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Field Music – Measure
March 10, 2010, 9:02 am
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If ever there existed a pop band determined to undermine their own hooks, it would be Field Music. Their latest, …
Liars – Sisterworld
March 8, 2010, 11:24 am
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Is it possible for a band to release two career-summarizing albums when they’re only five albums into said career? Liars …
The Besnard Lakes – The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
March 8, 2010, 9:42 am
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Jesus, the Besnard Lakes are fucking exhausting. If you’re listening to them and they’re not pounding out stratospheric levels of …
Fucked Up – Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009
March 3, 2010, 9:27 am
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The newly released singles compilation from Toronto’s hardcore torchbearers Fucked Up is simultaneously slightly curious and the most appropriate thing …
Osteoferocious
March 2, 2010, 9:30 am
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Given the glut of hyper-fuzzed bands defiantly eschewing conventional (read: clean) recording techniques, it’s tempting to dismiss Indiana’s Osteoferocious as …
Gobotron – On Your Mark, Get Set…
February 26, 2010, 10:58 am
Rating: /10
The sort of pop music favored by Gobotron is destined to remind the listener of either Weezer or Apples In …
Quasi – American Gong
February 23, 2010, 11:20 am
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For those of us who have let Quasi slip completely by us during their nearly two decades of operation, American …
The Moon and Her Mother – The Moon and Her Mother
February 19, 2010, 11:20 am
Rating: /10
Boy, was I ready to take this one down. When initially sent a new batch of albums to review, I …
The Sarah Silverman Program: Season Two: Volume 2
February 12, 2010, 5:29 pm
There’s an easily observable method to Sarah Silverman’s brand of humor. Silverman certainly enjoys irony and blatant absurdity, but you …
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Why Don’t You All Just F-F-F-Fade…Oh, Never Mind
February 9, 2010, 3:51 pm
You needn’t be the most prescient person to have guessed which songs The Who were going to play for the …
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