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Lambchop: "If Not I'll Just Die"
The best thing about Lambchop has always been the juxtaposition of the elaborate, almost grandiose orchestral style of the sometimes...
Nov 26, 2011
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Guided by Voices: "The Unsinkable Fats Domino"
“The Unsinkable Fats Domino” is at its surface an ode to the legend who escaped Hurricane Katrina, after being presumed...
Nov 22, 2011
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The City and Horses: We Will Never Be Discovered
From the first few lines of the City and Horses’ second album We Will Never Be Discovered, the Brooklyn-based indie...
Nov 11, 2011
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The Beets: Let the Poison Out
Juan Wauters makes this look all too easy. As frontman and songwriter for the Beets, he seems to sneeze concise...
Nov 03, 2011
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Dum Dum Girls: Only in Dreams
The consensus on Dum Dum Girls via their debut album I Will Be (2010), and to some extent its follow-up...
Oct 22, 2011
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Kurt Vile: "The Creature"
It takes very little time to identify a Kurt Vile song; the very moment those drowsy, spaced-out guitars creep from...
Oct 18, 2011
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Kathleen Edwards (f/ Bon Iver): "Wapusk" / "Change the Sheets"
I became a Kathleen Edwards fan upon first listen of her 2003 album Failer. It was one of those fresh,...
Oct 06, 2011
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Wavves: Life Sux EP
In a standout track from the five-song Life Sux EP, Wavves’s Nathan Williams aligns himself with rock royalty, hoping upon...
Oct 01, 2011