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Everett True’s 64 Favourite Songs of 2012

Last year was sensational for music. This year was even more sensational.…

2012 & the Abysmal Company You Kept

Dum Dum Girls had a massive year — the Coke Zero of the indie world. You know, same taste as the original formula but not as filling.…

Another ancient interview with Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This one was their first ever cover story. Thought you might enjoy reading this as well.

You’re like the violent interviewer. The Hannibal Lector of interviews. Did you see that scuffle?…

An ancient interview with Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Thought you might enjoy reading it.

SPONTANEITY! SPONTANEITY! That’s what is central to all the greatest rock’n’roll and THAT’S WHY the Yeah Yeah mother-fucking Yeahs are so vital and the (spit) mother-fucking Vines are just sheep’s turds dressed up in your momma’s glad rags. Fuckheads.…

Riot Act Media’s Nathan Walker on Record Collecting: “It’s a mix of excitement and fear…”

There’s nothing more calming than the process of looking through my collection for the perfect record, finding it, and then laying the needle into it. …

A surprisingly insightful Everett True interview from 2009

It is worth bearing in mind that writing – like any art performed in the public arena – is part-performance, so it’s worth having a persona that you can slip in and out of.…

The Collapse Board interview | Darren Levin (FasterLouder, Mess+Noise)

Why should people write for FasterLouder when they're accumulating clips when they could just start a tumblr instead? Is there a single good editor who actually cares where a piece was published as much as they care about the quality of the writing?…