Articles about longform

Nina Artist 4

Behind the Songs of Nina Simone Sings the Blues

Record Of The Month

Nov. 22, 2016

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Beach Slang: A Supposedly Punk Band I’ll Definitely Listen To Again

Nov. 8, 2016

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What Would the Death of Soundcloud Mean for Unarchived Music?

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A Requiem For Indie Rock Hype

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Frank Ocean’s ‘Endless’ and the High Art Aspirations of Visual Albums

Aug. 25, 2016

WebsterX: In the Van With Underground Rap’s Golden Child

Aug. 11, 2016

Ranking the 24 R&B Groups Mentioned On “Slow Jamz”—A Scientific Survey

July 12, 2016

The Itinerant Priesthood of David Bazan: Ruminations On Believing And ‘Blanco’

June 21, 2016

An Attempt To Explain The “Difficult” Neil Young Records

Is Crate Digging Being Killed By Streaming Algorithms?

June 14, 2016

The End of Music Ownership

May 31, 2016

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The Class Divide in Conscious Rap And “FDT”

May 25, 2016

Band on Your Mind: Discovering the Greatness of Little River Band

April 7, 2016

The Atonement of Brother Macklemore

March 14, 2016

Bootleg Yeezus

Just Like The Real Thing: Coming to Terms with Bootleg Vinyl

On Francis’ ‘Marathon,’ And Picking Yourself Up

Feb. 20, 2016

Riff Raff

For Valentine’s Day, I Tried Sexting My Girlfriend Lines From Riff Raff Poetry Book

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5 Things I Learned From Putting My Record Collection Into Discogs

Feb. 10, 2016

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An Abbreviated Personal History, As Told in Relation to Huey Lewis & the News

Feb. 2, 2016

I Forget Who We Were: Ben Howard, Camus, and Art of Learning to Let Go

Jan. 21, 2016

“Lost” Album of the Week: Sugar Creek’s ‘Please Tell A Friend’

Jan. 20, 2016