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Polestar: "Music for Abandoned Factories"
Happy New Year and RIP Polestar. Bristol’s Jon Elliott has been intermittently releasing sweet, über-collectable electronica for six years...
Jan 13, 2011
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J Mascis: "Not Enough"
A J Mascis song without electric guitar is kind of like a Michael Jackson video without dancing: it seems criminal...
Jan 11, 2011
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Mike Shiflet: "Web Over Glen Echo"
Angel hair: a phenomenon as ancient as the first World War, and one that’s perplexed the open-minded more than UFOs,...
Dec 05, 2010
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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart: "Heart in Your Heartbreak"
It took me a while to warm to the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. Their eponymous debut arrived at...
Dec 03, 2010
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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: "Goodbye Parthernon"
Four months ago, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone made his most shattering declaration to date: he’s bowing out. Yes, Owen...
Nov 27, 2010
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Wolf Parade: "Semi-Precious Stone" / "Agents of Love""
The “Semi-Precious Stone”/“Agents of Love” single finds our heroes where we left them on Expo 86: seething, yelping, sweating, and...
Nov 22, 2010
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James Blake: "Limit to Your Love"
James Blake can rock the fuck out of a slow jam, and his revitalization/maybe canonization of a Feist cut serves...
Nov 18, 2010
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Sun City Girls: "Blue West"
So it’s goodbye forever to the Sun City Girls. 27 years after making a pact to remain kings of the...
Nov 18, 2010
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Young Circles: "Sharp Teeth"
“Sharp Teeth” is shatterproof. Like the rest of the Young Circles awesome Bones EP, the sound is free-speaking, uncontained, unbuttoned,...
Nov 15, 2010