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  • 11/13/09

    Cold Cave—Love Comes Close

    November 13, 2009

    Cold Cave - Love Comes Close We've been devouring Cold Cave's releases for the past year or so, impatiently waiting for each release. Now, they've finally released their first LP, a dark, brooding synth-pop gem. They've cleaned up their sound significantly...

  • 10/21/09

    Mount Eerie—Wind's Poem

    October 21, 2009

    Flaming Lips - Embryonic Rather than rest on their laurels, their beloved stage show, and their classic records, Flaming Lips have released perhaps the most ambitious record of their career. The record explores similar rhythmic psych soundspaces as Portishead's last album,...

  • 10/07/09

    Mulatu Astatke—New York-Addis-London

    October 7, 2009

    Kurt Vile - Childish Prodigy It's the "Basement Tapes" for 2009: on his third album Kurt Vile (his real name) continues to refine a style that takes an intimate, homemade production sound, made of lo-fi clatter and a hazy, psychedelic air,...

  • 09/10/09

    Mayer Hawthorne—A Strange Arrangement

    September 10, 2009

    Jay-Z--The Blueprint 3 Every new Jay-Z album is an event. In the era of mp3s and internet leaks, few artists can make that claim. We still remember buying the first Blueprint album, rushing home to tear of the packaging, and repeatedly...

  • 08/19/09

    Saint Etienne—Foxbase Alpha

    August 19, 2009

    jj -- jj no 2 Since we have previously covered The Tough Alliance and Air France in previous reviews, you should know by now that the Swedes make exceptional beach music. The group known as jj are no different, their blood-spattered...

  • 07/08/09

    Dinosaur Jr.—Farm

    July 8, 2009

    Major Lazer--Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do Diplo, an idiosyncratic and genre-hopping DJ, has teamed up with British producer Switch to create Major Lazer, a dancehall reggae project. The album employs the considerable talent of the current crop of Jamaican vocalists...

  • 07/21/09

    Oneida—Rated O

    July 2, 2009

    Oneida--Rated O We think that it's plain wrong that Oneida has successfully released a triple album (many have attempted it, few have succeeded) and barely anyone has noticed. It's a testament to the band's consistency that they can do something...

  • 06/22/09

    Dirty Projectors—Bitte Orca

    June 22, 2009

    Black Meteoric Star--Black Meteoric Star Gavin Russom has the look of a mad scientist and the tools of the trade as well--he makes all of his instruments himself, creating synthesizers from outdated technological detritus. This makes his music under his...

  • 06/03/09

    The Tough Alliance—A New Chance

    June 3, 2009

    Au Revoir Simone—Still Night, Still Light The lovely ladies of ARS are back with their strongest record yet. The formula is still the same: sweet songs with 3 part harmonies, 3 keyboards, and a drum machine. What we like so...

  • 05/13/09

    The Field—Yesterday and Today

    May 13, 2009

    Grizzly Bear—Veckatimest The highly anticipated new album from Grizzly Bear is finally here. Expanding on the sound of their previous album, Yellow House, the band has come through with some incredible songs, tight harmonies, and lovely musical arrangements. GB has...

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