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Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have it So Much Better
You could say that Franz Ferdinand are ambiguous. A hard tack to pin down. Are they ironic or brutally sincere?...
Sep 28, 2005
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Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack
Bob Dylan’s legend hardly needed to be solidified when the first Bootleg Series discs were released back in 1991. Even... Sep 28, 2005
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Clue To Kalo: One Way, It's Every Way
It’s not often that music truly sounds effortless. Especially in the sample-driven electronic realm, the transition from one sound to... Sep 27, 2005
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Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Jacksonville City Nights
Ryan Adams' second album of the year has all the trappings of a “Serious Ryan Adams Artistic Statement.” He’s already... Sep 27, 2005
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Broadcast: Tender Buttons
No two people choose the exact same music to soundtrack their lives. As much as venerable online music critics strive for... Sep 21, 2005
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Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow
In the race for hyperbole to fling at Devendra Banhart’s expansive fourth album, Cripple Crow, it becomes clear pretty quickly... Sep 21, 2005
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Brakes: Give Blood
Let’s get one thing straight: Brakes don’t like you. First they’re gonna spit on you, then they’ll make fun... Sep 21, 2005
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The Dandy Warhols: Odditorium or the Warlods from Mars
Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe can bitch all he wants about how last year’s immensely entertaining documentary DiG! was... Sep 21, 2005
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Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary
“Each song is either a seismic death rattle or aftershock.”
I wrote that last night thinking “how can I use fluid,...
Sep 21, 2005