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Indie-rockers Whitney became a hometown
staple with their debut. Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy asks
them about their shared scene, trying to be
timeless and how playlists killed the album review
BY LYNDSEY HAVENS
PHOTOGRAPHED BY LYNDON FRENCH
Max Kakacek
(left) and Julien
Ehrlich of Whitney
photographed
July 29 at Dank
Haus in Chicago.
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