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Critical 5: Female Electronic Pioneers

By Dave Shim

The mothers of electronic music.

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Music News

Video of the Day: Beat Happening

By Stewart Mason

Oddly appropriate for today

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Music Critical Questions

Critical Questions: Richard Barone

By Jim Allen

A cult classic's 25th anniversary.

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Music News

The Clean announces US dates with Times New Viking

By Stewart Mason

Kiwi pop heroes make rare US visit.

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Music News

Video of the Day: Paul Weller, "That Dangerous Age"

By Stewart Mason

Bracing day-glo pop for men of a certain age.

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Music News

Lloyd Cole announces European tour dates

By Stewart Mason

A man, his guitar, and his Kindle.

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TV & Film Critical Questions

Critical Questions: Linda Cardellini

By Josh Ralske

Fan-favorite actress leaps into her first film lead.

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Music News

Paul Weller previews new single

By Stewart Mason

New album bows late next month.

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Music News

The La's return to New York after two decades

By Stewart Mason

Reclusive Brits come stateside for one show only.

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TV & Film Critical Questions

Critical Questions: Bruce Campbell

By Eric Schneider

Everyone's favorite cult hero opens up.

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Music Review

Making It

Stew and the Negro Problem

Back from Broadway, Stew and Heidi clear the air.

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Culture News

BBC Radio 4 streams doc about new wave graphic legend Barney Bubbles

By Stewart Mason

Discovering the man behind the new wave myth.

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Music News

St. Etienne get back to the dance floor

By Stewart Mason

UK indie-dance trio back after a long absence.

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Music News

Disney goes post-punk with Joy Division-inspired t-shirt

By Stewart Mason

Ian Curtis meets Mickey Mouse

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Music News

The Mountain Goats road test new material

By Stewart Mason

John Darnielle and crew try out their latest songs.

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News

The War On Drugs on Jimmy Fallon

By Stewart Mason

Critical Mob faves make their TV debut.

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Music Review

A Grounding In Numbers

Van Der Graaf Generator

Prog pioneers reach maturity.

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Music Review

Let's Go Eat The Factory

Guided By Voices

That rare reunion album worth the effort.

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TV & Film Review

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Rodman Flender

An often hilarious, yet sometimes disturbing, portrait of a showman… >>

Music Review

Director's Cut

Kate Bush

The artist's prerogative writ large.

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Music Review

Talahomi Way

The High Llamas

A lush tropical idyll.

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Music Review

The New Theory Of Everything

Mars Classroom

An unexpected gem in Pollard's endless output.

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Music Review

All Eternals Deck

The Mountain Goats

A new peak after a period of retrenchment.

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Music List

Critical Influences: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart

By Stewart Mason

In an exclusive interview with Critical Mob's Chris Payne, Kip… >>

Music List

Critical Connections: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

By Stewart Mason

In an exclusive interview with Critical Mob's Chris Payne, Kip… >>

Music Review

Tiers/And Other Stories

Richard X. Heyman

Veteran rocker’s orchestral-pop masterpiece.

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Music Review

Here Before

The Feelies

Unfussy, timeless and perfect.

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Music Review

Fully Qualified Survivor

Michael Chapman

A UK folk-rock four-alarmer.

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Music Profile

Michael Chapman

By Jim Allen

First-rate fingerpicker and knockout songsmith.

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Music Profile

Marcos Valle

By Jim Allen

A vital, uncompromising Brazilian artist.

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Music Review

Sleepwalkers

David Sylvian

A decade's worth of collaborations made whole.

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Music Review

Green Blimp

Dwight Twilley

The Ponce de Leon of power pop.

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Music Review

Write About Love

Belle and Sebastian

Perfectly crafted ‘60s pop-influenced gems.

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Music Review

Everything and More

Dolly Mixture

Essential listening for fans of UK indie pop.

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Music Review

Parallelograms

Linda Perhacs

One of the finest psych-folk records of all time.

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Music Profile

Dwight Twilley

By Jim Allen

The definitive power-pop cult hero.

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Music Profile

Mark Eitzel

By Jim Allen

A putative sad sack with a switchblade sense of humor.

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Music Review

No Great Lost: Songs, 1979-1985

Kevin Dunn

Lost new wave classic makes a welcome comeback.

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Music Profile

The Suburbs

By Stewart Mason

The first link between dance-pop and hardcore.

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Music Profile

Damien Youth

By Jim Allen

Syd Barrett-inspired cult hero

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Music Review

True Love Cast Out All Evil

Roky Erickson

One-time lost cause makes triumphant return.

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Music Review

Psychotropia

Nick Nicely

British psychedelia enters the modern age.

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Music Review

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

The Sundays

One of the early 1990s' most perfect albums.

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Music List

Critical Athens: Songs of the South

By Jim Allen

There must have been something in the Southern air that… >>

Music Profile

Laura Nyro

By Stewart Mason

Many singers' favorite songwriter.

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Culture Profile

Robert Mapplethorpe

By Michael Shaw

Classical grace and beauty in the most unexpected places.

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Music Profile

Emitt Rhodes

By Jim Allen

Maker of gorgeous, McCartney-esque pop.

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Music Profile

Sparks

By Stewart Mason

Singularly inventive duo with one of rock's most varied catalogues.

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Music Profile

The Chills

By Stewart Mason

Bittersweet, kaleidoscopic Kiwi-pop tunes.

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Music Review

Mama Tevatron

John Southworth

Cult Canadian singer-songwriter changes musical directions for the better

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Music Profile

Pulp

By Chris Payne

Oasis or Blur? How about Pulp?

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Music Profile

Alex Chilton

By Stewart Mason

One of rock's legendary curmudgeons, but who can blame him?

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Music Profile

Mickey Newbury

By Stewart Mason

Often-underappreciated early Nashville rebel.

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Music Profile

Roky Erickson

By Stewart Mason

He's a man, not a sideshow act.

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Music Profile

T. Rex

By Stewart Mason

Glam icon Marc Bolan and friends.

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Music Profile

Guided By Voices

By Stewart Mason

Indie rockers with stadium-size inspirations.

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Music Profile

Bedhead

By T. Cole Rachel

Not the first, but perhaps the best.

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Music Profile

John Southworth

By Stewart Mason

Lyrically cinematic songs informed by a sincere love of old-fashioned… >>

Music Profile

Nick Lowe

By Stewart Mason

From punk-era basher to rootsy crooner.

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Music Profile

Prefab Sprout

By Stewart Mason

A masterful singer-songwriter goes into hiding.

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Music Profile

Hawkwind

By Jim Allen

Sci-fi hippies with quark, strangeness and charm.

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Music Review

Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth

Underground heroes make the great leap forward.

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Music Profile

Robert Wyatt

By Stewart Mason

Prog-fusion drummer turned affecting singer-songwriter.

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Music Review

Third/Sister Lovers

Big Star

A band falling apart in one last, brilliant blast.

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Music Profile

Big Star

By Stewart Mason

The ultimate power pop cult heroes.

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Music Profile

R. Stevie Moore

By Stewart Mason

From DIY upstart to lo-fi's Grand Master.

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Music Profile

A Tribe Called Quest

By Stewart Mason

The early 1990s' most influential hip-hop collective.

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Music Profile

Television Personalities

By Stewart Mason

Direct influence on several generations of UK indie scenes.

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Music Profile

Robyn Hitchcock

By Jim Allen

More than a wacky guy writing songs about fish.

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