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That Thing You (Didn’t) Do, Part 2 of 2

The search for a movie’s theme song: Director Tom Hanks’ love letter to ‘60s rock drew upon top songwriters Continued from Part One… The Verve Pipe – “That Thing You […]

That Thing You (Didn’t) Do, Part 1 of 2

The search for a movie’s theme song: Director Tom Hanks’ love letter to ‘60s rock drew upon top songwriters A shorter edit of this feature appeared previously in SPIN. Tom […]

Best Music of 2016: Reissue/archival Releases

I love new music, but I’m also attuned to keeping up with the latest in reissues and archival releases. Sometimes those feature some of my favorite artists; other times they […]

Album Mini-review: Velvet Crush — Pre-teen Symphonies

File next to: The Smithereens, Matthew Sweet, Teenage Fanclub If they didn’t scale the heights of commercial success that some of their contemporaries reached, it was no fault of Velvet […]