Jonkast: June 24, 2015
I go solo this episode to talk about new music from Leon Bridges (above), Miguel, The Chemical Brothers, and Beck.
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Jonkast: Feb. 12, 2015
This episode, Andrew Brandt and I give a short preview for the Eaux Claires music festival, do their own version of the Grammys, and play "Take It or Leave It?". Also included is new music from Kendrick Lamar, ...
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Pitchfork Music Festival 2014
Photos and Words by Riley Beggin
Hundred Waters
Florida-based digital folk group Hundred Waters opened up the festival with a short but lovely set. Their austere sounds and unassuming presence combined w...
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Pitchfork Music Festival 2014
This weekend brings us the annual Pitchfork Music Festival, where music lovers from far and wide come to enjoy the splendor of the best new and up-and-coming artists. Lucky for you, we at Jonk Music have laid o...
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Pitchfork Music Festival 2014
2014 marks the ninth year that Pitchfork Music Festival will rock Chicago’s Union Park. Unlike most festivals, where the trend seems to be the bigger the better, Pitchfork Media knows that stagnating the size o...
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St. Vincent
St. Vincent
Annie Clark, better known as St. Vincent, is what some would call a workaholic. The 31-year-old art rocker served as a teenage tour assistant for relatives, went on to enroll in and (thankfully) drop out of mus...
St. Vincent: “Birth in Reverse”
When a star is born, it expands in size because individual hydrogen atoms can't help but fall to the center of the star's cloud with increasing speed and energy. This rapid increase in energy makes the star gro...
David Byrne & St. Vincent: “Who”
"Who" is a mostly David Byrne-led track from Love This Giant, the collaborative album between Byrne and Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent. If you're familiar with these two artists' work, particularly St. Vincent...
St. Vincent
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Bon Iver & St. Vincent
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St. Vincent
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St. Vincent
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