Damn the Torpedoes, Petty is still Heartbreaking!
on February 28, 2012
Here’s to an album that embodies American rock at its finest, before catchy pop flooded the airways and musicianship could suffice with electronic machines.
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Grimes – Visions Counterpoint
on February 21, 2012
Visions aptly layers darker beats above glittery falsettos above bouncy synths for a very dance worthy, cohesive piece.
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Sleigh Bells’ ‘Born to Lose’ Tells It Like It Is
on February 4, 2012
“Born to Lose” is full of turbulent beats and distorted guitars that audibly challenge and facilitate Alexis Krauss’ soft melodies, not to mention your speaker’s volume capacity.
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A Tale of Monsters and Men
on December 21, 2011
If Sigur Rós and Björk have championed a majority of what we hear from Iceland’s music scene, OMAM are up-and-coming contenders.
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Young and Krule, ‘The Noose of Jah City’
on November 18, 2011
“The Noose of Jah City” reminds us of our teenaged suppression and the ways we overcame such generational hardships.
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Depeche Mode Violates with Violator
on November 15, 2011
Violator’s faith-challenging confluence of jealousy, devotion, absolution and lust marks the band’s highest critical, commercial, and thematic success.
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Too Much Fun Fun Fun
on November 10, 2011
Here’s a brief recap of the festival highs, lows and the just plain weird.
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Final Round: Six Songs to End a Fight To
on November 3, 2011
We gave you Eight Songs to Start a Fight To, now here are a few songs to celebrate the victory or ease the agony if you ever find yourself in a violent brawl.
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Mark McGuire – Get Lost
on October 27, 2011
Despite his lush guitar arpeggios and diverse arrangement of layers and loops, McGuire’s recent effort seems slightly incomplete.
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Crooked Fingers – Breaks in the Armor
on October 25, 2011
Breaks’ elegance rests largely on Bachmann’s devout songwriting and performance rather than his instrumentation.
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Modeselektor – Monkeytown
on October 14, 2011
Fusing hip hop rhymes, soothing R&B, punk rap and fanciful quirks into respective tracks makes for a unique, though not entirely cohesive, album.
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M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
on October 11, 2011
Gonzalez’s fresh offering is an accumulation of everything he’s done up to this point and, as a whole, it also demonstrates a significant direction for the artist’s future.
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