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Art Brut: "Slap Dash For No Cash"
Oh, Art Brut, you cheeky lads! Most indie rock bands are desperate to craft a unique sound, but you guys...
Mar 12, 2009
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Night Control: "Star 131"
If you ask me, lo-fi will always sound better than the clean professional tracks your “friends in a band” recorded...
Mar 12, 2009
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The Tragically Hip: "Morning Moon"
I literally begged this band after World Container (2006) bludgeoned us with Bob Rock’s notorious lack of subtlety: please, a...
Mar 11, 2009
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The Hold Steady: "Atlantic City"
People like Bruce Springsteen can’t be trusted with their own legacy. It’s not enough that we get shit like “Outlaw...
Mar 11, 2009
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Balmorhea: "Harm & Boon"
This week I have been mostly listening to Balmorhea—not an audible tropical skin disease but a post-rock quintet from Texas....
Mar 10, 2009
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "Can't Hear My Eyes"
Listening to Ariel Pink is like painting a room in Switzerland while, three rooms away, an obscure ’80s hits station...
Mar 10, 2009
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The Beatles: "Revolution 1 (Take 20)"
“Revolution 9” gets all the bad rap, but it’s “Revolution 1” that’s always irritated me: the Beatles’ one chance to...
Mar 09, 2009
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Jumbling Towers: "Kanetown"
At first superficial listen, Jumbling Towers could be said to fall into a few subsets of quirk-rock bands whose tendency...
Mar 09, 2009
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The Prodigy: "Omen"
The noughties haven’t quite been the kindest decade to the Prodigy. After the chart-topping success of The Fat of the...
Mar 09, 2009