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DJ Quik & Kurupt: BlaQKout
At its best, DJ Quik and Kurupt’s BlaQKout is a disarming and unexpected update of the West Coast sound made...
Jul 17, 2009
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Alice in Chains: "A Looking In View"
Perhaps the grunge era’s most derivative and nihilistically pointless band (and that’s saying something) has returned with a new singer,...
Jul 17, 2009
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White Denim: "Sync'n"
Having an anti-image is one thing, but White Denim is so quietly proficient that even that description seems kind of...
Jul 16, 2009
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Tinariwen: "Tenhert"
Tinariwen make traveler’s music. By that I don’t mean wandering music, and I certainly don’t mean driving music; I mean...
Jul 13, 2009
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Lord Cut-Glass: Lord Cut-Glass
Every John Peel fan worth their salt can remember where they were the day the Delgados broke up. For me,...
Jul 13, 2009
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Wye Oak: The Knot
The Knot, the sophomore album from Baltimore duo Wye Oak, resides in a place rife with lust, betrayal, indecision, half-starts,...
Jul 13, 2009
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Regina Spektor: Far
The window of Regina Spektor’s apartment may be walled in, but on the cover of Far her piano is made...
Jul 13, 2009
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Bibio: Ambivalence Avenue
Ambivalence Avenue comes just five months after the release of Bibio’s previous LP, the underwhelming and decidedly homogeneous Vignetting the...
Jul 13, 2009