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Evangelista: Hello, Voyager
Carla Bozulich and her creativity are, above all things, an open book. In the pages of Hello, Voyager, the debut...
Sep 12, 2008
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Solange: Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams
Solange Knowles sounds a little hurt. As an opening track/preamble/disclaimer “God Given Name” is kind of charming despite (or perhaps...
Sep 12, 2008
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Doomtree: Doomtree
Hip-hop has long suffered from the myth of a “hip-hop band.” Seeing as the solitary moment of artistic inspiration on...
Sep 12, 2008
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The Great Northwest: The Widespread Reign of The Great Northwest
There’s nothing too remarkable about the Great Northwest on the surface—they’re from Portland and they look like your average band...
Sep 12, 2008
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Zach Hill: "Stoic Logic"
Zach Hill, drummer for notoriously advanced speed rock duo Hella, recently released his first solo effort, Astrological Straights. It’s a...
Sep 11, 2008
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Lexie Mountain Boys: "Low Tide Sirens Say"
Now that HBO has gunned down The Wire, it’s once again safe to walk the streets of Baltimore. Moreover,...
Sep 11, 2008
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Natalie Portman's Shaved Head: "Sophisticated Sideways Ponytail"
At just 1:32, freshly graduated Seattle outfit Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head show future signs of retro promise for Generation AD(H)D....
Sep 10, 2008
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Syvelle Newton: "BOOM"
Granted, I wasn’t even an itch in my daddy’s slacks during the Gamecocks’ ’69 ACC championship season. Furthermore, I...
Sep 10, 2008
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Mount Eerie: "Voice in Headphones"
So here’s my take on this. “Voice in Headphones”—which borrows its chorus lyric from Björk’s “Undo,” repeated with the same...
Sep 10, 2008