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Sam Taylor-Wood: "(I'm In Love With A) German Film Star"
Sam Taylor-Wood came from the same school of art brats as Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, a cloyingly self-assured spate...
Nov 21, 2008
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The Matthew Herbert Big Band: There's Me And There's You
Discipline, limitation, and healthy doses of frustration and perfectionism inform a great deal of Matthew Herbert’s work. Ironically, from such...
Nov 21, 2008
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Beyonce: I Am...Sasha Fierce
I am…confused. There’s the standard edition of Beyonce’s latest, which is what this review covers, but then there are the...
Nov 21, 2008
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Friday Night: Friday Night
Hip-hop, or more specifically, the hyper-masculine thug archetype perpetuated by Jimmy Iovine and his ilk, facilitates self-parody to an extent:...
Nov 21, 2008
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The Tin Foil Hat Brigade: "CHK DIS OUT"
Another week, another hunk of free chiptune from the refuseniks at CalmDownKidder. The net-label’s yah-boo-sucks demeanour and madcap love for...
Nov 18, 2008
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Lil Wayne and DJ Drama: Dedication 3 Mixtape
It must be awful to not like Lil Wayne. Those of us who do are insufferable!: still quoting “Kush” and...
Nov 18, 2008
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Crystal Stilts: Alight Of Night
As if birthed with destiny apparent, New York’s Crystal Stilts have released Alight Of Night, a debut staunchly in debt...
Nov 18, 2008
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The Binary Marketing Show: Yield What You May EP
The two unassuming southerners who make up the Binary Marketing Show are friends of mine, but I’m not the kind...
Nov 18, 2008