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The Elected: Bury Me in My Rings
“You loved too hard / You blew out your heart.” So goes the opening line to (the uncannily Elliott Smith-like)...
May 30, 2011
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Purling Hiss: "The Hoodoo"
Rock ’n’ Rolllllllll. This seems to be the rallying cry continually issued by Mike Polizze’s Purling Hiss, the jam-y, glam-y,...
May 27, 2011
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The People's Temple: Sons of Stone
As the Nuggets series demonstrates, the 1960s was a time when rock music was, in some ways, at its most...
May 20, 2011
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The Black Lips: "Modern Art"
When exactly did the Black Lips turn into a top 40 band from 1998? As much as I encouraged the...
May 12, 2011
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Gold-Bears: "Record Store"
A note to indie rockers: stay away from bears. First of all, in the words of Stephen Colbert, they are...
May 06, 2011
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The Fresh & Onlys: Secret Walls EP
San Francisco’s the Fresh & Onlys sound instantly familiar. If they make the whole throwback thing work better than a...
May 03, 2011
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Deerhunter: "Nosebleed"
Nobody seems to buy real singles anymore: a cute little 7”, a paper-sheathed cassette, an admittedly absurd slender CD single....
May 03, 2011
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The Vandelles: Summer Fling EP
As a Midwesterner, I’ve always had a tendency to romanticize summer, to search for that right mood-music come final spring...
Apr 21, 2011
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Vivian Girls: Share the Joy
“I don’t wanna be like the other girls,” Cassie Ramone sings flatly in Share the Joy‘s six-minute opener, “I don’t...
Apr 15, 2011