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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 23/09/2025

I reviewed the latest record from Ariel Pink—an artist who has meant a great deal to me, and whose career has been destroyed by his own awful beliefs

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After Today

On Ariel Pink's "With You Every Night"

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 01/09/2025

i have reviewed the new Big Thief album out this Friday—an unassuming little record destined to be remembered as (maybe) their best

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Gonna Turn It All Into Rock & Roll

On Big Thief's "Double Infinity"

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 01/09/2025

i have reviewed the new Big Thief album out this Friday—an unassuming little record destined to be remembered as (maybe) their best

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Gonna Turn It All Into Rock & Roll

On Big Thief's "Double Infinity"

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 14/08/2025

today on Hard Fits: an interview w/ @ositanwanevu.com the political savvy of Zohran’s style, the phoniness of John Fetterman, and the flattery of being mistaken for a Republican

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Hard Fits: Osita Nwanevu — Part 1

The political savvy of Zohran Mamdani’s style, the phoniness of John Fetterman, and the flattery of being mistaken for a Republican

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 13/08/2025

I am in @aquariumdrunkard.com today writing about Cass McCombs’s exquisite new record, as well as the city I live in and love

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 23/05/2025

the haircut on John…

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 29/04/2025

i got married at the Paramount+ Führer Hall

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 28/04/2025

eight dollar iced latte

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 24/04/2025

today on Never Ending Stories: The MJ LENDERMAN Interview falling for “Planet Waves,” Bob vs. Neil, what the M in “MJ” stands for, and much more

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NES 061: The MJ Lenderman Interview | Never Ending Stories

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 23/04/2025

i know it was the 70s but it’s still wild that Dennis Wilson wrote an entire song about how much he loved doing statutory rape

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 23/04/2025

this is the kind of sentence you love to stumble upon in the depths of Wikipedia pages for disreputable late era Beach Boys records

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 21/04/2025

Prior Lake, Minnesota Cohasset, Massachusetts North Tonawanda, New York whoever is handling booking for Al Jardine deserves a raise—no one in the game doing it like this

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 21/04/2025

today on Jokermen: The Beach Boys // ADULT/CHILD Brian Wilson’s legendary never-released LOVE YOU followup—hamburgers, hot dogs, Frank Sinatra, de-transitioning anthems, and “Shortenin’ Bread” 🍞

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The Beach Boys: ADULT/CHILD | Jokermen

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 18/04/2025

modern classic someone let me write the @stereogum.bsky.social 10 year anniversary post

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 15/04/2025

the perfect album details Wikipedia section doesn’t exi—

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 15/04/2025

today on Jokermen: “SMiLE: The Rise, Fall, & Resurrection of Brian Wilson” with author David Leaf very special chat with the man who knows the story better than anyone

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Podcast Episode · Jokermen · 04/15/2025 · 1h 41m

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 10/04/2025

this is clearly a picture of Billy Parker, not Bob Dylan — the two are often confused

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 10/04/2025

today on Never Ending Stories: THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ interrogating a bleak, beautiful, nuanced record — plus Albert Grossman, Phil Ochs, and James Dean

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DLB 005: THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' | Never Ending Stories

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 08/04/2025

mfw someone says bluesky sucks

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Jason P. Woodbury @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Swimming in deep waters with my friends Ian and Evan. Pacific Ocean Blue, one of my all-time favorites, tune in.

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 07/04/2025

today on Jokermen: Dennis Wilson // PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE w/ @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social - Side A stoked to have Jason back with us for a soulful chat about a soulful man. Side B coming Thursday on Patreon

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Dennis Wilson: PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE with Jason Woodbury — Side A

Podcast Episode · Jokermen · 04/07/2025 · 1h 7m

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 06/04/2025

today on Never Ending Stories: @stevenhyden.bsky.social’s instant post-show dispatch from Bob Dylan live in Mankato & Eau Claire

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NES 060.5: Bob Dylan LIVE, 4/4/25 & 4/5/25 | Never Ending Stories

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 04/04/2025

today on Jokermen: David Longstreth the muddy line between himself and Dirty Projectors, the past/present/future of the Bay Area, text vs subtext, starting a Substack, Rick Rubin, and his fantastic new record

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In Conversation: DAVID LONGSTRETH

Podcast Episode · Jokermen · 04/04/2025 · 1h 10m

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 02/04/2025

i am interviewing cool guys about how and why they look cool first up: True Anon’s Yung Chomsky

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Hard Fits: Yung Chomsky

A new menswear interview series

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 02/04/2025

i am interviewing cool guys about how and why they look cool first up: True Anon’s Yung Chomsky

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Hard Fits: Yung Chomsky

A new menswear interview series

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 01/04/2025

today on Jokermen: Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast a delightful conversation about the perils of AI art, giving Jim Keltner Korean food recs, the tour bus as Thomas Mann’s “Magic Mountain,” and how Billy Joel just writes bangers (plenty of Bobtalk too)

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In Conversation: MICHELLE ZAUNER

Podcast Episode · Jokermen · 04/01/2025 · 1h 12m

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 31/03/2025

another month, another installment of MY BACK PAGES: suiting, Tulsa, and Dan Bejar

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My Back Pages, March 2025

Tulsa, suiting, and Dan Bejar

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Ian Grant @ianjgrant.com · 27/03/2025

and people say The Beach Boys can’t write good lyrics

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Ray Padgett @raypadgett.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The first night of Bob Dylan's 2025 tour was too momentous for just one guest reviewer - so I convened 15 of the sharpest Dylan minds I know to share their scene reports from Tulsa!

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Fifteen Short Reviews of Bob Dylan's First Concert of 2025

2025-03-25, Tulsa Theater, Tulsa, OK

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