A Playlist for Your New York State of Mind
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Livin’ On A Prayer
Sing your heart out with the Director of the Karaoke World Championships.
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Whalebone Interviews Portugal. The Man
Portugal. The Man tells us which dive bars to avoid, and more.
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So, Now Country Songs Are Just About Other, Better Songs
It’s not a great time for country music on the radio.
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How Guitarist/Yogi Bibi McGill Sets the Stage
Really kickass female guitarists are distressingly rare. Meet Bibi.
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A Fond Farewell to The Warped Tour
It’s the last Warped Tour EVER and I don’t have a xanga to write about it in.
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‘Static’ Through the Noise
CJ Mirra takes surf soundtracks to a cold, dark but ecstatic place.
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The Bill Murray Issue Post No Bills Playlist
DJ Japancakes drops a couple of quarters in the Spotify machine. Listen in.
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Wouldn’t You Like To Be A Pepper Too?
When I saw Hall and Oates in Central Park in 1980, I was wearing only black bikini briefs and an orange hard hat. Nothing else. Really. It’s a long story…
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Moroccan Rhythms
We asked May Kwok to score our trip to Morroco.
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Mike D Wonders ‘Do I Sound Like a West Coast Douche?’
It happens to the best of us.
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The Interview Issue Playlist Presented by Compass
Hard as we tried, we couldn’t fit speakers into the Interview Issue, which is why we are grateful to the good folks at Apple for making those plastic buds for your ears.
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Run the Jewels Interviews Adult Swim’s Jason DeMarco
Killer Mike and El-P credit Adult Swim’s Jason DeMarco with putting them together to form Run the Jewels. So maybe it was a no-brainer when we asked them to interview the person they most admired. They went straight to DeMarco.
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Blissfully Aware
Artist and songwriter Gizzle chats with radio and television host and author Devi Brown and gets to the bottom of what she’s tapped into.
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Jayma Cardoso Interviews Jaden Smith
We asked 30 people who we admire to each interview one person they admire. That’s the concept behind the Interview Issue presented by Design Within Reach.
Surf Lodge cofounder Jayma Cardoso chose actor/singer/environmentalist/genetic-lottery-winner Jaden Smith.
Portugal. The Man’s Playlist Presented by Compass
Portugal. The Man singer John Gourley interviewed Addidas VP of Marketing Jon Wexler for The Interview Issue. After, we asked John what we should listen to, and the resulting playlist ranges from tropicalia to Turkish pop to soul and psychedelia. Still no Portuguese tho.
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