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The prospect of performing at L.A.’s Low End Theory was an exciting one for Zach “Shigeto” Saginaw. A week before his Wednesday night headline, the Brooklyn...
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When Thom Yorke released an iTunes “celebrity playlist" in 2007, hip-hop enthusiasts rejoiced over the fact that he included “Raid,” a track from Madvillain’s M...
On the opening track of his eponymous debut, Mikal Cronin correlates garage-rock aesthetics with a feverish flute solo. While the combination of the two certain...
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How Come You Never Go There is exactly what you’d expect from a Feist track: crisp production values, longing vocals, harmonies, and a sophisticated layering of...
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