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Album Review: Shugo Tokumaru – Port Entropy

On his fourth album, Shugo Tokumaru has created once again an abstract world space—the audio equivalent of a...

Chase McMullen·June 18, 2010

Remember Eminem? Well, of course you do – but what about the sick (in several meanings of the...

Andrew Ryce·June 18, 2010

Sometimes a release comes along at just the right time that seems to sum up everything even remotely...

Andrew Ryce·June 17, 2010

Robyn’s 2006 self-titled career-reboot album is sort of a landmark for clever, indie-leaning pop. Robyn was an album...

The key element of Born Ruffians’ sound is a kind of explosive restlessness, which finds itself expressed in...

Rob Hakimian·June 16, 2010

We Are Scientists, co-spearheaded by Keith Murray and Chris Cain, are a simple band. For their breakthrough album...

There are bands that spend their careers defined by their influences. Critics never fail to mention their sonic...

Should you believe the hype?

Sean Highkin·June 12, 2010

Maybe I’m just that out of touch with what passes for good hip-hop these days, but could somebody...

Natural Snow Buildings is Mehdi Ameziane and Solange Gularte, whose latest double LP The Centauri Agent showcases an...