May 16, 2014
Music
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As part of the ongoing 25th Anniversary reissue series from Merge, The Clientele have reissued their 2000 quasi-debut album, Suburban Light. The original was a collection of singles from 1997-2000, a hodgepodge that nonetheless had a surprising cohesion.
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May 15, 2014
Music
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Cult noise-pop act Vivian Girls might have broken up this past January, but fans of the expired Brooklyn band have plenty of spin-offs to sink their teeth into.
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May 15, 2014
Music
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Black Moth Super Rainbow frontman Thomas Fec, or TOBACCO, releases his third solo album Ultima II Massage, named after a massage parlor in Fec’s home state of Pennsylvania—though as an album it’s less a relaxing backrub and more a microdermabrasion treatment for your eardrums.
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Written by Matt Fraction, Art by Chip Zdarsky
May 14, 2014
Comic Books
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Quite possibly one of the most talked-about series currently ongoing, Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s Sex Criminals tells the story of two people who can stop time with their orgasms. And then they rob banks. Yes. You read that correctly.
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May 14, 2014
Music
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Kevin Drew has always operated as the leader of the pack, governing a large group of friends he also called bandmates for the past decade. His band, Broken Social Scene, cultivated a following that developed beyond rabid fandom into something more like a relationship with the Toronto collective.
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May 14, 2014
Music
Amen Dunes
On his third studio album as Amen Dunes, Damon McMahon has created a melting pot of inviting tones rooted in the traditions of soul king Sam Cooke, the spirit of jazz’s First Lady Alice Coltrane, and the romance of Motown man Marvin Gaye.
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May 13, 2014
Music
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Only when it’s too late do you realize that “Screen Shot,” the opening track on Swans’ new magnum opus, is the sound of being stalked.
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May 12, 2014
TV
Game of Thrones
[Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the latest episode of Game of Thrones, “The Laws of Gods and Men,” then read no further.] From here on out, this episode shall be forever remembered as “the one where Peter Dinklage acted the hell out of his ‘confession.’”
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