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Remain in Light at 40: A Celebration of Talking Heads’ landmark album

Rob Hakimian, Carlo Thomas, Kyle Kohner, Ray Finlayson, Chase McMullen, Harrison Suits Baer, John Wohlmacher and Michael CyrsOctober 8, 2020

Today marks 40 years since October 8, 1980, the release date of Talking Heads' era-defining fourth album Remain in Light. It's hard to believe that an album th...

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Second Look: This Heat – This Heat

Harrison Suits BaerAugust 29, 2020

What exactly is progressive about progressive rock? If by “progressive rock” you mean the grandiose classical canon worship of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, not m...

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Album Review: Land of Talk – Indistinct Conversations

Harrison Suits BaerAugust 6, 2020

Over a decade-and-a-half long career, Lizzie Powell’s cool, crystalline croon has anchored Land of Talk’s sound even as they’ve run the gamut from jagged post-...

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Album Review: Tyler, the Creator – Wolf

Harrison Suits BaerApril 8, 2013

If we've learned anything about Tyler, the Creator, it's that we ought to take everything he says with a grain mountain of salt. Whether he's spitting graphic d...

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Album Review: The Spinto Band – Cool Cocoon

Harrison Suits BaerMarch 8, 2013

For the first eight years of their existence, the Spinto Band were just a couple of high school kids screwing around with new instruments and a four-track recor...

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Listen: Janitors – “This Song Is Not About Oscar Pistorius”

Harrison Suits BaerFebruary 20, 2013

"Fuck Oscar Pistorius. That guy is a psycho."...

Album Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – II

Harrison Suits BaerFebruary 4, 2013

It's 3 AM, and I'm wide awake. I'm sitting at the desk in my basement apartment gazing at the blinking cursor in my word processor, under the harsh glare of art...

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They Might Be Giants release preview EP for forthcoming album Nanobots

Harrison Suits BaerJanuary 24, 2013

What you see here is the artwork for They Might Be Giants' forthcoming follow-up to 2011's Join Us. The album is called Nanobots, and it's slated for a Marc...

Listen: Janitors – “Yard Sale”

Harrison Suits BaerNovember 19, 2012

Back in August, we had a lot of fun with Toronto band Janitors' song "Your Son." Ever since, they've started to gain a little steam. Their newest tune, "Yar...

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Boris, Shonen Knife to appear on Japanese Loveless tribute album, out January 23

Harrison Suits BaerNovember 8, 2012

In the wake of the excitement following Kevin Shields' announcement of a new My Bloody Valentine album, Japanese rock heroes Boris have announced their appe...