Low – C’mon

written by: Taylor Cowan on April 21, 2011

When Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker lay stratospheric harmonies over minimalist instrumentation, the result is a thing of unrestrained beauty.

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Lupe Fiasco – Lasers

written by: Taylor Cowan on March 24, 2011

Lasers has shades of classic Lupe, but for the most part heralds a fierce departure.

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Justice Portraits

Justice Returns, This Time “All In”

written by: Taylor Cowan on March 16, 2011

Nearly four excruciating years after Cross, Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé are back and yes, they still have their holy grail of a snare sample.

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Middle Brother – Middle Brother

written by: Taylor Cowan on March 15, 2011

Middle Brother touches on a myriad of emotions with their self-titled debut and perhaps even more remarkably, does it well

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The Streets – Computers and Blues

written by: Taylor Cowan on March 7, 2011

With his latest and last, Skinner, who once professed, “a few eighths and a Playstation’s my vocation” has returned to prime form; it has shades of the breakbeat sampling, the honest self-evaluation and live instrumentation of his previous albums, making for one hell of a farewell letter. After a decade of mostly good memories, he lets us believe it’s not us, it’s him.

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Toro y Moi – Underneath the Pine

written by: Taylor Cowan on February 28, 2011

Brundick collaborated with Urban Outfitters to shoot the music video for “New Beat.” The result of that pairing is kind of like the album: Smoky, obscure, shot on vintage film and selling hipsters their own lifestyle back to them.

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Yuck – Yuck

written by: Taylor Cowan on February 18, 2011

What Yuck showcases is a prodigious young band whose only direction from here is up.

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ASKA is from Another World

written by: Taylor Cowan on February 16, 2011

“When I make music, even when I hear it, I see colors, visions; a world waiting to be connected with the world we live in.”

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