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Pepper Rabbit: "Rose Mary Stretch"
Perhaps no adjective in the musical lexicon has traveled farther from its original meaning than “psychedelic,” whose iterations today—despite four...
Aug 07, 2011
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: "Same Mistake"
When I first heard this song on the local college radio station, I thought the DJ was trying to put...
Aug 06, 2011
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Purity Ring: "Lofticries"
Daniel Snaith has claimed that Caribou’s Swim (2010) was his attempt to make “liquid dance music,” but forget that. Purity...
Aug 05, 2011
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Electric Guest: "Awake"
For all the hoopla surrounding the Arcade Fire’s Album of the Year triumph at this year’s Grammys—a supposed coup for...
Aug 04, 2011
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Moonface: "Fast Peter"
When last year’s Dreamland EP was released for free online, it seemed the epitome of a for-fans-only side project. Written...
Aug 03, 2011
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M83: "Midnight City"
Anthony Gonzalez’s grandiose field of vision, which ambitiously seeks to invest every dramatic notion into some manic, emotional tapestry, tends...
Aug 02, 2011
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The Middle East: "Jesus Came to My Birthday Party"
The Middle East have, amongst doubtless many other non-notable accolades, the dubious acclaim of writing my most played song on...
Aug 02, 2011
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Babe Shadow: "Days of Old"
If you had a crushing fear of technology, how would you live? The sensible way is obviously to wrap yourself...
Aug 01, 2011
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Girls: "Vomit"
It’s hard to believe, considering their prolific output, that Girls is still such a young band—having released their astonishing debut...
Jul 29, 2011