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Trailer Trash Tracys – Ester (Double Six/Domino)

Trailer Trash Tracys – Ester (Double Six/Domino)

Ester is a perfect debut album. It suggests that the Tracys are liable to head in any direction, including some we haven't even imagined.…

Guided By Voices – Let’s Go Eat The Factory (Fire)

Guided By Voices – Let’s Go Eat The Factory (Fire)

Robert Pollard’s language is a universe that is both abstract and familiar, a poetry informed by gray skies and basements, used cars and starch.…

Howler – America Give Up (Rough Trade)

Howler – America Give Up (Rough Trade)

Don’t mistake that album title for something so outdated as a point-of-view. As far as I can tell, Howler music is pretty much content-free. …

Sade @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 12.12.11

Sade @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 12.12.11

I am still lost within my seven rooms of swoon.…

Eleanor Friedberger – Last Summer (Merge)

Eleanor Friedberger – Last Summer (Merge)

The rough and tumble is a calculated move. …

She And Him – A Very She And Him Christmas (Merge, 2011)

She And Him – A Very She And Him Christmas (Merge, 2011)

Christmas culture is the ultimate test. Matthew and Zooey have hitched their wagon to that star, and many will judge them for it.…

The Greatest Christmas Album Ever Recorded – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

The Greatest Christmas Album Ever Recorded – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Ultimately, Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer is a collection of songs about the struggle to find one’s place in the world — the isolated self-destruction that can occur when someone is rejected by their community. …

REVIEWED IN WORDS: Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream (deluxe edition)

REVIEWED IN WORDS: Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream (deluxe edition)

After tonight, I swear I'm never gonna laugh at a Christian rock band again.…

REVIEWED IN PICTURES: Smashing Pumpkins – Gish (deluxe edition)

REVIEWED IN PICTURES: Smashing Pumpkins – Gish (deluxe edition)

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The Field – Looping State Of Mind (Kompakt)

The Field – Looping State Of Mind (Kompakt)

If I said I liked you better when I was stoned, how would that make you feel about yourself?…

THE COLLAPSE BOARD REVIEW The Smiths – The Complete Smiths (Rhino)

THE COLLAPSE BOARD REVIEW The Smiths – The Complete Smiths (Rhino)

They deserve better than this. And so does anyone who ever cared about them.…

THE COLLAPSE BOARD REVIEW Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow (Fish Music/EMI)

THE COLLAPSE BOARD REVIEW Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow (Fish Music/EMI)

There is snow, and there are words. This lengthy, seven-track record, successor to this year’s deck-clearing Director’s Cut, is an album that loves language every bit as much as it loves snow; you can feel delight soaking through the syllables. …

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