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  • Jan 1 Album Reviews

    The Internet- Purple Naked Ladies

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    California hip hop collective Odd Future finishes off the year with a new release from the Internet. This ain’t the same angle you’d expect from most OF albums, but it’s not exactly restoring my faith in the outfit. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Jan 1 hip hop

    Raekwon- Unexpected Victory

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    Download: Raekwon- Unexpected Victory Teasing toward the forthcoming album Only Built for Cuban Linx III, here’s a new tape from one of Wu-Tang Clan’s most skilled lyrical ninjas, Raekwon. Yeah, I didn’t really like the dude’s last album, but I’m hoping the third installment of

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  • Jan 1 Loved List

    Loved List 2012

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    Best of: Top-50 Albums Top-50 Singles Top-15 EPs Top-25 Music Videos LPs / EPs: The Evens- The Odds Action Bronson and the Alchemist- Rare Chandeliers Pile- Dripping The Bad Plus- Made Possible Karriem Riggins- Alone Together Kendrick Lamar- good kid, m.A.A.d. city Converge- All We Love We Leave

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  • Dec 27 Album Reviews

    Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

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    One of my favorite albums, which I’m reviewing in celebration of the YouTube channel hitting 50K. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Dec 21 album

    Kevin Hufnagel- Transparencies

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    Guitarist Kevin Hufnagel is best known for his contributions to the world of modern metal through acts like Gorguts, Dysrhythmia, While Heaven Wept, and more. But underneath all of these extreme sounds has been thriving passion for ambient music and soundscapes. This latest release isn’t Kevin’s first foray

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  • Dec 20 album

    Tortilla Pass- Spirrows

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    Spirrows by Tortilla Pass A collection of rough and lo-fi beats that push the ambient envelope. It’s something I’m sure fans of that new Shlohmo album would be able to appreciate. The title of this album is Spirrows, and its comes from New York beat producer Tortilla Pass.

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  • Dec 20 album

    Blu & Exile- Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them

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    give me my flowers while i can smell them by exile & blu A new collaborative album from West Coast MC Blu and producer Exile. It’s not mixed or mastered, but there are some interesting samples and verses pulled together by these two. Blu’s verses about the world

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  • Dec 20 album

    Colin Stetson- "Those Who Didn't Run"

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    Some twisted and eerie visuals coming through on this new music video for Colin Stetson’s “Those Who Didn’t Run,” which is a track from an EP that definitely would have made it into my top-15 EPs of 2011 if I had decided to extend the list out a

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  • Dec 20 apathy

    Apathy- "Wonderful X-Mas" (Prod. Scoop Deville)

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    It’s a hip hop Christmas thanks to this new track from Connecticut rapper Apathy. The dude samples my least favorite Christmas song ever, but it’s pretty hard to deny this track. It’s loaded with so many relatable lyrics. I mean, who doesn’t want Wu-Tang to release

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  • Dec 16 ark

    Y U NO REVIEW: DEC 2011

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    This week on Y U NO REVIEW, Anthony talks about releases that passed him by from Trash Talk, Mr. Oizo, Lupe Fiasco, Sepalcure, and Blut Aus Nord. Here’s some more he failed at life with: 1. Teebs- Collections 01 (Brainfeeder) I wasn’t into Teebs’ previous release, Ardour, and

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