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Koen Holtkamp: Field Rituals

With the furnaces at Type once again stoked and the machinery aglow and trundling, it seems you can’t go a...

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Of Montreal: "Triphallus, to Punctuate!"

Wherein Barnes shows us his stuff, so to speak.

“Triphallus, to Punctuate!” is, I think, about bell-shaped bottoms, or at...

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John Rich: "Raising McCain"

Reality (of an opinion) check: “Yes We Can” sucks. From its conception to its video, you’re dealing with the...

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John Murphy: "Sunshine"

Danny Boyle’s sci-fi saga Sunshine was given a strangely stifled reception upon its limited release last year. Sure, it wasn’t...

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Future of the Left: "The Hope That House Built"

Despite the doughy lyrics, “The Hope That House Built” feels about right, a proper single for a proper, nameless new...

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Tagaq f/ Buck 65: "Gentle"

With an array of transformative vocal cries and pitch-shifting whispers, the music of Tanya Tagaq Gillis invites you into a...

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Jaguar Love: Take Me to the Sea

Lazily labeled as a generic “screamo” band when in fact they were far more subversive, the Blood Brothers never got...

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Noah and the Whale: Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down

So Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down commences with a dancing acoustic guitar and some handclaps, which give way to...

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Surrounded: The Nautilus Years

The Nautilus Years seems like it has all the time in the world. This isn’t minimalism, since it’s not about...