For their new second album, Baltimore postpunk trio Quattracenta teamed up with producer J. Robbins (Jawbox) and the Brokers Tip label, owned by Bob Nastanovich (Pavement, Silver Jews). Those familiar names aren’t the band’s only nods to the 90s—their sound draws on Slint and occasionally the Jesus Lizard—but II doesn’t feel pinned to any one […]
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Ryan Hemsworth’s cleaned-up, poppy Guilt Trips and 15 more record reviews
Nine Reader writers tackle 16 albums, including the Dismemberment Plan, Omar Souleyman, and more.
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In Rotation: Rafa Alvarez, aka Different Sleep, on Miley Cyrus twerking in a frog suit
DJ and producer Different Sleep on Miley Cyrus twerking in a frog suit, and more
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Braid kinda sorta but not really gets back together
They’ve got a new EP and a few shows coming up, but Bob Nanna says don’t call it a comeback.
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Dismemberment Plan
DISMEMBERMENT PLAN This postpunk band from Washington, D.C., has snatched a creative victory from the jaws of commercial defeat. After two full-length CDs on DeSoto Records, the independent label run by ex-Jawbox bassist Kim Coletta, the Dismemberment Plan signed with Interscope, the home of No Doubt, Primus, Smash Mouth, Limp Bizkit, and Nine Inch Nails. […]