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CD REVIEW: New Order: Power, Corruption & Lies
In the wake of Joy Division, their revolutionary post-punk having died with singer Ian Curtis, the remaining members formed New Order with the apparent mission...
CD REVIEW: Deerhunter: Microcastle
Deerhunter are a little bit Beach Boys, a little bit My Bloody Valentine, a little bit dustbowl folk, a little bit lo-fi shoegazer. To generate interest, they throw...
CD REVIEW: Squarepusher: Just a Souvenir
Tom Jenkinson, the genius behind Squarepusher, is a frequently directionless mastermind. The first-time listener may feel frustrated. Revel in the oddity. Squarepusher...
CD REVIEW: Snow Patrol: A Hundred Million Suns
Snow Patrol: D- This is the land of simple chords in common time and in breathy, insipid pretty-boy vocals. These songs scream earnest but nonthreatening. The tone...
CD REVIEW: Keane – Perfect Symmetry
Rating: C Since “Somewhere Only We Know” hit the airwaves in 2004, Keane has found themselves in a perpetual state of aspiration: their music striving to, but...
Gojira – The Way of All Flesh
A generous offering from the French death metal scene. There’s no denying Gojira’s force as a metal group. Collectively, the four men from France get the job...
CD REVIEW: Conor Oberst
Jumping from one sound to another is nothing new to Conor Oberst, and nowhere is this more evident than in his latest venture, recorded with the Mystic Valley Band...
CD REVIEW: The Faint: Fasciination
In a massive step up from their third record, Wet From Birth, The Faint’s fourth LP, Fasciinatiion, continues to crossbreed leg-twitching dance music with heavy...
CD REVIEW: Stereolab: Chemical Chords
What can we say about Stereolab that hasn’t already been said about a wristwatch? They keep time pretty well, but the persistent metronome ticking in the background...
CD REVIEW: Okkervil River: The Stand Ins
The sequel to last year’s The Stage Names, The Stand Ins, once again finds Okkervil River singer/songwriter Will Sheff stuffing tiny, sad novels into rhyming couplets...
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