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Dom: "Happy Birthday Party"
What’s the difference between “It’s so sexy / To be living in America” and “Time to get gnarly / Happy...
Sep 09, 2011
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Surfer Blood: "Miranda"
Florida power-poppers Surfer Blood broke out with last year’s Astro Coast, a charming, upbeat debut announcing a band who, though...
Sep 08, 2011
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Slim Thug: "Thug Show"
It’s true that the rap blogosphere is a hype farm, but there are so many outlets desperate to push two...
Sep 07, 2011
Jericho
Jericho / II :: Accidental Sound
On the same night when beloved NDP leader Jack Layton died and the Libyan rebels entered Tripoli, I heard...
Sep 07, 2011
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Disclosure: "Blue You"
Every once in awhile something pops up that reminds me the right kind of streamlining is irresistible. Some songs have...
Sep 07, 2011
Records
Danny Brown: XXX
XXX is a filthy brilliant joke of an album—but the question is whether the joke is on us or...
Sep 07, 2011
Records
Moonface: Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped
Moonface is not a band. It is at least the seventh musical project Spencer Krug has been creatively involved with...
Sep 07, 2011
Records
Vondelpark: nyc stuff and nyc bags EP
Though the prominent drum programming may have familiarized Vondelpark to his R&S rostermates, his first EP, Sauna (2010), painted the...
Sep 07, 2011