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Jens Lekman: An Argument with Myself EP
It’s curious that Jens Lekman went to the trouble to release An Argument with Myself—a five-song EP that wears its...
Sep 23, 2011
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Chip$: The Adventures of a Couch Potato Mixtape
Chip$ is part of Danny Brown’s weirdly shadowy and heretofore undefined Bruiser Brigade crew, though the first mistake one could...
Sep 23, 2011
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.L.W.H.: The Tape Hiss Hooligan
Is it baiting some sort of indie-hip cult following for a producer to kick off their debut record with the...
Sep 20, 2011
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Hysterical
Easy to criticise this one as a mish-mash of ill-conceived production choices and underwhelming, frankly boring songs executed with precision...
Sep 20, 2011
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Vacation Dad: In the Shame Cave / ZOIO
Kicked in the pants ad nauseum by happenstance and acts of randomized shittiness (unemployment; getting hit by a U-Haul; getting...
Sep 20, 2011
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Machinedrum: Room(s)
Having experimented (usually successfully) with some much more testing aspects of digital sound, including ventures into and beyond the fields...
Sep 20, 2011
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St. Vincent: Strange Mercy
In the five years since the charming, clever Marry Me (2007) Annie Clark has been elevated to the status of...
Sep 19, 2011
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Wild Flag: Wild Flag
In a recent interview with The AV Club, Mary Timony of Wild Flag characterized the band’s debut record: “I began...
Sep 19, 2011
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Stephin Merritt: Obscurities Comp
When you’ve written roughly 5,000 songs for something like a half dozen musical projects, a rarities compilation is probably an...
Sep 19, 2011