Revisiting the brief but pungent catalog of No One Mind is like hearing a dream-pop band cutting the safety net and swan-diving deep into the dream.
Brian Howe
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On Its 30th-Anniversary Reissue, “Ring” by the Connells Sounds Better Than Ever
Remastered for vinyl and digital, “Ring” sounds tender and tawny, even when it rocks, dripping with bonus tracks and new liner notes by David Menconi.
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Entrez Vous’s Debut Album Deftly Threads Pop Immediacy With Experimental Breadth
Even on a quick impression, the band’s concept and styling are striking, and quick impressions are what Entrez Vous is all about. Most of the songs are just a minute or two long; they state an atmospheric vision, lodge an earworm, and duck out.
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Pipe Returns With a Scorching New Album and a Lament for Affordable Living
Twenty-six years and several zip codes away from where they left off, local rock heroes Pipe come home with a scorching new album and a lament for affordable living.
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On Compilation Album “Every Day Like the Last,” Wye Oak Leaves Rock Music Behind
But the question remains (at least for those of us whose 20th-century music brains will never fully heal), is Every Day Like the Last the seventh Wye Oak record or not?
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Phil Venable’s “Bringing the Light” Follows the Star of Protean Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders
The three-track EP of spiritual jazz released on June 16.
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Benjamin Felton and John Harrison Take a Walk in the Woods With Dreaming Machines on Their Second Record As Tacoma Park
In its most intimate texture, Tacoma Park emerged from the circumstances of an organic friendship, a safe space to try new things.
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Tre. Charles Speeds Into the Music Industry With a Haunting Sound and Mindful Message About Slowing Down
“Currently.” is the four-song EP that Tre. Charles has been working on and releasing bits of since 2019, when a near-death experience got him started on his music career.
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The INDY at 40: The Paper Route
Forty years and more than 2,000 issues after it began, the INDY is still producing powerful news and culture journalism grounded in progressive politics.
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The INDY at 40: New Era, Same Vision
A Q&A with Richard Meeker, INDY Week’s Oregon-based owner, on the future of the paper and alternative media.