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Nov 02, 2008 Music Magnetic Morning

Magnetic Morning is a songwriting collaboration between Adam Franklin of Swervedriver and Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino, borne of mutual admiration of each other’s work.

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Nov 02, 2008 Music Year End 2008 - Best of 2008

Count Longwave as yet another “New York Band” from early in the decade that failed to live up to the hype (or potential).

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Nov 02, 2008 Music Little Joy

Rodrigo Amarante, Fabrizio Moretti, and Binki Shapiro’s self-titled debut as Little Joy is a short, sweet cup of garage-pop flavored with hints of sunny ’60s California folk, calypso, Brazilian Tropicalia, and even Carolina beach music.

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Nov 02, 2008 Music Kaiser Chiefs

The most noticeable thing about the Kaiser Chiefs’ third long-player, Off With Their Heads, is its producer, Mark Ronson.

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Nov 01, 2008 Music Eagles of Death Metal

Formed a decade ago as a side-project for Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme and his childhood friend Jesse Hughes, Eagles of Death Metal, like The Raconteurs, have quickly become a riotously popular and profitable live act whose success threatens to overshadow the band-members’ more established groups.

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Nov 01, 2008 Music Year End 2008 - Best of 2008

The Cure’s thirteenth album, released after yet another four-year wait (since 1992’s Wish, they’ve been following the same schedule as the Summer Olympics—probably not intentionally) begins with a wonderful one-two punch.

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Nov 01, 2008 Music Crooked Fingers

Putting on a pair of headphones and listening to Forfeit/Fortune is like stepping into a weird museum—everything catches the eye and the constant wonder is, “How did someone put all this in one place?”

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Nov 01, 2008 Music Vic Chesnutt, Elf Power and the Amorphous Strums

Dark Developments brings together Athens, Georgia musicians Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power in one of the most intriguing collaborations of the year.

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Nov 01, 2008 Music Chairlift

Those who recognize Chairlift’s mesmeric single “Bruises” from an iPod Nano commercial will probably be surprised to hear the rest of the trio’s debut long-player.

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