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Califone: "Three Legged Animals"
Reemerging after a nearly three-year hiatus, Tim Rutili manages to capture a beauty on Roots & Crowns that, while perhaps... Jan 28, 2008Tracks
Bonnie "Prince" Billy: "Cursed Sleep"
With Will Oldham I’m always curious to see what comes next, though never without a certain apprehension. Is he... Jan 28, 2008Tracks
Clipse f/ Heron, Stimuli, King Pin and Shaliek Rivers: "On My Shit"
Still not the Neptunes, but close enough. Ostensibly produced by Jay Esco, “On My Shit” exudes the easy mystery of... Jan 28, 2008Tracks
T.I.: "Why You Wanna"
From the Neptunes’ increasingly spurious dominance to the workaday beatsmanship of the imitators. At least this thing fucking kicks, though.... Jan 28, 2008Tracks
Mariah Carey f/ Pharrell and Snoop: "Say Somethin'"
But apparently Foreal has an inferiority complex, or something, giving himself a turgid sludgefest (running out of words for boring)... Jan 28, 2008Tracks
Pharrell f/ Kanye West: "Number 1"
“You are now listening to the skateboard peeyimp and the Louis Vitton don.” Aight, Kanye, I’m listening. The pop pedigree...
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Panic! At The Disco: "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
Look, I liked some emo, too. Obviously Weezer and Sunny Day Real Estate, a little Get-Up Kids, and, fuck it,... Jan 28, 2008Tracks
The Futureheads: "Skip To The End"
8 Haikus About the New Futureheads Single“Skip”s a weird single —
Vocal flourishes, sure, but
Few hooks; the band is
Wide open, rhythmic
Unlike... Jan 28, 2008