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Justice: Audio, Video, Disco
Justice’s new LP, Brian May, Jeff Lynne, Disco, immediately reaches out to grasp the dubious honor of reminding me that...
Nov 08, 2011
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Gillian Welch: The Harrow and the Harvest
What does eight years represent if not an overdue anniversary to stop counting, to cease peering longingly into the horizon...
Nov 08, 2011
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The Psychic Paramount: II
Can “big” be “small”? The Psychic Paramount’s mission statement reads something like an investigation into that question. Small here doesn’t...
Nov 08, 2011
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Talk Talk: Laughing Stock Reissue
It’s kind of hard for me to talk about Talk Talk. I remember, years ago, friend and colleague Eric Sams...
Nov 03, 2011
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Real Estate: Days
This New Jersey-by-way-of-Brooklyn band’s debut, the mellowly self-titled Real Estate (2009), was the rare kind of first release that felt...
Nov 03, 2011
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A$AP Rocky: LIVELOVEA$AP Mixtape
One of the narratives surrounding A$AP Rocky—who at present is encased in a smog of narratives—is that his music, specifically...
Nov 03, 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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Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto
What helps me continue to be a Coldplay fan is my belief that Chris Martin’s band is truly one of...
Oct 31, 2011
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Kuedo: Severant
As half of the celebrated UK dubstep duo Vex’d, Jamie Teasdale, known for our listening pleasure as Kuedo, first made...
Oct 31, 2011