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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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The Weeknd: House of Balloons Mixtape
The Weeknd were introduced to me in one sticky, cataclysmic phrase: post-Drake. And what happens after Drake has been officially...
Apr 08, 2011
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TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light
TV on the Radio have been around long enough now for us to know that their debut EP, Young Liars...
Apr 08, 2011
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Kris Ellestad: No Man is Land
I’m starting to think there may be something in the water in Calgary. As a born and bred Edmontonian, I...
Apr 08, 2011
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The Baseball Project: Volume II: High and Inside
Fellow music writer and Mets enthusiast Jesse Jarnow recently said to me via e-mail: “yeah, this Baseball Project shit’s pretty...
Apr 08, 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