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Akron/Family: Love is Simple
Akron/Family seem destined for a long career of alienating their fans. After an eponymous debut of lo-fi folk that...
Sep 24, 2007
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Morgan Packard and Joshua Ott: Airships Fill the Sky/Unsimulatable
A kind of old-Europe arcade glaze.
Sep 24, 2007
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Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends
This band is where idiosyncratic goes to fuck itself.
Sep 24, 2007
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Elliott Smith: New Moon
What is it about Elliott Smith's music? It's a question often asked, though perhaps not as often given voice. I... Sep 23, 2007
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My Chemical Romance: Welcome to the Black Parade
I’ve read in a few different places that My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way penned his first grandiose fire and... Sep 23, 2007
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Asobi Seksu: Citrus
The canonization of Loveless as the apex of shoegaze can be highly misleading; even if many critics can agree that... Sep 20, 2007
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Architecture in Helsinki: In Case We Die
I don’t like the Beach Boys. Not one bit. Surfin' Sufari? Fuck that. I envision crushing waves eating surfers alive.... Sep 20, 2007
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Annie: Anniemal
You may remember that earlier this year, I wrote a review of Kylie Minogue’s Body Language. Now, your friends at... Sep 20, 2007