Nov 02, 2008
Music
Megapuss
Megapuss is one bizarre decision after another. This shouldn’t surprise people who have followed Devendra Banhart’s career.
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Nov 02, 2008
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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
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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
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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
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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