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Album Review: Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak Sean Highkin·November 21, 2008The biggest pop star on the planet experiences devastating losses, discovers AutoTune.Album Reviews
Album Review: Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy Sean Highkin·November 18, 2008Apparently this one has been delayed a bunch or something.Album Reviews
Album Review: Deerhunter – Microcastle Ryan Nichols·November 10, 2008If you were one of those people who thought Deerhunter’s 2007 album Cryptograms was a bunch of noise,...Album Reviews
Album Review: The Smiths – The Sound of the Smiths Sean Highkin·November 3, 2008Reissue, repackage, repackage Re-evaluate the songs Double-pack with a photograph Extra track (and a tacky badge) … Best...Album Reviews
Album Review: Los Campesinos! – We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed Rob Hakimian·October 19, 2008In recent years there hasn’t been much music coming out of Wales to shout about. However, this septet...Album Reviews
Album Review: Bloc Party – Intimacy Jamie C.·October 15, 2008Bloc Party unleashed their third album, Intimacy, on the public after an announcement on a webchat. It came...Album Reviews
Album Review: AC/DC – Black Ice Sean Highkin·October 14, 2008It goes without saying that there won’t be any kind of radical innovation on an AC/DC record, and...Album Reviews
Album Review: Trouble Books – The United Colors of Trouble Books Rob Galo·October 13, 20082007 and 2008 have become flagship years for a resurgence of lo-fi music in the state of Ohio,...Album Reviews
Album Review: The Clash – Live At Shea Stadium Sean Highkin·October 7, 2008The Clash are probably the only class-of-’77 punk band that could get away with recording a live album...Album Reviews
Album Review: TV on the Radio – Dear Science Sean Highkin·September 24, 2008TV on the Radio have always been an oddity in the current indie-rock scene: a multiracial quintet from...Album Reviews