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dEUS: Vantage Point
dEUS arrived fully formed with the art-rock assault of “Suds & Soda”: a grunge/jazz hybrid that seethed like Dr John,...
May 14, 2008
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Titus Andronicus: The Airing of Grievances
The Airing of Grievances is the kind of record that could kill your speakers if your speakers had a soul....
May 14, 2008
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Crystal Castles: Crystal Castles
Toronto’s Crystal Castles have been enjoying the benefit of not just the kinds of hype of which sometimes only that...
May 14, 2008
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Mariah Carey: E=MC²
What’s the opposite of a redeeming quality? It’s not quite a tragic or fatal flaw; these imply one singular trait...
May 14, 2008
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Weezer: "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived"
Weezer used to be the best band ever. “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived” is enough to re-instigate…well, if not...
May 12, 2008
Tracks
Jim O'Rourke/Akira Sakata/Yoshimio: "A Vessel on a Foggy Night"
I’m not familiar with Japanese saxophonist Akira Sakata’s work but considering the other two collaborators here—Jim O’Rourke and impossible-to-crack-pseudonym-wearing Yoshimi...
May 12, 2008
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The Roots: Rising Down
I’m so tired of this band lauding their own “innovative” approach.
May 12, 2008
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An Horse: Not Really Scared EP
If M83’s Saturdays = Youth is a nostalgia-laden revisit of adolescence’s more forlorn melodramas, An Horse and their debut EP...
May 12, 2008
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She and Him: Volume One
You can usually tell something about an album by where it situates itself in your anatomy. Some records nestle themselves...
May 12, 2008