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UGK: UGK 4 Life
Even for a posthumous release, inhabited fully by the specter of one of its creators, it’s difficult to convey the...
Jun 03, 2009
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Holy Cobras: Make Pyramids
Here we have the latest full-length release from the Holy Cobras, available exclusively on audio cassette (!), and despite my...
Jun 03, 2009
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Double Dagger: More
It’s strange how a band so dutifully raw, so lovingly faithful to its DIY mores as Double Dagger, risks...
Jun 03, 2009
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Spiral Beach: Ball
I don’t, by-in-large, smoke weed. I have no half-assed moral objection to the practice, and I, like most people who’ve...
Jun 03, 2009
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Sunset Rubdown: "Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!"
On the awesome and awesomely titled Dragonslayer Spencer Krug sounds at once violable and volatile, his compositions looser but tougher,...
Jun 03, 2009
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Nisennenmondai: "Destination Tokyo"
This Japanese trio’s krautrock comes kaleidoscopic. Previous efforts have etched grooves in the ground with a fucking backhoe, scraping distorted...
Jun 03, 2009
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Lushlife f/ Ariel Pink: "In Soft Focus"
Chipmunk soul swept the charts because of its unique ability to give rich, soulless rappers instant depth and a time-worn,...
Jun 03, 2009
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The Drums: "I Felt Stupid"
Morrissey—if only he could play beach volleyball. Sand in his quiff, his black shirt buggered up with Ambre Solaire stains…doesn’t...
Jun 01, 2009
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Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics: Inspiration Information 3
Is it shameful to say that I’ve never listened to a full Mulatu Astatke record? That I’m largely unfamiliar with...
Jun 01, 2009