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Critical Mass: A Catholic Education at 30

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1990, Bandwagonesque, Gerard Cosloy, Gerard Love, Homestead Records, Matador Records, Nirvana, Norman Blake, SPIN, Teenage Fanclub

Talking Teenage Fanclub with Matador Records co-founder Gerard Cosloy about the Scottish pop greats’ debut album

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Indie Rock Pop 

What Bothers You Today: Yo La Tengo’s Electr-O-Pura Turns 25

May 16, 2020May 19, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, Electr-O-Pura, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Matador Records, Tom Courtenay, Yo La Tengo

Hoboken’s greatest band made sure you remembered their name in ’95

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Indie Rock 

The Way of Steve Gunn

May 8, 2019May 9, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments Kurt Vile, Matador Records, Steve Gunn

As his excellent eighth album continues to rack in critical acclaim, indie rock’s most potent guitar hero preps for a summer tour and talks with RNRG about what’s happening in the meantime

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Rock 

Ridin’ the Riff and Rollin’ With the Flow

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Billy Ray Cyrus, Busting Grills, Chavez, Cypress Hill, Kurt Vile, Matador Records, Matt Sweeney

At a private Q&A to celebrate his new album Bottle It In, we learned how Kurt Vile’s studio perfectionism illuminates his slacker style

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Pop Rock 

A Big Day Coming

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Matador Records, Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo’s Painful turns 25

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Pop 

Lots of Dreams That Aren’t There

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Matador Records

Belle and Sebastian’s The Boy With the Arab Strap at 20

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Rock 

Midnight Marauder

August 28, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn, House of Vans, Interpol, Madison Square Garden, Matador Records, NYC

On LP no. 6, Interpol crack the same facade of NYC cool that birthed them

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Punk Rock 

Whitechocolatespaceegg at 20: In Which The Big Tall Man Wants Wings; or, Don’t Get Loose Enough To Trust Your Bartender

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 Andrew Hamlin 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Glenn McDonald, Liz Phair, Matador Records

A deeper look at Liz Phair’s underrated third LP

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Punk Rock 

Why You Gotta Ask? Why Don’t You Just Know?

June 11, 2018April 15, 2019 Raymond Cummings 5 Comments Indie rock, Matador Records, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus

Sparkle Hard (Matador), from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, is wan, wilful, and winning.

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