Records

Randy Newman: Harps and Angels

I can’t be the only person to think it just that Randy Newman’s path to stardom lay almost exclusively in...

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Stereolab: Chemical Chords

There comes a moment at the all you can eat buffet, before your belt buckle explodes from its yielding hole,...

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Daniel Menche: Glass Forest

A lot of experimental and electronic artists refuse to name individual tracks out of a desire not to enforce specific...

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Grouper: Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill

These songs are still by and large gorgeous.

Interviews

Nico Muhly

First: read our review of Nico Muhly’s excellent new record, Mothertongue.

Second: your interest (hopefully) piqued, track that shit down....

Tracks

Mark Berube and the Patriotic Few: "Flowers on the Stones"

The image of planting a flower on stones is a little too cute. Yet, somehow, when Mark Berube tucks it...

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Conor Oberst: Conor Oberst

Brief caveat: “Milk Thistle” is pretty good, I guess. It’s mostly empty space and doesn’t try too hard: spare, somber,...

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Eamon McGrath: Wild Dogs

At the age of nineteen Eamon McGrath has manifested a vibrant creative momentum that makes the works of so many...

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Whatfor: Sooner Late Than Never

This probably isn’t the first time that Brett Favre has made me look like a dick. I can’t recall the...