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Lansing-Dreiden: The Dividing Island

What do we do with ruthless self-promoters like NYC-based art-collective Lansing-Dreiden? The band this review concerns is part of that... Jan 22, 2008

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Fennesz/Sakamoto: Cendre

Sala Santa Cecilia (2005), the first collaboration between electronic artist Christian Fennesz and former Yellow Magic Orchestra leader Ryuichi Sakamoto,... Jan 22, 2008

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Explosions in the Sky: All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone is the apocalypse described in panoramic Hollywood vision; it’s an over-calculated, nominally visceral... Jan 22, 2008

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Exploding Star Orchestra: We Are All From Somewhere Else

It's hard not to be a little underwhelmed by the final product of such immaculate conception: commissioned by the Chicago... Jan 22, 2008

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The Elected: "Not Going Home"

I don’t care what label these guys are on (Sub Pop). I don’t care what band they came from (Rilo... Jan 17, 2008

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Raekwon: "State Of Grace"

A long believer that Prince Rakeem had a heavy hand in every seminal Wu-Tang release (Grandmasters being... Jan 17, 2008

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Voxtrot: "Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives"

Dear Advanced Placement Literature Diary, and Mr. Sikorski,

I know in your last comments section you (Mr. Sikorski) noted that... Jan 17, 2008

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Drive-by Truckers: "Easy On Yourself"

After being stuck on absolutely-gorgeous-rock-song duty for The Dirty South, young Jason Isbell, the third man in Drive-by... Jan 17, 2008

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Regina Spektor: "Oedipus"

It could be that the year’s most potent examination of the male mind was just released by a Russian-by-way-of-Brooklyn anti-folk... Jan 17, 2008