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On their new album, the Living Legends eight-member crew, whose home turf includes the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Europe and even Japan, manage to live up to their rather lofty name.
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Everything that I feared prior to listening to this six song EP came true. I accuse Crank Records of exploiting the celebrity status of Bright Eyes to push their "Coldplay from Omaha" act, Nena Dinova...
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A compilation intended to express outrage at George W. Bush ultimately falls short in the outrage department. As with any comp, this disc is hit-and-miss, especially since 18 of the 26 tracks were pre...
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1) Modest Mouse | Good News for People Who Love Bad News | Epic
2) Mirah | C'mon Miracles | K
3) Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | Sony
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If nothing else, "Kill Bill" delivers what its title promises - Bill dies. His killer, the straw-haired gladiatrix known as the Bride, walks away, finally free of the wrath that drives her quest for r...
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They've existed for 22 years, putting out consistently high-quality underground pop albums and helping people see the glory of geeky humor. They've put music on answering machines for callers to dial ...
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Bonnie "Prince" Billy is back with his fourth studio album, which is comprised of covers from a group that he and his brothers started earlier in their careers, fittingly called the Palace Brothers.
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Modest Mouse is out for some serious money. Their latest release, Good News for People Who Love Bad News, is rife with radio-friendly tunes.
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NOFX's The War on Errorism hit the shelves May 2003, while Baghdad was still being shocked and awed. The band's most focused album in nearly a decade took some of the most vicious shots on record at P...
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Matt Skiba, one of the voices behind the eerie and emotional phenomena that is Chicago-based band Alkaline Trio, was sitting in a parking lot in the middle of the hellhole that is Riverside, Calif., w...
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"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," the new film from music video director veteran Michel Gondry, attempts to warm the hearts of all those people convinced that love sucks.
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Despite their name, Iron & Wine is much more like a sour, salty dill pickle than a smooth, bold glass of wine: good for a few bites but makes you feel ill if you eat too much.
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The life of a music critic has its ups and downs. Sometimes you’ve got to trudge through seemingly endless streams of dreck, but occasionally – just occasionally – you get to hear an...
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Every so often, a foreign band that's already been hyped to such a degree that many music fans are pre-convinced of its greatness comes across the water.
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“dusty rusty crusty musty ass california hills”
“frowning in plaid (haunted radios, bird bones + anthropomorphized wind)”
“warming my hands on bridges i’ve burnt”
“songs that make me see god”
“My Playlist #236”
“classy wine moment and intellectual conversation”
“90s heroin chic model off duty”
“tweet tweet bird emoji map emoji”
“not my circus, not my monkeys”
“a grave is probably cheaper than an apartment”
“ATE THESE BITCHES LEFT NO CRUMBS / DID IT IN DESIGNER PUMPS”
