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Burial/Four Tet/Thom Yorke: "Ego"
The cardinal rule of collaboration is compromise, which explains why so few artists dabble in it during their artistic peaks....
Mar 31, 2011
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The National f/ Sharon Van Etten: "Think You Can Wait"
Those who enjoy the National will agree that they craft excellent albums. “Mr. November,” “Apartment Story,” and “Bloodbuzz, Ohio” may...
Mar 31, 2011
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The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck
Now in his third decade of recording, John Darnielle has proven himself to be the rare singer-songwriter who gets better...
Mar 31, 2011
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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Belong
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart adhere to a very specific mood. Which isn’t to say anything about their...
Mar 31, 2011
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Foxes in Fiction: Alberto
Cokemachineglow was recently nominated for a state-sponsored radio contest to determine the best music website/apparatchik of indie Canadiana. We didn’t...
Mar 31, 2011
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Alexander: Alexander
One of the older secretaries in my office—a grizzled, dexterous office manager and an inveterate whistler—walked through the hallway past...
Mar 31, 2011
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tUnE-yArDs: "Bizness"
Lo-fi has its limits, and on tUnE-yArDs’ first LP BiRd-BrAiNs (2009), innovative multi-instrumentalist Merrill Garbus sounded stifled by her own...
Mar 28, 2011
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Ensemble Economique: "To Feel the Night as It Really Is"
It’s an awkward thing, to realize you’re suddenly less psychotic than you were six months ago. Bryan Pyle was at...
Mar 28, 2011
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The Strokes: Angles
Along with CMG staffer (and fellow East Village resident!) Chris Molnar, I have an unhealthy obsession with the first...
Mar 28, 2011