The House of Vans Party’s Over
Sure was good while it lasted.
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A Playlist for Your New York State of Mind
New York, we love you.
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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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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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Josh T. Pearson’s Crooked Path
Josh T. Pearson might have been trapped by his own mythology, and the animated “Straight to the Top” video is an appropriately exaggerated way to outrun that mythology.
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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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Nom Your Playlist Presented By Compass
Mary Mattern, the self-taught vegan chef behind @nomyourself, interviewed musician Neil Westfall for The Interview Issue. Mary got her start as a professional chef…
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Full Coolers Playlist Presented by Compass
A teacher that did not care much for loud headphones once told us, “There is a time and place for everything.” We might not have heard her correctly.
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Lana Del Rey and Radiohead’s War in Their Minds
Sure, the first time you heard “Get Free” you may have, even subconsciously, hummed “Creep” in your head.
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