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Lost in Translation
Deciphering Why?
The first single off Berkeley band Why?’s new album Alopecia is called “The Hollows.” It’s not the best song, but it may contain the best moment, which comes when Yoni Wolf’s vocals, never slow, accelerate to such a breathless pitch it’s obvious even if you’re not listening that something’s going down. Here is what’s going […]
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No Really—Why?
I Was About to Ask You the Same Thing
Whatever happened to indierock anyway? Like most semi-progressive folks my age, I grew up under indierock’s looming cultural shadow. Somewhere along the way however, indierock screwed the pooch—as thrift-store finds, zines, and Yo La Tengo became appropriated and retooled by successors like Urban Outfitters, shitty blogs, and Death Cab for Cutie. Where does it leave all […]