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Deerhoof – Offend Maggie

October 9, 2008, 12:00 am

Rating: /10

I’ve fallen into the habit of airing my prejudices before I review anything, so let us not buck tradition. I …

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Golden Animals

August 1, 2008, 7:07 pm

Rating: /10

Chuck Klosterman, in his heavy metal treatise Fargo Rock City, deconstructs the notion of the hippie. He deftly articulates the …

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The Slants

July 31, 2008, 12:00 am

Rating: /10

I’m not sure how many of the ‘music critic’ ilk actually play music. I’ll refrain from judging, with the exception …

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Sauce Piquante

July 27, 2008, 6:36 pm

An obsession among audiophiles – among American ones, really – is that something needs to be new to be good.

I …

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A Book of Bells

July 16, 2008, 12:00 am

All the identifying information for this show is cumbersome, and much more detailed than what is needed to post a …

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Portland Cello Project

June 30, 2008, 12:00 am

Rating: /10

It’s a cover album. Sorta kinda.

It’s an obvious aspect to start a review with, but the fact is, I didn’t …

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Armin Van Buren

June 11, 2008, 1:44 am

Rating: /10

I’d like to imagine a world where, after listening to what I will reluctantly call ‘music’, I didn’t feel like …

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Victor Wooten

May 16, 2008, 2:02 am

Rating: /10

I am a bassist. Let us say that from the get go. I will be biased when reviewing an album …

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Triangle

May 12, 2008, 5:08 pm

Every good punk rock boy and girl knows that certain elements must be in place for a proper punk-as-fuck show. …

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Never Enough Hope

April 11, 2008, 5:55 pm

Rating: /10

‘m reminded, while spinning the newest permutation of the Never Enough Hope CD, of a conversation, conducted in meandering car …

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