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The Rural Alberta Advantage: "Don't Haunt This Place"
Though blogged-about SXSW performances introduced the Rural Alberta Advantage to a bevy of new American fans, Toronto’s winsome folk...
Apr 07, 2009
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Leonard Cohen: "Hallelujah"
I won’t spend too many words on this, because I think it’s safe to say songs like “Hallelujah” have their...
Apr 06, 2009
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Butcher Boy: "Carve a Pattern"
The time is 2003, the place is Scottish indieland, but this isn’t some lost Belle & Sebastian EP, no sir....
Apr 06, 2009
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Lil Wayne f/ Young Money: "Every Girl"
Rappers have been lying for too long. Snoop Dogg does not want to give you a sexual eruption (he’s out...
Apr 06, 2009
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Jay Reatard: "You're Gonna Lose"
Fans leery of Jay Reatard’s recent divergence from his garage and punk rock roots might see new single “You’re Gonna...
Apr 03, 2009
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Akron/Family: "River"
Because music is maybe 75% fantasy/wish-fulfillment, what you choose to listen to might end up, unfortunately, saying a lot about...
Apr 01, 2009
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Marsen Jules: "It's Only Castles Burning"
Marsen Jules has been quiet lately, and not just in the “they’ll never hear this one” way that most ambient...
Mar 30, 2009
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Prince: "Ol' Skool Company"
After subjecting us to some questionable material in the ’90s, Prince has had a respectable if uneven 2000s. “Black Sweat”...
Mar 26, 2009
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Thee Oh Sees: "Ruby Go Home"
A rock band thought: whatever happened to my rock and roll? Billy Corgan once told us rock is dead, but...
Mar 26, 2009