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The Hidden Cameras: "Walk On"
“Walk On” is the first taste of the Hidden Cameras’ upcoming Origin:Orphan, which, I have to assume, is the long-awaited...
Jul 08, 2009
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Themselves: theFREEhoudini
Given everyday rappers’ proclivity for talking about themselves, it was only a matter of time before Themselves started talking back....
Jul 08, 2009
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Spoon: Got Nuffin
This is the reason critics knee-jerk scores of zero. This is why reviews get concept treatment, why this could have...
Jul 08, 2009
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Love Is All: A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night / Last Choice EP
Despite having listened to it several times shortly after its release, I don’t remember much of anything—beyond Josephine Olausson’s shout-heavy...
Jul 08, 2009
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Papercuts: You Can Have What You Want
Jason Robert Quever is a man with connections. Drawing from an apparently large Rolodex of musicians, he rambles up and...
Jul 08, 2009
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"Weird Al" Yankovic: "Craigslist"
His polka medleys notwithstanding, Weird Al songs basically come in three types: you’ve got the line-for-line parodies he made his...
Jul 07, 2009
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Wilco: Wilco (The Album)
Clearly, this record is boring. Whether or not that’s a good thing remains up to your discretion. Certainly, I like...
Jul 06, 2009
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James Blackshaw: The Glass Bead Game
It’s helpful to compare the two to gain some context: Afro-beat experimentalists NOMO and 12-string guitar composer James Blackshaw,...
Jul 06, 2009
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Plastik Joy: 3:03
I spy with my little eye something beginning with I. Italy. Iceland. IDM. Interesting. I also spy a definite...
Jul 06, 2009