Second Look: TV on the Radio – Young Liars EP

Alex PhillimoreApril 22, 2011

Nine Types of Light was an excellent record, and a good sign of things to come from TV on the Radio. Keeping in mind that it was never set in stone if TV would ...

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Second Look: Massive Attack – Mezzanine

Alex PhillimoreApril 8, 2011

Very few artists thoroughly change the way in which they make music, and of those that do, not many are successful. And yet Massive Attack, the band that put Br...

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Second Look: The Verve – A Storm in Heaven

Alex PhillimoreMarch 3, 2011

When I first started writing for the site, I chose to review the début release by Richard Ashcroft's new project, RPA & The United Nations of Sound. It was a te...

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Second Look: Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain

Josh BeckerFebruary 28, 2011

Purple Rain came out in 1984, four years before I was born. By the music industry's standards, that makes it an ancient album, a snapshot of a long-past moment ...

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Second Look: Nick Drake – Pink Moon

Jared SilvaFebruary 16, 2011

Nick Drake was the kind of person who never seemed to have things go his way. The initial release of his first two albums, Five Leaves Left in 1969 and Bryter L...

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Second Look: Blur – 13

Alex PhillimoreFebruary 14, 2011

Blur were always a very British band. They represented the Zeitgeist of the 90s, especially with Parklife and The Great Escape. Although I never lived through t...

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A Second Look: Sparklehorse – Good Morning Spider

Arika DeanMarch 15, 2010

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A Second Look: Jay Reatard – Blood Visions

Bill DelaneyJanuary 25, 2010

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A Second Look: Brian Eno – Thursday Afternoon

Rob GaloDecember 14, 2009

Or, why a 60-minute album of hazy drones and piano is awesome...

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A Second Look: The Smashing Pumpkins – Adore/Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak

Sean HighkinNovember 30, 2009

Yo, Kanye—I’m really happy for you, and I’m going to let you finish, but Billy Corgan made one of the best electronically-tinged post-explosion, pre-shark-jumping albums of all time....

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