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Modest Mouse: The Lonesome Crowded West | 20th Anniversary Review
Modest Mouse's Lonesome Crowded West is a really transparent album and you can feel the balance shifting between madness and genius in Isaac Brock.
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I Miss The Old Taylor: On Reputation and Reputations
From Red to Reputation: This past year, Taylor Swift’s been in the headlines for what I’m sure she’d call all the wrong reasons.
Glassjaw: Material Control | Converting Haters Into Fans and Handing Out Headaches
Glassjaw's Material Control is a late contender for album of the year, a dynamic release that reintroduces Glassjaw to a new generation of people.
Aly & AJ: Ten Years | New and Improved or Slightly New & Repackaged?
As stated in my “Where Are The Negative Album Reviews” article a while back, I refuse to review releases...
Jackie Shane: Any Other Way | Out of the Shadows
With Numero Group's new compilation Any Other Way, it's high time to rediscover Jackie Shane's compelling, trailblazing, and all-too-short career.
Angel Olsen: Phases | Hate This Album… Also: Highly Recommended
Angel Olsen is an amazing artist. She’s an extremely gifted songwriter. Anyway, yeah... I really don’t like Phases very much.
“What the F**** is Vaporwave?!” Part 2
This is very much going back to a Vaporwave core ideal of a rejecting mainstream commercialism by parodying and poking fun at it.
Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More | A Powerful Period of Music
Trouble No More, the new Bob Dylan Bootleg Series release, shines a light on Dylan's gospel years, an overlooked and rewarding period of his music.
“What the F*** is Vaporwave?!” Part 1
Vaporwave as a genre is hard to define musically it would more fitting to link it to an ideology reflecting a rejection and satire of commercialism.
Quicksand: Interiors | on ‘post-hardcore,’ instant nostalgia, and aging gracefully
For a band that defines itself as ‘post-hardcore,’ I’m uncertain that the members of Quicksand would want their...