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Input vs. Output

I’m a couple months into my column, talking to bands about recording for Stereogum. I enjoy hearing about their process, and what it takes them to physically start producing stuff.
I want to know because it’s something that I struggle with a lot. I think I’m fairly productive–I set a goal of completing and submitting one [...]

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Recent stuff: ABC, Stereogum, Spin, Pitchfork, Sound of the City

ABC World News Webcast:
Loney Dears’s Dear John
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart S/T

Progress Reports on Stereogum:
Nick Thorburn (Islands, Human Highway)
The Wrens (in Q & A form, because they’re hilarious)
Grizzly Bear

Spin Magazine reviews (I think this is the same print issue as the last batch, but I think Spin staggers print reviews when they [...]

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New Progress Reports: The Thermals, Spencer Krug

Two more Progress Reports this week. On Monday I talked to Hutch Harris from The Thermals. We talked about how people in Portland smoke a lot of pot; that’s not in the update. Then I talked to Spencer Krug, who is working on a ton of different albums. I really liked interviewing him, and [...]

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Recent stuff: Pitchfork.tv, Stereogum, Paste, Spin, Sound Of The City

I interviewed Okkervil River for Pitchfork.tv: Part 1 and Part 2.
I reviewed Beyonce’s I Am Sasha Fierce for Paste.
New Project Reports are up on Stereogum for Röyksopp and Phoenix.
I also reviewed Matt and Kim’s Grand, A.C. Newman’s Get Guilty and Andrew Bird’s Noble Beast for Spin.
I wrote about a “conversation” between LCD Soundsytem’s James Murphy [...]

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Monday’s progress report: Black Lips

Talked to Black Lips for Monday’s Progress Report on Steregum. I mentioned their studio walls covered in inspirational quotes, but didn’t mention that they also put up lots of girlie pictures (girlie is probably not the right word, since that makes you think of tasteful 1940s nude pinups. Pretty sure Black Lips are more the [...]

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