2020 Q3

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Featuring: dumama + kechou, Keleketla!, Melt Yourself Down, Sleigh Bells, Kim So Ra, Naeem, Steve Lacy, Becca Mancari, Anna Calvi & David Byrne, Silver Apples, Rev. Harvey Gates, Pixvae, Siba, Camarão, Rona Kenan & Gidi Gov, Bedouine w/Waxahatchee and Hurray for the Riff Raff.

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July 2014: Festivals Galore

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Each year it becomes clearer that big music festivals are a young person's game. I've still got the stamina to zip and jet if I want to, but this year at Pitchfork I decided to take it a bit easier.

Featuring: Siba, Noura Mint Seymali, Bryan Adams, Bush Tetras, and more. 

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June 2014: Psych Around the World (Cup)

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I sent myself down a deep rabbit hole of international psychedelic music from the '60s and '70s. That's a deep deep hole, as it seems like almost every spot on the globe (Cambodia, Turkey, Nigeria, Brazil, Korea, Iran!) went through the process of working through the psychedelic rock revolution and found a way to reconcile it with their own indigenous sound. Some results are better than others.

Featuring: Kim Jung Mi, clipping, alt-J, Otis Redding, and more.

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