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Burning Hearts: "Into the Wilderness"
It’s not the most artistic of Rocky montages, but in Rocky vs Communism when Sly’s plane lands in Russia,...
Jul 17, 2011
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Chalk Circle: "The Slap"
Long before the era of Bandcamp and Soundcloud, there was such a thing as label and scene loyalty, so much...
Jul 15, 2011
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Thievery Corporation: "Tower Seven"
There’s something to be said for standing one’s ground, especially in today’s hyperbole-spewing, masterpiece-per-week blogosphere. Washed Out’s Ernest Greene has...
Jul 14, 2011
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Nas: "Nasty"
To write anything about Nas in the last ten or so years, one can’t say the comeback singles or commercial...
Jul 11, 2011
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The-Dream: "Fuck My Brains Out"
That “Fuck My Brains Out” very closely resembles a Revolution-era Prince song is an obvious and therefore maybe critically uninteresting...
Jul 09, 2011
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The History of Apple Pie: "You're So Cool"
All the signs of imminent stardom are there for History of Apple Pie: boy/girl lineup who share the same hairdresser,... Jul 08, 2011
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Bill Callahan: "America!"
Music videos are so often such missed opportunities. Especially considering it’s a medium without much currency anymore, it’s astonishing how...
Jul 07, 2011
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The Pattern Theory: "Ideas of Fun"
Leeds. Not the first place in the UK you’d think of as being the heart of forward-thinking post-rock, but the...
Jul 01, 2011
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Two-Cent Revival: "The Devil's in this Whiskey"
Here’s something novel: a commercially viable country song that isn’t produced to within an inch of its life. It’s to...
Jun 29, 2011