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Saying Goodbye to the Chills’ Martin Phillipps, a Master of Pained Indie-Rock Beauty
Farewell to the great Martin Phillipps, the New Zealand indie-rock pioneer of the Chills. He was one of the most brilliant songwriters of his era, with a string of Eighties/Nineties guitar classics: “Pink Frost,” “I Love My Leather Jacket,” “Heavenly …