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Alice in Chains: "A Looking In View"
Perhaps the grunge era’s most derivative and nihilistically pointless band (and that’s saying something) has returned with a new singer,...
Jul 17, 2009
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White Denim: "Sync'n"
Having an anti-image is one thing, but White Denim is so quietly proficient that even that description seems kind of...
Jul 16, 2009
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Tinariwen: "Tenhert"
Tinariwen make traveler’s music. By that I don’t mean wandering music, and I certainly don’t mean driving music; I mean...
Jul 13, 2009
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Tiny Magnetic Pets: "Spaced"
Bands named after toys—can that one work? It might not be as colourful as the film named after toys (that’s...
Jul 13, 2009
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Regina Spektor: "Laughing With"
Well, I guess it’s inevitable. Even the fiercest artists turn to the profound, like a slow pitch to the listener,...
Jul 13, 2009
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Hari & Aino: "A Considerate Kind of Home" / "Maple"
I am old and cynical. I hate promise and possibility, beautiful homes, and success, yet today, if only for a...
Jul 10, 2009
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The Hidden Cameras: "Walk On"
“Walk On” is the first taste of the Hidden Cameras’ upcoming Origin:Orphan, which, I have to assume, is the long-awaited...
Jul 08, 2009
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"Weird Al" Yankovic: "Craigslist"
His polka medleys notwithstanding, Weird Al songs basically come in three types: you’ve got the line-for-line parodies he made his...
Jul 07, 2009
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Mount Eerie: "Stone's Ode"
Bound to be overwhelmed by his concepts—as he likes to be; as he very well may hate himself—Phil Elverum’s returned...
Jul 06, 2009