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  • May 29 Album Reviews

    Owen Pallett - In Conflict

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    Composer and songwriter Owen Pallett takes a number of instrumental risks on this new album of his.

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  • May 28 BADBADNOTGOOD

    Ghostface Killah & BADBADNOTGOOD - "SIX DEGREES" ft. Danny Brown

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    Wu-Tang’s Ghostface Killah, Danny Brown, and the Toronto jazz fusion trio BADBADNOTGOOD all on the same track? Legendary. Just legendary! This track is basically a new 10″ single that’s being released by Lex Records. Also, make sure you’re caught up on the new BADBADNOTGOOD record.

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  • May 28 2014

    Róisín Murphy - "In Sintesi"

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    Irish-born electronic singer-songwriter Róisín Murphy has been taking a break from music since the (admittedly long) tour following her great 2007 LP Overpowered ended. It’s been a little sad for her fans (re: me) to go so many years without news of any real plans of her return. For

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  • May 28 2014

    tUnE-yArDs - KEXP Session

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    Merrill Garbus’ tUnE-yArDs project just released one of the best records of the year so far in Nikki Nack. And now, to our glorious benefit, she has done a KEXP session. The video includes four of the best songs on the record, including “Water Fountain” and “Real Thing”, and finds

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  • May 28 Album Reviews

    Trash Talk - No Peace

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    Trash Talk’s latest album might have ferocity, but the music does little to capture the hardcore punk imagination.

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  • May 28 Album Reviews

    Pink Guy - Self-Titled

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    I’m gonna review this new Filthy Frank album. But first, let me take a selfie.

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  • May 28 Album Reviews

    The Roots - ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin ft. The Daily Guru

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    The new Roots album is easily the band’s dreariest album yet, but it’s also their most inconsistent.

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  • May 28 Album Reviews

    Tobacco - Ultima II Massage

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    The new Tobacco album is one of the most demented sonic adventures I’ve gone on this year.

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  • May 28 Album Reviews

    Vallenfyre - Splinters

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    The UK’s Vallenfyre brings together a slew of different death metal styles on this sophomore record of theirs, and feeds them through some incredibly heavy, pummeling production.

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  • May 28 Album Reviews

    Chromeo - White Women

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    When it comes to lyrics and songwriting, White Women is Chromeo’s most inconsistent release yet.

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