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Willoughby Thom | Thursday, September 19, 2019
Daniel Johnston is a name that will forever be remembered but only by a select few — a small, devoted following who considers him the most influential songwriter, artist and outsider to have ever walked this earth. Johnston passed away at his home in Waller, Texas, on Sept. 11 at the age 58. If you’re
Maggie Walsh | Friday, January 26, 2018
In the fall of my freshman year, homesick and overwhelmed, I would sit at my desk and listen to music. I often turned to First Aid Kit’s nostalgic 2014 record, “Stay Gold,” as a remedy for loneliness. Now in the spring of my senior year, I’m once again sitting at my desk listening to the
Adrian Mark Lore | Friday, September 9, 2016
The suburbs of Des Moines, Iowa, bloom around the city like a springtime fractal. It’s 4 p.m. in 1996. You gulp down a sandwich, grab a half-empty backpack and run out through the door and into the summertime. Sparing the headgear, you hop on your bike, pedaling under a tart sun toward a best friend’s
Adam Ramos | Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Everything about the Grateful Dead is larger than life. The grass-root Americana icons didn’t have fans; they had Deadheads — unwavering groupies whose cult-like antics have become just as celebrated as the group’s music. The Dead didn’t play concerts; they played drug-fueled groove marathons featuring psychedelic-folk mastery. The Grateful Dead’s history has become inexorably intertwined
Matthew Munhall | Monday, September 28, 2015
Last week, Ryan Adams released an album-length cover of Taylor Swift’s “1989.” The alt-country singer refashioned every song from Swift’s blockbuster pop album in the style of Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska,” in the process revealing a melancholic strain in the originals. The album is maybe not as revelatory as some critics are claiming, but it’s pleasant