January 2009
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a considered opinion: sebastien grainger & the...
I love, love love Death From Above 1979’s You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine. While I’ve had this album for several years, and always liked it quite a bit, it wasn’t until this past summer that I developed a true obsession with it; the album didn’t leave my car stereo for about 4 months. Soon after the dance-punk duo called it quits in 2006, bass player Jesse...
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a considered opinion: animal collective -...
The first time I heard Animal Collective, I didn’t like them at all. Not one bit. It wasn’t even that I just thought they weren’t for me; I didn’t see what there was to like in their off-kilter, bonkers brand of psychedelia. However, that was a good two or three years ago, and in the time since I’ve been exposed to all manner of weird, left-field music. Somehow, though, I have still managed...
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a considered opinion: bon iver - blood bank
Unless you’ve spent the past year with your fingers in your ears, screaming LALALALALA ad infinitum, then you’ve already heard of Bon Iver a.k.a. Justin Vernon, and how his debut For Emma, Forever Ago is a work of haunting, somber beauty and is absolutely not to be missed. In case you somehow did manage to miss the boat on this one (seriously, my parents have that album, try and...