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Lambchop : Mr. M
Lambchop is not a band interested in hitting anyone over the head with greatness. In fact, one might listen to...
Feb 23, 2012
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MondreM.A.N.: M A N EP
After describing “Fancy” as “no shit one of the dopest things I’ve ever heard,” CMG’s resident cloud-rap expert Clayton Purdom...
Feb 23, 2012
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A Place to Bury Strangers: Onwards to the Wall EP
Until recent times, I was stubbornly content to hold myself to the limited understanding that APTBS (and the name’s...
Feb 23, 2012
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Moonface: "Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips"
It’s funny how Spencer Krug always seems to catch up with himself. He casts aside one avatar for another, ducks...
Feb 21, 2012
Tracks
Wale f/ Rick Ross & Meek Mill: "Ambition"
Last year I drove a truck around Manhattan on the weekends, running the outdoor markets for a lobster shack. It...
Feb 19, 2012
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Dustin Wong: Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads
Of Dustin Wong’s previous album, Infinite Love (2010), I wrote that it was “a prickly, antiseptic listen. Surprising and...
Feb 19, 2012
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Field Music: Plumb
When Plumb begins, it feels like you’re waking up to Christmas. Over a warm bed of calmly inviting strings and...
Feb 19, 2012
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Howlin' Rain: The Russian Wilds
My guess? Ethan Miller simply decided to stop fucking around. He’s in his mid-30s, been in some band or other...
Feb 19, 2012
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Cate Le Bon: Cyrk
Cate Le Bon is an artist who seems poised on the brink of breaking out: with her aura of mystery,...
Feb 19, 2012