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Kanye West: 808s and Heartbreak

808s and Heartbreak is everything it wants to be and so much less. By severally achieving all of its goals...

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Miriam Makeba: Makeba Sings

Miriam Makeba, the multilingual singer affectionately known to the world as “Mama Africa,” had a turbulent life, in large part...

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The Abbasi Brothers: Something Like Nostalgia

Friday night. You’re broke and twenty-four, sick of recycling satellite shows and the fine points of internet obfuscation. Going through...

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David Byrne/Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Well, not like we were all expecting another My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981)—the fact that it took...

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Angil + Hiddntracks: Ouliposaliva

Chemikal Underground strike again, successfully tossing another grenade full of itching powder and retreating while the world squirms and scratches....

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The Cure: 4:13 Dream

The good citizens of the United States of America have just elected a new president, which, in 2008, means two...

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Starflyer 59: Dial M

When I was eighteen years old I lived in an upper class, predominantly white town called Danville in northern California,...

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Gang of Four: The Peel Sessions Album

Gang of Four gives listeners all they can handle: bells, whistles (well, melodicas), and a serious philosophical dilatation.

While most of...

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Ecovillage: "Arise From The Ashes"

Peter and Emil make up chilled-out buddy act Ecovillage, who tickled the hippies pink this year with their Quest And...