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07/23/08
July 22, 2008
This new Brooklyn band lists Echo and the Bunnymen and David Bowie among their influences and you can tell. There's plenty of drama and paranoia in the vocals and swelling keyboards...
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07/08/08
July 8, 2008
We just found out about this compilation of the best tracks from Belgian post-punk group Allez Allez. Somehow this group missed out on the trend a few years back when every single album that sounded remotely like Gang of Four was being reissued and declared a lost classic...
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06/24/08
June 24, 2008
Dennis Wilson, as the youngest of the Wilson brothers in the Beach Boys, distinguished himself early on in the group by being probably the least talented (he couldn't play the drums, but to his credit he was the only member of the band who could surf)...
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06/12/08
June 12, 2008
A very beautiful and well-recorded debut album from Fleet Foxes. It features two things we love dearly—three-part harmonies and droning organs. It also, at its best, reminds us of the early '70s California rock...
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05/28/08
May 28, 2008
Fifteen years before moccasins and beards became ubiquitous in Bushwick and other gentrified neighborhoods near you, Will Oldham (aka Palace Music aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy) was exploring the darker side of folk music...
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05/12/08
May 12, 2008
Yet another great band pops up in Austin, Texas. In all fairness, this band has been around for a few years now but they've just popped up on our radar...
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04/28/08
April 28, 2008
This L.A. band's full-length debut from last year rocked our world with its transcendent noise and pop punk outbursts. Before their first tape has even left our deck...
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04/14/08
April 14, 2008
Few things can match the instant pleasures of electropop—there's a reason that best of the 80's compilation you bought at a gas station gets so much play.
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04/01/08
April 1, 2008
Prior to releasing this eponymous debut album, the Toronto duo Crystal Castles were mainly known for their remixing work for bands like Bloc Party...
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03/17/08
March 16, 2008
While this compilation reads like a Who's Who of Brooklyn's experimental rock scene, it was conceived as mixtape...
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Fashion
Pleats, volume, and a little crop define the big trouser of the moment.
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Pipeline
Sneakers on the Straße: Le Gang's All Here
Just off of Kastanienallee, the main drag in Berlin's up-and-coming Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood, li...
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Shopping News
Ebay Blog: Spaghetti Chandelier
Remember these? Up close the finish is sort of funky (just like plastic spaghetti) but illuminated from the interior, these globes are totally gorgeous. —CB
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Style and People
The British girl-about-town talks fashion, music, and her upcoming debut as designer.
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Travel and Guides
The Best New Hamptons Pit-Stops.
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Music
This new Brooklyn band lists Echo and the Bunnymen and David Bowie among their influences and you can tell. There's plenty of drama and paranoia in the vocals and swelling keyboards...