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Joan of Arc: "I Saw the Messed Binds of My Generation"
At nearly eleven minutes long—mostly a lengthy instrumental passage balancing Kraut groove with complicated guitar and contrarian breakdowns—“I Saw the...
Apr 18, 2011
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Grimes: "Vanessa"
Though I was plenty fond of that fanmade, Godard-copping video already, there’s no denying that the official music video...
Apr 14, 2011
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Thurston Moore: "Benediction"
Among the handful of common themes established over the first four months of 2011, one of the most curious has...
Apr 14, 2011
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Lupe Fiasco: "The Words I Never Said (f/ Skylar Grey)"
If the central hypothesis of Lupe Fiasco’s “The Words I Never Said” posits that it’s better to express all your...
Apr 12, 2011
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Villagers / Charlotte Gainsbourg: "Memoir” / “Set the Tigers Free"
Interesting to hear a personality like Gainsbourg absorbed by songwriting as strong as Conor O’Brien of Villagers. I’m still in...
Apr 12, 2011
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Clock Opera: "Belongings"
Straight off the back of a disco-edged Drums remix, Guy Connelly and Clock Opera reveal a little more of their...
Apr 11, 2011
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Marissa Nadler: "Baby, I Will Leave You in the Morning"
It’s frankly a little troubling—though completely indicative of the time—that an artist as talented as Marissa Nadler has to hawk...
Apr 07, 2011
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The Elected: "Go For The Throat"
For most of their tenure, Rilo Kiley was considered Jenny Lewis’s band: she was the charismatic frontwoman, the principle songwriter,...
Apr 05, 2011
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Monty Adkins: "Forensic Embers"
Anyone familiar with Ennio Morricone’s The Thing (1982) score will know you can squeeze a lot of tension out of...
Apr 04, 2011