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Notion 063 Interview: Wayne Coyne – Part Three

“I love Beck! I just don’t want to have to eat food with him all the time.”

The Flaming Lips‘ mercurial frontman, Wayne Coyne, was in a particularly insightful and philosophical state of mind when he caught up with Notion’s Alex Cull for a chat at his antique-adorned East

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Interview: Chew Lips

Recently, Bronya (New Music Ed) interviewed Tigs of Chew Lips and had a really nice chat. Tigs talked about releasing debut record Unicorn through their management company, and how that compares to putting out their imminent sophomore release through Sony. Then she got really endearingly passionate about Enya.

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BOTW Album Review: Matthew Dear – Beams

(Ghostly International | Dance/Electronica)

New York musician Matthew Dear is a long-time hero of mine. His approach to dance music folds minimal, experimental and banging basslines in with acid house tics, witty lyrics and dark themes. He’s one of those artists who I perpetually wonder why he’s not more popular …

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BOTW Album Review: CANT – Dreams Come True

Ever since CANT first graced my sound system I haven’t really been able to talk about anything else. It’s a beautifully complex record that uses the best of ‘80s synth pop to get your blood simmering along with moments of soul, early Beck, and Radiohead. It’s the first release from …

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Album Review: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

I remember in the 90s being as Pavement obsessed as the next guy- a lot of classes spent scribbling lyrics on my shoes rather than learning the periodic table, so it’s not much of a stretch for me to completely geek out when Stephen Malkmus releases his fifth post-Pavement album …

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Stream of New Song by Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor, the composer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist of Grizzly Bear, has recorded a solo album under the name CANT. Cant meaning insincerity, jargon of a profession, private language of the underworld, speaking in a whining beggars voice, and to talk hypocritically is an interesting word to go with an equally …

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