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Weighing Up the 'Best Alternative Album' Grammy Nominees
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:15:00 +0300
When not rewarding Katy Perry's insidious novelty-song "I Kissed A Girl" with accolades, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences deigned to dole out a list of nominees for...
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The Most Disappointing Albums of 2008, Starring Jenny Lewis
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:51:00 +0300
Greetings! Welcome to 2009! With the calendar freshly turned over, we should, really, be full steam ahead, looking at, say, the amazing slate of albums (Animal Collective, Antony, Andrew Bird,...
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Happy New Year from El Perro del Mar
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:41:00 +0300
So, uh, yes, we're already a day gone into this crazy little calendar we call 2009, but I figure it's still not too late to say: Happy New Year! Hope...
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Spiritualized: Jason Pierce talks Life, Death, Drugs, God
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:28:00 +0300
In 2005, Jason Pierce —the one-time member of the infamous Spacemen 3 and long-time leader of the rapturous Spiritualized— nearly met his end. Undone by a bout of double pneumonia...
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Broken Social Scene Presents: Charles Spearin's Wacky The Happiness Project
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:47:00 +0300
The 'Broken Social Scene Presents' Series —in which the core members of the many-member'd Canadian co-op release solo albums from under the safety of the band's umbrella— has, thus far,...
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Phosphorescent's To Willie: From One Bearded Man to Another
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:45:00 +0300
In 1977, Willie Nelson released a musical study entitled To Lefty From Willie, in which the king of outlaw country tackled the songbook of Lefty Frizzell. The honky-tonk titan had...
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The Ruby Suns' Sunny Afro-Indie Fun
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:21:00 +0300
Back in the early days of '08, The Ruby Suns snuck out a set, Sea Lion, that seems to have largely been forgotten come end-of-year lists. But the second album...
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The Thermals' 1st Kill Rock Stars LP, Now We Can See, Due April 7
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:50:00 +0300
Snappy, scuzzy, lo-fi Portland punks The Thermals have announced the official details of their forthcoming fourth album, the pair's first for their new label, Kill Rock Stars.
Though The Thermals had...
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The National's Red Hot Benefit Compilation Unveiled in Almighty Full
Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:52:00 +0300
Word has, for some time, been trickling out about the brain-bending collaborations Bryce Dessner of New Yorker moodists The National was matchmaking for his forthcoming benefit CD. Now, Dark Was...
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LA Punks No Age Crash Death-Cab-Loving Grammy Nominee List
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:59:00 +0300
Last week the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States presented their list of nominees for the 51st Grammy Awards. So, who do you think cracked...
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