A Little Dirtier: Ukes and Yuks Duo Garfunkel And Oates on Foul Mouths & HBO Dreams

By Michael Tedder at 10:10 AM on April 19, 2012

Kate Micucci didn’t swear “at all” until she started working with Riki Lindhome. The pair have since recorded three albums: Slippery When Moist, All Over Your Face and their 2009 debut, Music Songs, which was early enough in their creative process to not have a dirty title.   read more

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Aziz Ansari: Business, Major

By Michael Tedder at 9:37 AM on April 18, 2012

The dangerously delicious comedian talks swagger, success and going it alone.  read more

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Choir of Young Believers: Taking It All The Way

By Ryan Reed at 10:26 AM on April 16, 2012

First impressions are a bitch—especially for pop musicians, and even more especially for acclaimed songwriters who etch a distinct imprint on the critical and public consciousness.  read more

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Vacationer: The Best of What's Next

By Nathan Spicer at 8:37 AM on April 13, 2012

Vacationer launches into its island-tinged electro-pop, or as the band jokingly called it while recording the album, “Nu-hula.” The live vocals and instruments are mixed with electronic beats and samples of light-hearted, Pacific island sounds created far from the middle of Texas.  read more

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Aaron Freeman: A Work in Progress

By Drew Fortune at 8:38 AM on April 12, 2012

Aaron Freeman and partner in crime Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo) have been unleashing their warped attack on pop music as Ween since the early ‘80s, but Freeman has dropped the Gene Ween moniker for the first time on his new solo album.  read more

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M. Ward: Musical Anachronism

By Ryan Reed at 10:55 AM on April 11, 2012

A Wasteland Companion, M. Ward’s seventh solo album, has been stewing for nearly three years, recorded in extremely piecemeal fashion at over eight recording studios across the United States and England.  read more

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Ben Howard: The Best of What’s Next

By Hilary Saunders at 10:07 AM on April 9, 2012

Ben Howard is a man with a sense of place. The 23-year-old British singer/songwriter was born in London, but moved to the countryside in south Devon near the coast as a child.  read more

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Zammuto: Beauty in the Unfinished

By Ryan Reed at 12:28 PM on April 6, 2012

Nick Zammuto is in a good mood. The prolific producer/multi-instrumentalist is preparing for the release of Zammuto, his eclectic debut album under that moniker and his first musical project since the demise of The Books, his sample-fueled electro-folk collaboration with cellist Paul de Jong.  read more

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Alabama Shakes: Southern Stars

By Geoffrey Himes at 10:27 AM on April 5, 2012

Brittany Howard wasn’t shouting; she wasn’t wailing; she was sharing a confession like the most intimate singer/songwriter. But there was a catch in her voice that very few singers manage, an ache that made it clear that she’d had real doubts she’d ever reach her current age of 23 with any kind of life worth living.  read more

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Trampled By Turtles: United By Punk

By Hilary Saunders at 10:03 AM on April 2, 2012

Minnesota quintet Trampled By Turtles is a study in contrasts. In terms of musical genres, the band’s influences are as disparate as they come.  read more

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