Records
The Magnetic Fields: Realism
Though it feels like only yesterday that I obsessively played and unsuccessfully proselytized for its three incredible CDs as a...
Feb 03, 2010
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Yelawolf: Stereo Mixtape
Yelawolf is one of many hip-hop artists to toy with high-concept gimmickry (in this case, rap meets classic rock), but...
Feb 03, 2010
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Beach House: Teen Dream
With all due consideration to the fulfillment of gendered expectations, there is something decidedly subversive about AM/Sunshine Pop artists like...
Jan 29, 2010
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Surfer Blood: Astro Coast
Well, then, I guess I still care about indie rock.
It’s been a genre I grew up with then grew...
Jan 29, 2010
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Real Estate: Reality EP
The enduring relationship between indie rock and suburban ennui is a tricky affair. Though the latter is perhaps the single...
Jan 29, 2010
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Starscream: The Space Years EP
New York’s coolest dismantlers of forgotten consoles only released a record before Christmas, and now they’re already set to...
Jan 29, 2010
Tracks
The Don'ts & Be Carefuls: "Color TV"
Ignore the drug leaflet/PSA spelling: punctuation’s accidental with the Don’ts & Be Carefuls. Clearly incensed by the work hours...
Jan 27, 2010
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Psychedelic Horseshit: Too Many Hits
These guys’ first record, the irascible Magic Flowers Droned (2007), is something of a modern classic. That’s no joke: it...
Jan 27, 2010