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  • Jan 8 2016

    YUNOREVIEW: DECEMBER 2016

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    The magical monthly segment where Anthony briefly touches down on a gauntlet of albums he didn’t get a chance to review this past month.

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  • Jan 6 Album Reviews

    Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse

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    Classics Week draws to a close with a black metal landmark, Emperor’s 1994 album In the Nightside Eclipse.

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  • Jan 5 Album Reviews

    Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

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    Tom Waits’ seminal 1985 album Rain Dogs still stands as one of the most significant moments in his discography.

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  • Jan 4 Album Reviews

    Talking Heads - Remain in Light

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    With Remain in Light, the Talking Heads released one of the funkiest and most essential albums of the ’80s.

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  • Jan 3 Album Reviews

    OutKast - ATliens

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    OutKast’s seminal ATliens is a high-water mark for Southern hip hop.

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  • Jan 2 Album Reviews

    Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica

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    After all these years, Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica still stands as one of rock’s most challenging and boundary-pushing albums.

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  • Jan 1 2017

    STINKPIECE: Alternative Genres Are White "Safe Spaces"?

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    In this video, I’m responding to an ignorant piece of clickbait being passed off as music writing that paints all alternative genres–but specifically alternative rock–as a “safe space” for whites. Our writer fails to address the plethora of alt genres where that’s obviously not the case,

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  • Dec 31 Loved List

    Loved List 2017

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    Playlist Albums / EPs Brockhampton - Saturation III Princess Nokia - 1992 Deluxe Rosalía - Los Ángeles Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman Converge - The Dusk in Us Rina Sawayama - RINA Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time Primitive Man

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  • Dec 30 Album Reviews

    Run the Jewels - RTJ3

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    Run the Jewels returns with their most politically charged effort yet.

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  • Dec 29 Album Reviews

    Kid Cudi - Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'

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    Kid Cudi returns with an album that plays more toward his strengths. I use the word “strengths” loosely.

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