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Steve Gunn | photo by Constance Mensh | courtesy of Matador Records For almost as long as I’ve been listening to music, Steve Gunn has been making it. The Lansdowne native first picked up a bass at age 13, and a guitar one year later. Since then, he...

Landing at number seven is Kurt Vile’s Wakin on a Pretty Daze. 2013 was a fertile year for music. Rap came strong with ASAP Rocky’s debut, the El-P and Killer Mike Run the Jewels collab and more toughboy posturing from Pusha T. Disclosure...

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Lauren Groff, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee...

Kanye West, Lollapalooza, Chile, 2011 (via Rodrigo Ferrari’s Flickrstream) As the Village Voice’s 41st Pazz & Jop Critics Poll makes clear, Kanye West is the most gifted popular musician of our time. This may sound like empty, generalized...

Kraak Dots & Loops 7th Birthday Special with Sonic Boom / Plank! & more Celebrate 7 years of Dots & Loops at Kraak tonight with a night filled with live music and DJ sets. Top of the bill Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3/Spectrum) will put on a ...