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5¢ Sound Q & A With The Maine Kat Westbrook 6 Boston Calling Julia Ferragamo 10
A bluegrass life: Roland White thaddeus Bouska 30 Profile: Nick Santino Tori Bilcik 34
Entertainment and culture
Around the World
I’m gonna score some grammys only got $20 in my pocket matt kane 13 Bow Down Bitches: How beyoncé Changed the Game Allison flaherty 15 Drill music in Chi-Town Dan Taverner 18
photo spread Decades of style 20
features
The Incandescent Imagery of FKA Twigs Ben Sack 27 Jack White and His Third Man Jasminne Young 29
Commemorating Alice herz-Sommer Devan Norman 37 Keeping cultured: Why French radio clings to its nationality nina corcoran 38
Reviews
True Trans Soul Rebel: Against Me! Finds a brave new world Ari Anderson 41 do not engage this album Ari Anderson 42 Drowners’ first album promises redux love and retro heartbreak Rachel Dickerman 43 Sound city: capturing “real” sound through analog Nick Stalford 44 Playlist // unwine’d // 46 Calendar // May // 47
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