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Jarvis Cocker: Further Complications
Pared down to its elements, the new Jarvis Cocker record sounds exactly like the last Nick Cave record: the ranting...
May 22, 2009
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Steamboat: Steamboat EP
Let’s begin with two telling moments on Steamboat’s debut EP. Leadoff track “How Long” begins with two bars of well-loved...
May 22, 2009
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The Horrors: Primary Colours
The easiest way to tell if a band thinks they’ve matured into hot shit? The Krautrock Song. Witness “Spiders (Kidsmoke),”...
May 22, 2009
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Balmorhea: All Is Wild, All Is Silent
Consider this a companion piece to my review of Anathallo’s post-emo gush named Floating World (2006). Like those heart-on-sleeve Thumpers,...
May 22, 2009
Tracks
Wilco f/ Feist: "You and I"
And so Jeff Tweedy’s chopping away at Wilco until it’s a tyrannical utopia of dad rock and feel-good summer festival...
May 21, 2009
Tracks
Vivian Girls: "Moped Girls"
For a band of supposed amateurs, the Vivian Girls sure seem to know what they’re doing. “Moped Girls” possesses the...
May 20, 2009
Tracks
Pillowdiver: "Twenty-Seven Sleeping Pills"
Don’t do it, René Margraff! Put down the razor and switch off the gas. Things are never as bleak as...
May 20, 2009
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Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear are not an obvious candidate for divisiveness. Their baronial chamber pop is as pleasant as it is inoffensive,...
May 20, 2009
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Cam'ron: Crime Pays
Before I assault Cam with home-from-Iraq hugs and bounce my head upon its gawky pedestal to “Never Ever,” it’s important...
May 20, 2009