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Passion Pit: Manners
Nostalgia’s a depressing trip, particularly the brand that manifests itself in childhood interests revisited. It’s an ephemeral fix, a little...
May 04, 2009
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Passion Pit: "Sleepyhead"
Just a quick one to sweep up a couple more people who haven’t encountered this particular meme: there’s a chipmunk-soul...
May 01, 2009
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Camera Obscura: "French Navy"
Camera Obscura’s records are good, but the singles collection in my dreams is better. My capitol city friend Calum writes...
May 01, 2009
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Kid606: Shout at the Döner
A new Kid606 record is perhaps most exciting because it’s hard to ever accurately anticipate what it’s going to sound...
May 01, 2009
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Leonard Cohen: Live in London
For starters, rather than listening to the CD you should just go out and buy the DVD. The 74-year...
May 01, 2009
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The Juan MacLean: The Future Will Come
As a label with a stubborn dedication to vinyl and 12” singles, DFA has always had a difficult time...
May 01, 2009
Records
Asher Roth: Asleep in the Bread Aisle
Before I press play on this parsing of basement-level low art, let’s get it out of our systems like so...
May 01, 2009
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Curren$y: "Up Here"
It feels like everything I’ve written about rap lately is a sweeping statement belaboring job interview jargon like “affirmation” and...
Apr 30, 2009