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The Teddy Boys: "Baby You're The Best"
It’s surprising how little separates a mediocre pop song from one that soundtracks your next eighteen subway rides. “Baby You’re...
Jun 17, 2008
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Brent Cash: How Will I Know If I'm Awake?
Brent Cash’s vision of 1960s California pop might seem to unfold like a Hallmark card. Jun 13, 2008
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Jumbling Towers: Classy Entertainment EP
If reviewing is a matter of judging quality relative to cost—and I admit that I’m not terribly comfortable with the...
Jun 04, 2008
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Prints: Prints
I might like Destroyer a lot more if Bejar could funnel his writerly aimlessness into music like this. Prints are...
May 31, 2008
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Dirt Dress: Theme Songs EP
Theme Songs is like a No Big Hair archetype. When I congratulated Dirt Dress on making a great record they...
May 28, 2008
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Woodhands: Heart Attack
On the surface Woodhands would seem the sort that lend themselves to spastic enthusiasm followed eventually and unavoidably by tired...
May 21, 2008
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An Horse: Not Really Scared EP
If M83’s Saturdays = Youth is a nostalgia-laden revisit of adolescence’s more forlorn melodramas, An Horse and their debut EP...
May 12, 2008
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Thomas Function: Celebration
There’s a track on this new Thomas Function album called “Relentless Machines” that’s pretty rocking. I mean, it’s bratty and...
Apr 15, 2008
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Samiyam: Rap Beats Vol. 1
Samiyam’s lineage is blatantly obvious upon first listen, so I won’t spill much ink over Dilla comparisons, or place him...
Apr 15, 2008