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Matthew Fritch

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Matthew Fritch spent more than a decade as senior editor of the Philadelphia-based magazine MAGNET, where he wrote about wildly unpopular indie rock bands and required interns to listen to Robyn Hitchcock’s I Often Dream of Trains in order to receive credit. He once got kicked out of a Guided By Voices show for being too drunk, which is kind of like getting pulled over at the Indy 500 for speeding.

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No Joy, Wait To Pleasure…

If you adhere to the strict definition of the term, you really shouldn… more »

Beach Fossils, Clash the Trut…

Beach Fossils singer/songwriter Dustin Payseur is talking about his gener… more »

The Babies, Our House On The …

Only in the hyper-insular Brooklyn scene and its attendant fantasy-rock b… more »

Lou Reed, Walking On The Wild…

The only thing to dislike about this 1972 live recording is its unimagina… more »

The Luyas, Animator

Animator is a wide-ranging, huge-sounding album with a tiny, insistent vo… more »

Melody’s Echo Chamber, …

Melody’s Echo Chamber has delivered the most literal dream-pop albu… more »

Interview: Baroness

The members of Baroness don’t lose any sleep wondering what particu… more »

How (Not) to Make It in Indie…

“Smoke and mirrors,” says Beril Guceri with mild exasperation… more »

Jack White, Blunderbuss…

Even though Jack White has long cultivated a millennial bluesman persona … more »

Frankie Rose, Interstellar…

Frankie Rose spent the early part of her musical career as a member of a … more »

Sleigh Bells, Reign of Terror…

The world is Sleigh Bells’ pep rally, and the Brooklyn-based duo of… more »

Interview: Sleigh Bells

The world is Sleigh Bells’ pep rally, and the Brooklyn-based duo of… more »

Who Are…Pop. 1280

Getting under your skin has been Pop. 1280′s business since 2009, w… more »

A Classic Education, Call It …

When your band is called A Classic Education and your chosen milieu is mo… more »

Class Actress, Rapprocher…

Elizabeth Harper should be every guy’s dream: a smoky-eyed, high-ch… more »

The Sea And Cake, The Sea And…

A true novelty in 1994, The Sea And Cake’s self-titled debut arrive… more »

Pontiak, Sun On Sun

Thrill Jockey’s foray into spooky psychedelia couldn’t ask fo… more »

Eleventh Dream Day, Prairie S…

Thrill Jockey’s roster was practically populated by the Eleventh Dr… more »

Directions, Directions In Mus…

This is what a lost weekend in Chicago, circa 1996, sounded like. Former … more »

Trans Am, Red Line

Pioneers of the ironic mustache and cheeky proponents of retro-futurism, … more »

CANT, Dreams Come True…

The first thing you should know about Dreams Come True is that its title … more »

Who Are…NewVillager

“We flirt with insanity all the time,” says Ross Simonini of … more »

NewVillager, NewVillager…

We are rightfully suspicious of self-proclaimed “Artists” who… more »

Braid, Closer To Closed…

This four-song EP from Braid — the Champaign, Illinois, group… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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