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Record Review: Franz Ferdinand's "Always Ascending"

Record Review: Franz Ferdinand’s “Always Ascending”

Franz Ferdinand seems to have a thing for laziness. In addition to the Glasgow band’s generally louche persona, there’s a
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Record Review: The Decemberists' "I’ll Be Your Girl"

Record Review: The Decemberists’ “I’ll Be Your Girl”

Anyone who’s been cussed out by “Ben Franklin’s Song” knows Colin Meloy still has some poison left in his quill.
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Weezer

Record Review: Weezer’s “Weezer”

Weezer, the 10th album by Weezer, is about as good (or bad, your call) as Weezer, several measures worse than
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LateGreats

Record Review: The Late Greats’ “Kids You Knew”

Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream and Jesus And Mary Chain fame is often noted with the phrase, “A band is only
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ErollGarner

Record Review: Erroll Garner “The Complete Concert By The Sea”

Sixty years ago today, explosively melodic jazz pianist Erroll Garner lit a fire in a Carmel By The Sea, Calif.,
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Essential New Music: Thee Oh Sees’ “Mutilator Defeated At Last”

I have no doubt that John Dwyer and the occasionally rotating crew of musicians he calls Thee Oh Sees are
RyanAdams

Essential New Music: Ryan Adams’ “Live At Carnegie Hall”

According to William Blake, “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom … you never know what is

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Kinski

Essential New Music: Kinski’s “7 (Or 8)”

Continuing their film-buff aesthetic (band moniker plus the director their side project Herzog is named for—look it up if necessary)
JimORourke

Essential New Music: Jim O’Rourke’s “Simple Songs”

It’s not as if Jim O’Rourke made easily digestible vocal records when he was part of the indie-avant pop milieu

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Essential New Music: Mates Of State’s “You’re Going To Make It”

The pleasantly cacophonous joy of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel is the unpredictable blessing and occasional curse of Mates Of

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EvanCaminiti

Essential New Music: Evan Caminiti’s “Meridian”

Evan Caminiti’s main gig is Barn Owl, a duo in which he helps concoct desert-scorched drones that are pierced by

R.I.P. MAGNET Senior Writer Jonathan Valania