Best Sellers of 2011
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Listening to Bon Iver's self-titled second album—three years in the coming and undoubtedly the most hotly anticipated album of 2011 so far—it's fair to wonder if it was him lending cred to Kanye We...read more
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This one's for the fans. And Leslie Feist can afford that—she can afford to make a gorgeous, sumptuous pop album that nevertheless makes no gesture at all in the direction of the marketplace. There...read more
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Prince of dudes Kurt Vile is growing up fast. His second Matador album is—well, let's not say "mature," but it is a definitively refined version of the affectingly unkempt rock he's been turning ou...read more
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I wonder whether PJ Harvey’s been listening to freak-folk: On Let England Shake she
tries out a variety of vocal tones for characterization, a warped folk-song
feeling dominates, autoharp is freque...read more
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The long-awaited (it really means something this time!) new album from Zach Condon and his co-conspirators is a joyously stately affair. That said, the sound of Beirut is so unique that no one woul...read more
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