Cover Story

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  Purity Ring

  Come Together

  PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2015

  "Begin again, begin again, begin again."   Megan James's words float overtop brooding washes of synths crafted by her musical partner Corin...

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  Dan Mangan

  No More Mr. Nice Guy (Oh Who Are We Kidding?)

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2015

  "Part of the 'Dan Mangan' thing is being this super, super nice guy," reflects the man in question. "It's not that I'm no longer nice, but...

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  Alvvays

  A Long Journey to Overnight Success

  PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2014

  It is day two of Alvvays' first-ever headlining North American tour and the band are riding several months of critical acclaim, growing aud...

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  Run the Jewels

  All Due Respect

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2014

  El-P is onstage at a Minneapolis nightclub when the confetti falls. A blizzard of white paper he had no idea was coming flutters from the c...

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  The Barr Brothers

  The Art of Restraint

  PUBLISHED Sep 24, 2014

  "When restraint and courtesy are added to strength," Mahatma Gandhi is said to have observed, "the latter becomes irresistible." You know...

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  Rich Aucoin

  Under the Big Top

  PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2014

  Rich Aucoin is, for the first time in a long time, relaxed. The top hat has come off and the cane he twirls is leaning up against the door....

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  White Lung

  Torn Together

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2014

  Last December, Mish Way packed up her things and left her hometown. As the explosive lead singer for Vancouver punk band White Lung, Way ha...

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  BADBADNOTGOOD

  An Odd Kind of Trio

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2014

  Coming to the stage are three young men in T-shirts and jeans, no different from nearly any other band in nearly any other venue. Crushed u...