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Album Review: Kendrick Lamar – Section.80

Chase McMullen·July 12, 2011

They say it all comes down to hype. There’s some truth to that – as much as fans...

Will Ryan·July 5, 2011

Recorded in a church has a kind of nice ring to it. More often than not it’s a...

Ad Mehta·July 1, 2011

Hip hop began as a reaction to the insipid, glossed-over disco that dominated radio in the ’70s. The...

Every once and a while, a major player in the music industry takes a creative leap for their...

Chase McMullen·June 28, 2011

Another day, another Curren$y album. Less than two months after the release of Covert Coup – a considerable...

Will Ryan·June 20, 2011

Justin Vernon’s beginnings as Bon Iver have been repeatedly mythologized – often as a distracted pretext to the...

Brendan Frank·June 7, 2011

Back in 2006, Arctic Monkeys dealt with their prompt ascent to fame in a curious fashion: they did...

Jon Blistein·June 6, 2011

Fucked Up have been working on David Comes To Life, the follow up to 2008’s Polaris Prize winning...

Andrew Bailey·June 2, 2011

A lot of times when things seem too good to be true, they are. When “Go Outside,” the...

Josh Becker·May 20, 2011

Sanguine and Florine were gorgeous, fragile records, like bendable glass floating through a heavy breeze. Largely a capella,...