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Night Control: "Star 131"
If you ask me, lo-fi will always sound better than the clean professional tracks your “friends in a band” recorded...
Mar 12, 2009
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The Tragically Hip: "Morning Moon"
I literally begged this band after World Container (2006) bludgeoned us with Bob Rock’s notorious lack of subtlety: please, a...
Mar 11, 2009
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The Hold Steady: "Atlantic City"
People like Bruce Springsteen can’t be trusted with their own legacy. It’s not enough that we get shit like “Outlaw...
Mar 11, 2009
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Tim Hecker: An Imaginary Country
When I first read our interview with Tim Hecker, I was slightly disappointed. There is a sense as a music...
Mar 11, 2009
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Extra Golden: Thank You Very Quickly
Quite possibly cosmopolitanism’s hard luck kids, Extra Golden have overcome death in the band, border troubles, political tumult, and the...
Mar 11, 2009
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Crystal Antlers: Tentacles
Perhaps a bit forgotten due to early-year release date amnesia and full-length, critically-beloved ventures from bands like Fucked Up and...
Mar 11, 2009
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The Long Lost: The Long Lost
We’ve all known that one couple, the kind whose love seems to be something supernatural, who make you believe in...
Mar 11, 2009
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Balmorhea: "Harm & Boon"
This week I have been mostly listening to Balmorhea—not an audible tropical skin disease but a post-rock quintet from Texas....
Mar 10, 2009
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: "Can't Hear My Eyes"
Listening to Ariel Pink is like painting a room in Switzerland while, three rooms away, an obscure ’80s hits station...
Mar 10, 2009