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Luxurious and Sleepless: An Interview with Andy Stott

BY JORDAN MAINZER Andy Stott’s breakout has been about as slow-burning as his bass. After making electronic music steadily since 2005 and releasing two stellar EPs in 2011, Stott shifted from making heavy, loud, fast techno to 95 BPM bass music with the creeping, yet ethereal Luxury Problems, one of the best albums of 2012. While the techno he used...

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The Year of Live Music: 100+ Shows from A$AP Rocky to Zola Jesus

In 2012, I saw more than 100 concerts. Thanks to FP, record labels and my own wallet, I was able to catch life-changing live shows in Chicago, New York, and Milwaukee, and a handful of major music festivals (South by Southwest, Bonnaroo, Pitchfork and Brilliant Corners). Granted, my ears may not work as well as...

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Until the Quiet Comes: Chicago Live Music in October

Something clicked in October, and I found myself at eight shows in just 15 days, likely due to a mix of early onset Seasonal Affective Disorder and rise in tours before the end of the year. It’s a lot of music to consume, and while I’m still digesting it all, I’m already planning for more....

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The Scene and Its Leaders: Pitchfork Music Festival 2012 Review

Almost at the end of their second decade, Pitchfork Media has changed the way we find, listen, experience, and most importantly, talk about music. The largest force in the music industry of the last 20 years save file-sharing websites and Kanye West’s twitter account, Pitchfork is more consequential to the development of the independent scene than...

Managing Editor Pete Lillis at Pitchfork 2012

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Top 25 songs of 2010 (so far): Part II

July, July! What a wonderful (disgusting) month. Don’t get me wrong, I love summer as much as the next guy, just not when the weather feels more like a tailpipe than the warm sun. So I had to get out of dodge, i.e. Washington, and spend the weekend in the forever beautiful Jersey Shore. No,...

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Gonjasufi: Can Your Yoga Teacher Do That?

Your yoga teacher may do the best Downward Dog this side of Park Slope. But can he (or she) make music like FP’s favorite yoga teacher Gonjasufi? On his latest record, A Sufi and a Killer, Gonjasufi teams up with the Flying Lotus entourage for a medley of hip-hop, blues, and Indian music with equal...

Gonjasufi: Can Your Yoga Teacher Do That?

Indiephemera Friday, vol. 3

A busy week in the indie music world has passed us by, with Colin Meloy of The Decemberists signing a deal to pen a children’s book series, Animal Collective disciple Ariel Pink announcing he would be making a guest appearance on a new science fiction television show, and bands Fucked Up and Stars debating how...

Indiephemera Friday, vol. 3

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