Sitka songwriter Nicholas Galanin talks honoring his cultural and musical lineage on his second LP for Sub Pop, Stand on My Shoulders.
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Ya Tseen Is Exploring the Continuums of Genre and Ancestry
Sitka songwriter Nicholas Galanin talks honoring his cultural and musical lineage on his second LP for Sub Pop, Stand on My Shoulders.
Words: Will Schube
Photos: Nick Walker
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Celebrate our tenth anniversary with the biggest issue we’ve ever made. FLOOD 13 is deluxe, 252-page commemorative edition—a collectible, coffee-table-style volume in a 12″ x 12″ format—packed with dynamic graphic design, stunning photography and artwork, and dozens of amazing artists representing the past, present, and future of FLOOD’s editorial spectrum, while also looking back at key moments and events in our history. Inside, you’ll find in-depth cover stories on Gorillaz and Magdalena Bay, plus interviews with Mac DeMarco, Lord Huron, Wolf Alice, Norman Reedus, The Zombies, Nation of Language, Bootsy Collins, Fred Armisen, Jazz Is Dead, Automatic, Rocket, and many more.
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The debut solo album from Animal Collective’s Brian Ross Weitz is an entrancing experiment with the unusual sound of hurdy-gurdy at its highly stylized center.
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