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Rob Mazurek: Abstractions on Robert D'Arbrissel

To play solo in sometimes imposing environments must require a good deal of vulnerability and self-sacrifice. In this respect it’s...

Jan 31, 2009

“I was born in 1989,” John Gourley sings in falsetto toward the end of The Twenty-Five, a miniature suite which...

Jan 31, 2009

It’s odd that we writerly types are gesticulating adamantly towards Detroit these days, as if it’s just now flourishing and...

Jan 31, 2009

Darn those diligent Germans. They’re the first country in Europe to officially point out the world’s in financial recession, then...

Jan 31, 2009

Mercury Rev’s latest albums, Snowflake Midnight and Strange Attractor, represent a new stage for the group. Following early albums...

Jan 29, 2009

Remember these guys? I mean, just what was it about the first Franz Ferdinand record that made them seem so...

Jan 29, 2009

Andrew Bird is that mixed blessing of an artist who doesn’t fully make sense until you see him play live....

Jan 29, 2009

Though producer and so-called pal Brendan O’Brien could be championed for, in a sense, revitalizing Bruce Springsteen’s career (as in:...

Jan 29, 2009

For every pop singer who achieves celebrity status, there are dozens whose budding music careers tank before their fame fully...

Jan 29, 2009