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  • What’s In My Bag: Interpol

    Paul Banks, Sam Fogarino, and Daniel Kessler of Interpol go shopping at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles.

    Fantastic band.

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  • NPR: How the beatles made the white album

    Fifty years ago, just before the holidays in 1968, The Beatles put out not just a new album, but a double album, something relatively unheard of at the time. The album art was a stark, white, glossy cover with raised, slanted lettering that simply said, “The Beatles.” That self-titled album, with its 30 songs that span genres from American country music to avant-garde tape collage, has come to be known as “The White Album.”

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  • The Impossibly Cool Album Covers of Blue Note Records: Meet the Creative Team Behind These Iconic Designs

    The album covers of Blue Note Records included designs for John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Lou Donaldson.

    The link includes an embedded youtube video from Vox Earworm on ‘The Greatest Album Covers of Jazz’.

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  • Neil and Liam Finn on KCRW

    “They’ve been playing music together for many, many years, but father/son duo Neil and Liam Finn waited until the time was right to record a proper album together. We air a live session with the New Zealand favorites, hosted by Chris Douridas, on the release date for Lightsleeper.”

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  • The writing of “Riders on the Storm”

    The Doors’ Ray Manzarek Walks You Through the Writing of the Band’s Iconic Song, “Riders on the Storm”

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  • Melvins – What’s In My Bag?

    “Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and Steven McDonald of the Melvins go shopping at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles.”

    Deserves a post for the haircut alone – the suggestions are a bonus.

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  • Chastity Belt – Black Sail (Live on KEXP)

    Chastity Belt performing “Black Sail” live in the KEXP studio.

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  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre – What’s In My Bag?

    ‘Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre goes shopping at Amoeba Music in San Francisco.’

    And by the way, what a beard!

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  • BBC Interview with Paul Banks of Interpol

    The frontman of Interpol speaks to the BBC. Influenced by a range of bands including Nirvana and The Cure.

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  • TED Talk: Record Collectors and Cultural Archivists

    “For generations, record collectors have played a vital role in the preservation of musical and cultural heritage by “digging” for obscure music created by overlooked artists.”

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