five-piece band from Philadelphia, Knifeplay tends toward the darker, shoegazey corner of alternative rock. Touring in support of their latest release, B-Sides & Rarities (2015–2020), the band delivered a performance that was both haunting and cathartic—an experience that lingered…