album reviews
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Ugly God Aims to Shock!
Royce Rodriguez is better known by his stage rap name: Ugly God. An American rapper, he is lyrically crude and rhythmically sluggish. Ugly God is a rapper and producer who broke out during the…
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Review: The Setback
With a self-described sound similar to Paramore and Fall Out Boy, The Setback from Edwardsville, Ill. arrived on the local music scene in 2012.
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The Flash and Arrow Season Premieres!
As “Arrow” entered Season 3, on Oct. 8, it’s expected to be a better season than previous ones. And Barry Allen’s appearance during the second season, has resulted in his own spin off show, “The…
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Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues (album review)
“Fleet Foxes’ eponymous debut was one of the most critically-acclaimed albums of 2008; needless to say, expectations were high. The band does not disappoint…”
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Panda Bear – Tomboy (album review)
“Repetition, repetition, hypnotic repetition. Hallways of echoes and alien anthems. A vast, vibrant, vintage soundscape. Take a breath, relax, and drift into Panda Bear’s latest offering…”
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TV On The Radio – Nine Types Of Light (album review)
“One can craft a great argument with all of the logic in the world, but more people will be swayed by the rhythm of their heart in the end. TV on the Radio do not…
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The Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck
“Singers and songwriters have one basic responsibility: the listener must care by the end of each song. Emotion must be conveyed, empathy must be forged, memories must be made.”
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Toro Y Moi – Underneath The Pine (album review)
“Chillwave is cool. It is a very stylish subgenre of music, brimming with a vintage cheesiness that somehow transcends irony and ultimately becomes endearing…”
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Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (album review)
“Subtlety has never been a term remotely associated with Kanye West. Everything about his music and celebrity status is self-consciously bombastic…”